Category: Techno

UPDATE Feb.12: A New Secret Weapon? A Sneak Peek at the Marquette Backcountry Ski

by Brian Mohr David Olilla, who calls the playful mountains of Michgan’s Upper Peninsula home, is onto something revolutionary. He’s now producing a ski that many of us here in the northeast have been dreaming about for years. It thrives in thin-cover/ice-free conditions common in the very early or very late season, and in many …

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A Bit of Snow On Its Way… After the Wind…and Turkey

“Damaging Winds” is the current forecast for the summit of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington today and tomorrow. There’s nothing like a 145mph wind gust to start off your day in late November! This cold, northwesterly flow of air comes in advance of another moisture-laden, low-pressure system that should start to drop some frozen precip (snow?) …

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Pray for Snow

Although there is some very fun skiing to be had across the northeast right now, including but by no means limited to a few lift-served spots at Sunday River, ME and Killington, VT, it’s exciting to think the approaching storm system could leave us with another round of snow for the weekend. Until then, a …

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2010-11 Skis for your Skiing Adventures

October 2010 By Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson With their ever-widening dimensions, rockered (or early rise) tips and tails, and reduced sidecuts, the latest downhill-oriented ski designs are making it more fun than ever to ski the softer snows of the northeast’s resorts, sidecountry zones and backcountry. An emerging trend this year is the availability …

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Old Man Winter Returns!

The first significant snow-producing nor’easter of the 2010-11 season dumped 10-30+″ of heavy snow over the highest mountain areas of the Northeast this weekend (VT’s Greens and NY’s Adirondacks, especially), and skiers have been out since Friday (10/15) morning embracing the return of our good friend Old Man Winter. Here are a few images from …

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