Oct 20

Adventure Skiing Slideshows: Kick Back, Support Wildlands, Get Lucky!

On October 24th and 25th, Moretown, VT-based skiers, photographers and storytellers, Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson, of Ember Photography, will kick off their 8th Annual Wild People, Wild Places Slideshow Series, with several shows planned for Vermont. They will begin the season with two showings of their multi-media slideshow, Two Wheels, Two Planks – Norway, at the Joslin Library in Waitsfield and at Onion River Sports in Montpelier, Vermont. The show features their recent bicycle-powered skiing through Norway’s remote and beautiful Arctic region.

“The combination of cycling, camping and backcountry skiing gave us tremendous freedom to explore Norway’s spectacular mountains and culture,” says Johnson, who along with her husband, Mohr, and two close friends, recently spent more than four weeks in Arctic Norway assignment for Patagonia, and WEND and Adventure Cyclist magazines. “We had dreamt about a bicycle-powered adventure of this sort for many years…so it was a dream come true.”

On Nov. 7th, partnering with the Vermont Land Trust, the couple will present the latest edition of Off Piste in the Northeast, their ever-evolving show celebrating skiing adventure in the Northeast US. This show will be a fundraiser for the Bolton Valley Backcountry and Nordic Lands project. Then, at local venues over the holidays, they’ll also unveil their newest show, Two Wheels, Two Planks – THE ALPS, which features another bicycle-powered skiing adventure through the rugged Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps.

During their shows, Mohr and Johnson weave still photos, video footage and music with their own off-the-cuff narration. The shows run approximately one hour, and are followed by a raffle of outdoor gear donated by a variety of local business and outdoor brands. Mohr and Johnson co-own Ember Photography (www.EmberPhoto.com), publish www.AdventureSkier.com, and are regular contributors to the outdoor media. Much of their work helps to promote the careful enjoyment and protection of wild lands in North America, the Arctic and the Andes. (More info below.)

Wild People, Wild Places Slideshow Series 2012-13
Presented by Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson / Ember Photography

UPCOMING SHOWS:
Show #1: Two Wheels, Two Planks: Bicycle-Powered Skiing in Arctic Norway
@ Joslin Memorial Library in Waitsfield, VT
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2012 at 7pm
Admission: FREE

Show #2: Two Wheels, Two Planks: Bicycle-Powered Skiing in Arctic Norway
@ Onion River Sports in Montpelier, VT
Thursday, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:30pm
Admission: FREE + Raffle of Outdoor Gear ($5 raffle tickets)

Show #3: Off Piste in the Northeast: A Celebration of Northeast Skiing Adventure
(Benefit for the Bolton Valley Backcountry and Nordic Lands project – in partnership with the VT Land Trust)
@ The Film House at Main Street Landing – Burlington, VT
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 at 7pm
Admission: FREE + Benefit Raffle ($5 tickets/5 for $20)

2013: Two Wheels, Two Planks – THE ALPS
(w/ the Green Mountain Club)
@ Mad River Glen Ski Area in Fayston, VT
Saturday, Jan 5, 2013 at 7pm
Admission: $5 for GMC members; $8 non-members + Raffle of Outdoor Gear

CONTACT:
Brian Mohr, EmberPhoto ~ 802-496-5434 ~ info@emberphoto.com

ABOUT: The Wild People, Wild Places project is an ongoing series of exhibits and slideshows designed to inspire the public to enjoy and protect the very places featured. Through their shows, Brian Mohr and Emily Johnson share stories and images from their backcountry skiing, paddling, backpacking and cycling adventures throughout the Northeast, the Arctic, the southern Andes, Europe and North America. Mohr and Johnson photograph for a wide variety of editorial, fine art, wedding and commercial clients. Their work is widely published. For more information, please contact the photographers by phone or email, or visit their websites: www.emberphoto.com and www.adventureskier.com ###

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Oct 16

Photo of the Week: Ultra-Thin Cover

Another round of fresh snowfall blanketed the higher elevations of the Northeast this past weekend. And while it didn’t amount to more than an inch or two – aka ultra-thin cover – the combination of the ground being more frosted and the snow being denser than last week made for even smoother skiing. Word on the street is that Vermont’s Killington also took advantage of the cold and snowy weather by adding several inches of their own machine-made snow to their classic Rime ski run on the upper mountain. No doubt, plenty of happy folks were out there this weekend welcoming Old Man Winter back into their lives. – Brian

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Oct 08

Photo(s) of the Week (Updated): Fresh Snow… First Turns!

Thanks to fresh snow falling across the highest elevations of the Northeast on Sunday night, snow sliders enjoyed some of their first turns of the season on Monday. And while Old Man Winter welcomed us back with only a few inches of snow at the highest elevations (4-6″ atop the porch railing of a cabin at 3600′), it was just enough to kick off the season. Lower on the mountain, it’s possible that the perfect carpet of wet-leaves-atop-green-grass-and-moss skied as well as the snow – if not even better!

The image above features the higher elevations along Vermont’s Worcester Range on Monday morning… while the following images were captured while we were out skiing later that morning above Vermont’s Mad River Valley.

Here’s to another cold and snowy winter ahead!
– Brian and Emily

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Oct 01

Photo of the Week: Next Time

While on a week long traverse of the Haute Gaspesie in Quebec a few years ago, we tried to ski this beautiful little mountain when it was in our sights. However, the passing of a warm front, with its steady rain and snow-eating nighttime temperatures, had other plans for us. So we skied on, playing it safe. In the days that followed, the rain turned back to snow and we enjoyed some of the most enjoyable skiing of our lives.

Still, we couldn’t shake the sights of this mountain from our adventurous buy carisoprodol online imaginations, and after completing the traverse, we contemplated a 30 mile marathon tour just to get back to ski one of the main lines to the lookers-left of the summit. The thought was easily silenced by the howling winds of an approaching blizzard – a storm that left us with 20″ of fresh snow by morning. The mountain would just have to wait.

– Brian

(Click on thumbnail of image below to enlarge. Stay tuned for a larger story about this adventure soon)

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Sep 24

Photo of the Week: One Inch Rule

The last couple of weather fronts and rain storms have ushered in the beautiful fall season in classic form. It’s amazing how Mother Nature, with the flick of a her switch, can take us out of a distinctly summery weather pattern right into the cooler, crispier and breezier days of fall. At least a few folks spotted a particularly heavy frost across some Northeastern mountaintops on Monday morning, and we’ve intercepted several reports of spotty snow showers late Sunday night and on Monday (confirmed!), too.

All of this cheap viagra usa only means one simple thing. We’ll be skiing on something white in no time – any day, really. For some, all it takes is a heavy frost to justify some gravity fed sliding again. Others have a One Inch Rule. Check out the latest Ski Journal (need a holiday gift idea?) for some words and photos celebrating early season skiing in the Northeast. (Click on the photos below for a sneak peek and to enlarge images.)

-Brian

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