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Backcountry Update: Fresh Snow is Falling

Life is good when fresh snow falls day after day after day – a pattern we might be settling into this week. With snow falling steadily across the northeast’s mountains by late in the day Monday, Tuesday morning promises to offer fresh tracks on established downhill ski trails and higher elevation nordic trails. Still, the …

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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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Skiing the Greens – Early November 2010

On Monday (11/8), while rain, sleet and freezing rain cancelled schools in the valleys, a thin layer of fresh “snow” in the mountains took the edge off the weekend’s crust at all but the highest elevations.

Gear Giveaway – Aug/Sept: What trail?

10/3 UPDATE: Still no correct guesses for Aug/Sept! So, we are extending this contest til Friday 10/8. =>If you already guessed in Aug or Sept, you can guess one more time. Keep your answers unique, as the first one to guess correctly is the winner. (Hint: This is not Mad River Glen or Sugrbush) Thanks! …

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Photo of the Week: Red, White and Blue

Skier Ian Forgays enjoys a blue sky powder day at treeline in Vermont’s valium generic pill identifier Green Mountains. Happy 4th everyone!