While a heavy dusting of snow lured at least a few of us into the mountains last weekend, some beautiful surf out on the coast, courtesy of Hurricane Gonzalo, kept many of us out of the mountains altogether. Fast grass? Or chest to head high peelers? Either way, it was hard to go wrong. Some …
Category: This Time, Last Year
Oct 11
Photo of the Week: 365 Days Ago
We made our first turns of the season (on snow) on October 8th last year, and another blast of higher-elevation snow lured us out again, on October 12th. And while the fresh snow cover was ultra-thin, and the freshly fallen leaves at lower elevations skied even better, another ski season had arrived. It wasn’t for …
Mar 22
This Time, Last Year: Canoe-Ski
This time last year, a solid snow pack at river valley levels and easygoing river conditions (pre-snowmelt, with ice cleared from previous thaw) tempted us to head out on another canoe-skiing adventure – this time down Vermont’s White River Valley. With our friend Justin Beckwith, we set off in our trusty 16′ river canoes, climbed …

