Rime-coated Forest

The upper elevations across the northern reaches of the northeast are in a truly beautiful state right now. The hardwood forest above 2500′ is especially attractive with its ever-deepening snowpack (15-35″ of fresh along the western slopes of the Green Mountain Divide since last cheap xanax alprazolam Sat/Sun, and it’s still snowing!), and the birches and beeches decorated with some of the most impressive rime buildup we’ve ever seen. Here’s a snap taken higher up in the conifers, on our way to a favorite hardwood stash earlier this week…

Great story about skiing the Thunderbolt…

Don’t miss Peter Bronski’s latest story about skiing the classic Thunderbolt Ski Trail on Mt. Greylock in Massachusetts’ Berkshires. The story recently published in the Jan/Feb issue of AMC Outdoors magazine, along with an image of ours captured off-piste on Mt Greylock.LINK

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Now that’s a weather forecast…

Let’s cross our fingers about another big and snowy nor’easter winding up for the northeast this Thursday pm (12/31) through Saturday… Visit our weather page for the latest updates…
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Adventure Skiing Slideshows

This winter, join us at one of our upcoming slideshows, presented as part of our 5th Annual Wild People, Wild Places Slideshow Series. By combining digitally projected still photos, video footage and our off-the-cuff narration, we bring to life our skiing adventures throughout the Northeast US/Canada, Iceland, Patagonia, Greenland and more. Some of our shows feature a mix of surfing, backpacking, paddling and bike-touring, too. Most of our shows are free, and each show also features an impressive raffle of outdoor gear donated by our slideshow series supporters. We dedicate a good portion of our raffle proceeds to conservation efforts in Vermont, the southern Andes and the Arctic. Please help spread the word and we’ll look forward to seeing many of you there. Thanks! (See sample posters below, and our update schedule HERE)

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Happy Holidays

We wish everyone the happiest of holidays and a peaceful and powdery winter ahead!

-Brian and Emily