Tag: winter

Photo(s) of the Week: Endless Winter!

It all seems like such a blur now…this endless winter season, that is. We’ve simply lost track of all the great storms at this point, and our memories of those first turns of the season, back in mid-October, are slipping away into the recesses of our minds. Meanwhile, Old Man Winter continues to show us …

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Northeast Skiing: A World of Contrasts

The past week in the northeast offered a perfectly normal yet utterly wild swing in the weather and snow conditions – an annual event many of us refer to as the January Thaw. For the moment, at least, the change in weather has nearly wiped out the thin snowpack we had at the lowest elevations, …

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Solstice, Skiing and Sauna

We made the most of the shortest day of the year by enjoying fresh tracks in some higher elevation, off-piste terrain that’s been tempting us for days, and by enjoying a nice wood-fired sauna with a few friends. The warmth and light of the sauna soothed our souls and recharged our bodies. And now, with …

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Photo of the Week: Cold, Refreshing Winter

As much as we love the tropical heat and humidity that has settled upon the Northeast this past week, it’s also nice to take a break from it by letting our imaginations run in an image like this… We hope this image cools you down as much as it does for us. (Click on thumbnail …

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Gear Giveaway – June/July: Skiing Animals?

Congrats to Jason Starr of Burlington, VT for coming up with the closest guess in our April/May contest… For June/July…Be the first to name the three animals that we see most in the mountain environment and season featured in this photo, and win a pair of Darn Tough socks! One guess, listing only three animals, …

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