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Hooray for this week’s snow! The Skimeister and I went backcountry skiing this morning and the…

I'm going to reiterate the request that I shared at the end of our last blog post: Pray for snow,…

After rain fell at the end of the week, you had to wonder how things were holding up in the…

It felt like an early-spring skiing day today! I hit the lifts at Stowe Mountain Resort and enjoyed…

Sunday brought day two of sunshine and day two of skiing in the backcountry in northern Vermont. We…

We didn’t see many people on our ski tour this morning. Probably because it was darn cold! We…

Bolton Valley Resort opened for the weekend today. While folks flocked to the chairlifts, we skinned…

The latest low-pressure system to slowly spin its way over the Northeast has dropped even more snow…

The 24-hour snow totals at most Vermont ski resorts are being reported in the teens. You know, like…

Another day, another ski tour! The forecast calls for warmer temperatures and foul weather, so we…

We re-confirmed this fact today: There is a lot of snow at higher elevations in northern Vermont! …

Midday on Saturday offered up snowflakes, deep snow and sunshine!  I skinned up trails at Bolton…

I heard that our higher mountains in Vermont had received some snow so this morning I went to check…

Updated 12/13/18   Mount Snow joined Killington in spinning lifts in October. Cold temperatures and…

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<<CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE 2021 LIST OF SKI SWAPS!>> Updated 11/6/18 It starts with the changing…

Despite our love for winter and all things cold and frosty, there are some benefits to the…

Vail Resorts, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to buy Triple Peaks, LLC,…

Knowing that we're heading into a sunny, warm weather pattern, we figured we better get some more…

Three ski resorts in Vermont continue to spin their lifts. (See our post about closing dates.) This…

Corn snow, sunscreen and blue skies. This is the recipe for an amazing spring skiing day. On…

Winter hasn’t been letting up here in Vermont. Several inches of snow have fallen in the mountains…

We've had quite a run this ski season! Some Vermont ski resorts have stopped their lifts already,…

The southern part of Vermont got several inches of new snow on Friday. Up in Stowe, it was more like…

The sun today cried out for an after-work ski outing. We headed for a sunny slope at Bolton Valley…

We skied in the sunshine today to close out March. There's still quite a bit of snow at the Trapp…

With visions of warmer temps and creamy corn snow turns, I made a PB&J and headed up to Bolton…

On Sunday, the sun was shining again and the snow hadn't melted. We grabbed our cross-country skis…

Saturday was such a pretty day. Blue sky, rather warm temperatures and still lots of snow to play…

As luck would have it, we were in Colorado recently when the snowstorms started pounding the…

Today was a bit strange. We skinned up into the Bolton backcountry trail network in northern…

The new snow in Vermont is being measured in feet rather than inches this week! Copious amounts of…

Yes, it’s true: This is not a skiing post about Vermont. We went to Colorado last week! While…

Wow! Skiers and riders are rejoicing with many inches of new snow throughout the state of Vermont.…

The coastal storm that moved through the northeast has left up to 14 inches of snow in southern…

With about eight inches of new snow falling on the trails at Bolton Valley this weekend, this…

The Skimeister and I headed for the woods on the west side of Mt. Mansfield today. We parked at the…

Just a couple images from the mid-level Nordic trails at Bolton Valley. About 3 inches of new snow…

The recent snowfall has laid down a nice blanket of snow in Stowe, Vermont. My friend and I headed…

We took a ski in the woods today with 3 to 4 inches of new snow over the last 24 hours. It filled in…