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Skiing on Water

When Vermonter Jason Starr revealed his “surf skis” to the world in 2009, he opened the doors to an entirely new realm of skiing adventure. Throughout 2010, a growing community of passionate skiers with a strong connection to the water are taking Starr’s surf-skis to the rolling waves of our nearby oceans. Some are paddling …

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SNOW!

Several mountain areas across the northeast picked up 5-15″+ of fresh snow Sunday night and Monday (3/15). (The higher peaks of New York’s Adirondacks and New Hampshire’s White Mountains made out best.) In the higher ravines of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington area, the avalanche danger has been upgraded to considerable and high, due to persistent …

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Great Video: Pillow Line

Here’s a very creative and interesting video by British Columbia-based photographer, Kari Medig, who describes his video as follows: “Here’s a show I put together for the 2010 Coldsmoke photo competition that happens every year here in Nelson BC. It was inspired by an amazing stop motion concept and technique used by Tel Aviv based …

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Photo of the Week: March Dreams

As terrific as the spring-like, corn snow skiing is right now here in the northeast, it has been hard not to dream of powder days like this one…during the incredible St. Patty’s storm of March 2007.

Gaspe Dreams

It’s that time of year again when 1) our snowpack across the north country is at its peak in the mountains, 2) we’re feeling pretty satisfied about all the skiing we’ve enjoyed closer to home, and 3) several months of skiing and climbing have us tuned up and motivated for some more ambitious skiing adventures… …

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