Mar 05
The last ten days collectively served as one of the many great reasons we love to call the Northeast home. It also provided a stark and beautiful contrast to the thin cover conditions defining much of this season, and it got just about everyone and their uncles out skiing for a while. With as much …
Feb 27
A string of storms that began producing snow last Wednesday produced as much as 40-50″ of snow over the course of several days in some high elevation zones along the northern Green Mountain Divide. Generally, mountain areas in the Northeast picked up 10 to 25″ of fresh snow from these systems, which has improved snow …
Feb 20
The Adirondacks’ notoriously rock-, ice- and landslide-riddled terrain is finally starting to fill in with a respectable base of snow (better late than never!). It’s making for some incredibly fun skiing-oriented exploration of the many landslide paths opened and extended by Tropical Storm Irene last fall – like this little one featured here. Stay tuned …
Feb 13
The ice capping many ponds, lakes and slow-moving streams is as good as it gets right now in the Northeast, thanks especially to persistent cold temps and minimal snowfall at lower elevations. Meanwhile, a nice coat of powder snow, although seldom more than boot deep, continues to characterize the off-piste and backcountry skiing in the …
Feb 06
Thanks to nightly snow showers late last week, nearly a foot of fresh snow loaded into many higher elevation nooks and crannies across the Northeast by Saturday morning. And with high pressure prevailing and blue skies overhead this weekend, it was hard to imagine that we were skiing in the rain, sleet (and hail?) just …
