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Photo of the Week: A Great Excuse for a Hike!

admin — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:37:01 +0000

While spring gradually gives way to summer and the very last remnants of winter finally melt away, a few lingering strips of snow in the higher reaches of the Whites, Dacks and at several northeastern ski areas are still tempting a handful of skiers. At this point, while the turns are still fun, the skiing [...]

Photo of the Week: The Dirty Corn

admin — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:53:29 +0000

Whether you are finding it on those lingering strips of snow at your favorite ski area, or along the snow-filled edge of an alpine ridge in New Hampshire’s White Mountains or Quebec’s Monts McGerrigle, The Dirty Corn is hard to miss right now. And that’s okay. For one thing, The Dirty Corn is often a [...]

Photo(s) of the Week: White Mountain Wanderlust

admin — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:12:19 +0000

We’ve been feeling a bit of White Mountain Wanderlust lately, thanks in no small part to an incredible run of pleasant spring days that have produced corn-snow conditions on at least some aspects, daily. Over the last several days, especially, temperatures have been cool enough to allow for some re-freezing of the snow pack nightly, [...]

Photo of the Week: The Untracked Golden Corn

admin — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:19:52 +0000

After laying undisturbed for a spring day or two, the snow surface will transform in the sun into something especially sweet to ski on – it’s top most layer crisped to perfection, flaking and peeling away with every buttery turn. We’re not claiming to be corn snow connoisseurs, but we do have a taste for [...]

Photo of the Week: Thank You Old Man Winter

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 00:38:56 +0000

It was with a touch of sadness and a feeling of deep satisfaction that we said goodbye to Old Man Winter today. From his earliest appearances in mid October, through his grand finale in the higher-elevations over this past weekend, the Old Man put on an exceptionally good show across the Northeast this winter. By [...]

Photo(s) of the Week: Winter’s Last Gasp?

admin — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:10:29 +0000

Old Man Winter’s resiliency continued to produce excellent skiing at all elevations this past week. Whether skiing fresh powder in the higher elevations (thanks to 2-12″ of snow falling Mon pm – Weds am), taking shelter from the cold wind and snow squalls, or skiing corn on some of the last remnant pasture lines lower [...]

Photo(&Vid) of the Week: Descending Katahdin’s Chimney

admin — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:34 +0000

It’s not often that the steep, alpine gulley known as the Chimney on Maine’s Mt. Katahdin becomes skiable. Dropping over 1500′ from Katahdin’s Knife Edge Ridge, the remote Chimney is known more as a ice- and rock-strewn alpine climb (Class 4/ NE II) than it is as a ski line. Yet, this past week, a [...]

Photo(s) of the Week: Steep and Deep

admin — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:37:15 +0000

Wow. What a week in the mountains of the Northeast! And the snow should continue to fly in the mountains through Sunday morning. Okay, that’s it for now…back to skiing powder. Oh yeah…a small factoid to share: There have been snowflakes in the air for 27 of the last 32 days or nights over AdventureSkier [...]

Photo of the Week: March Madness and Why Ski Patrollers Rock

admin — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:46:57 +0000

With up to foot of mountain snows accumulating in the first week of March, followed by a good dose of spring last weekend/early this week, and then another 6-16″ falling across the mountains over the past few days, the month of March is upholding its reputation as one of the snowiest months of the season [...]

Photo(s) of the Week: A Taste of Spring in the Alpine

admin — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:40:19 +0000

Although it was gusting to 80mph atop Mt. Washington, NH on Friday, and temps were still in the teens across the north country at sunrise today (Saturday), Old Man Winter has handed the reins to his good friend Spring for the weekend – even in the alpine regions of the Northeast. Most solar aspects experienced [...]