Category: Backcountry Update

Micro-Freshies…And More to Come?

Happy Winter Solstice! Monday night and Tuesday morning treated skiers in the central and northern Green Mountains to a dusting to 3″ of fresh snow at the higher elevations. (Does anyone have any snow to report from other regions?) It was enough to freshen up the coverage on natural snow terrain that had melted back …

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October Snow: The 2011-12 Season Is Here!

Our good buddy OLD MAN WINTER is back! He’s been throwing snow at us since Wednesday in many mountain areas of the northeast, and currently, the mountains of southern Vermont are likely scoring the deepest snows in the region, with more than 6-8″ falling in the Killington/Pico zone. Although the snowfall close to home in …

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Backcountry Update: Winter’s Last Hurrah?

As Mother’s Day approaches, it looks like Mother Nature is treating herself to one last glimpse of winter’s beauty in the mountains. It will likely be snowing in the high Adirondacks just a few hours after I write this, and by midnight, it should be snowing steadily up high in the Greens and Whites, too…With …

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Fooling Around…

The well timed April Fools Storm delivered by dumping up to 20″ on Quebec’s Gaspe Peninsula, approx. 12″ in the highest peaks of New Hampshire’s White Mountains and parts of western Maine, and as much as 6-8″ in the higher elevations of the Green Mountains and the Adirondacks… The above images were captured in the …

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Backcountry Update – Early March: Like a Dream

Despite a few very minor 12-24 hour warm ups in February, the snow continues to pile up in our northeastern mountains at historic levels, and the snowpack off-piste continues to be predominantly powder coated. WIthout a doubt, this is a winter we will not forget. Forecasts are now in agreement around a potentially major snow …

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