Category: Stoke

As Good As It Gets…

The skiing and riding is as good as it gets right now across the Northeast, with bottomless snows in the backcountry and perfect trail skiing conditions at the resorts this week. With more fresh snow piling up Thursday into Friday, there should be nothing stopping any of us from getting out there and making the …

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Photo(s) of the Week: Vacation Week Storm!

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 …

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Sun, Warmth and Mountain Snow is Nice… But How About a Storm?!

As pleasant as the weather and skiing has been over the last handful of days (photo here was captured on Tuesday in Vermont), it’s time for a good old fashioned snow storm! While we might not pick up more than a few fresh inches tonight and early Friday, let’s hope this lil’ storm brings snow …

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Pasture Ripping and Meadow Skipping

Pasture ripping… While our snowpack might continue to be thin (especially across southern New England and in the lowest elevations…yikes!) we’ve been making the most with what we’ve got, and feeling fortunate that at least we’ve got some snow to work with! (i.e. It could be much worse.) Alpine ski area trails across the Northeast …

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Photo of the Week: From Skiing in the Rain to Blue Sky Powder

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 …

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