Oct 14
Mad River Glen skier and Freeskiing Coach, Eamon Duane, enjoys a little morning powder for breakfast, under the dim light of sunrise on a very stormy winter morning in Vermont. It won’t be long now…
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Oct 01
Hosted by the Vermont Backcountry Alliance (VTBC), Catamount Trail Association (CTA) and the Rochester Area Sports Trail Alliance (RASTA), the event promises to be a fun celebration of the coming winter season. Representatives from the VTBC, CTA and RASTA, will provide a series of updates around ongoing backcountry projects and programs in Vermont, which will be followed by a community brainstorm and discussion around the future of Vermont’s backcountry. This event is a benefit for Vermont Backcountry Alliance (VTBC), which is a program of the CTA. Please mark your calendars, and stay tuned for more details as Nov 6th approaches.
Proposed Schedule:
6pm => Doors Open – Potluck (Bring a Dish) – Cash Bar – Raffle Tickets for Sale – Multi-Media
7-9pm => VT Backcountry Updates and Forum
9-11pm => Raffle Drawing, Music, Dance, Celebrate
Stay tuned here, at vtbc.org, or at our FB listing, here for more info. Thanks!
Ski you there!
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Sep 23
Thanks to an impressive string of well-aligned tropical storms in the north Atlantic this summer, the temptation to head for the southern Andes has been minimal. Four of the five major tropical systems (Arthur, Bertha, Cristobal and Edouardo) produced overhead surf (summer powder) conditions for many northeast locations, during their passage offshore. And several of the storms kept the summer powder flying in varying amounts for a few solid days at a time.
With fall now upon us, snowflakes will soon be flying, and with the second half of the Atlantic’s tropical storm season still playing out, there will be no shortage of stoke going around in the weeks ahead.
Ski you out there in/on the h2o.
Brian
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Sep 06
Somewhere on the shores of the north Atlantic, we once spent the late afternoon waiting for a friend to pull himself from the fog and blowing snow of a developing spring storm that nearly swallowed him whole (long story, for another post sometime). Tempted to brave the weather for one more run in the clouds, we stumbled upon a mother lode of delicious, medium-sized Atlantic blues…
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Aug 21
If in need of a little skiing stoke, check out these relatively recent releases in the land of backcountry skiing media… First up is a sweet little ten minute film by Washington-based Jason Hummel, featuring a six day, descent-oriented spring ski traverse through the northern Cascades.
Makin’ Bacon – Ski Traverse from Blum to Bacon Peak from Jason Hummel on Vimeo.
Next up is PowderWhore’s trailer for their upcoming film entitled, Some Thing Else, which will be making the rounds at fall season events across the northern hemisphere. Enjoy!…
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