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Well, you've come to the right place. Here you'll find information and views about Vermont skiing and riding, powder dumps, Vermont ski resort reviews, first-person snow reports and photos, ski travel and all-around snow culture tidbits from a couple of skiing enthusiasts. We don't work in the ski industry, so what you read in this ski blog is from people who just love to get out on the snow! This skiing blog covers alpine, backcountry and cross-country skiing in Vermont and beyond!
Recent posts
Skiing into 2025
Posted 1/6/25
After a meltdown, we've been enjoying colder temperatures and steady upslope snowfall in the northern Green Mountains. At higher elevations, the snow has been adding up! Meanwhile, in places like the…
Cross-country skiing on a bit of fresh snow in the Mad River Valley
Posted 12/21/24
Sunday temperatures are sounding very chilly. For this reason, this morning I checked ski area snow reports to see where there might be some new snow to play in today. Some lake-effect snow had been…
Skiing snowy slopes in Vermont on December 19
Posted 12/20/24
Thursday morning featured some much-needed fresh snow in northern Vermont. I was keeping an eye on the forecast and I skied in the morning on December 19. I hit it pretty well! There were about 3…
Yay for early December snow!
Posted 12/8/24
As of Sunday morning, December 8, 2024, there are 13 downhill ski resorts open in Vermont. And there are a handful of cross-country ski centers open, too. This is darn good for early December! We…
Vermont’s 2024 - 2025 ski season has started!
Posted 11/29/24
Thanksgiving 2024 snowstorm Southern Vermont won the lottery for the Thanksgiving snowstorm. Killington Ski Resort has been open and the new snow created some great conditions for Turkey Day skiers.…
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Ski Swaps in Vermont — The 2024 SkiMaven List
Posted 10/4/24
Updated 10/13/2024 This is our annual round-up of ski swaps in Vermont! We’ll update this list as more information comes in. Pro tip: Bookmark this page for future reference. Text and images ©2024 S…
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Closing day 2024 at Stowe Mountain Resort
Posted 4/21/24
First, let me make this clear: Even though I skied on Stowe's closing day, it doesn't mean I'm done skiing! ;) Saturday night's temperatures looked like they would be cool, and Sunday looked to be…
Late-spring midweek skiing at Jay Peak in Vermont
Posted 4/17/24
As fewer ski areas remain open in Vermont, and warm temps continue to melt away our precious snow, it's important to take advantage of nice days to make some spring turns! We flexed some work time…
Sticky spring skiing at Sugarbush on Sunday
Posted 4/14/24
Boy, that headline has a lot of "S" words! Spring has sprung. Big time. After last week's snowstorm, the weather soon turned warm and rainy. Sunday morning brought sunshine, so it was time to hit…
Thank goodness the snow is back!
Posted 3/12/24
Thanks to a rather long-duration storm, some of Vermont's higher elevations saw 2 feet of snow through Monday. This was a very welcome development! The first wave of snow was heavy and wet, while the…
Enjoying some fluffy new snow in northern Vermont
Posted 2/18/24
So grateful for new snow! At higher elevations in northern Vermont, we've seen quite a bit of fluffy new snow in the last couple of days. Above 1600 feet or so there's often a decent, frozen base, as…
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