Mar 08
Winter in the northeast…what a world of contrasts! While skiing in the pouring rain on Sunday morning here Vermont’s Green Mountains, it was hard to imagine that we would be skiing in some of most unforgettably deep and beautiful snow just twenty fours later. Then again, we are not the least bit surprised. The first …
Mar 05
Updated with photos 3/12: It might still be news to many that the mountains claimed the life of a wonderful person, son, brother, step-brother, grandson, a friend to many and a very talented skier this past week – twenty-five year old Ryan Hawks. Ryan grew up in South Burlington, Vermont, graduated from UVM, and honed …
Mar 01
We often wonder why we ever leave the northeast. And the more we ski in this incredible part of the world, the stronger our conviction that we live in a skiing paradise grows. This past weekend drove home these feelings more than ever. With a crew of half-a-dozen friends, we embarked on a three-day, hut-to-hut …
Feb 18
As much as it is always a wee-bit sad to see our deep and powder-coated snow pack at the mercy of the warm air upon the northeast right now, we have much to celebrate. First, leading up to this 36-hour warm up, conditions off-piste and in the backountry, especially in sheltered higher elevation zones, have …
Jan 15
Ian Forgays comes up for a breath, high above Vermont’s Mad River Valley. Need we say more?
