Early last week, Scott Braaten, the snow reporter for Vermont’sStowe Mountain Resort spotted this lonesome chunk of snow in Vermont’s Green Mountains. It was likely one of the very last remnants of the incredible winter of 2010-11. Unlike the deep ravines of New Hampshire’s Presidential Range, Vermont’s mountains rarely harbor snow into July. And given …
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May 13
Video: Almost Mother’s Day
Last turns of the season on natural snow in Vermont’s Green Mountains… on the Marquette Backcountry Skis. The grass skiing on the lower mountain, after we ran out of snow, was in its element. Enjoy! Follow this LINK to “Like” AdventureSkier.com on Facebook. Thanks!
May 04
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 …
Apr 13
Sliding into Spring
The recent warm temps, mountain rains (snow today at highest elevations!) and now a return to sub-freezing nighttime temps will set things up for excellent corn-snow harvest in the days to come. Whether you are heading to your favorite local ski area or to a sunny spot in the northeastern high country… there’s nothing like …
Apr 02
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 …

