Adventure Skier

Support the Catamount Trail – Race to the Top of VT

Brian — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:10:23 +0000

How about a little boost your fitness as another ski season nears? This coming August 29, 2010, please come out and support Vermont’s Catamount Trail Association, by running, mountain biking, or non-competitively hiking up Vermont’s Mount Mansfield as part of the 3rd Annual Race to the Top of Vermont. Proceeds from this event will benefit [...]

Photo of the Week: A Three Sandwich Day

Brian — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:13:12 +0000

You know you are in for a great adventure – at least you had better be – when you prepare and pack three sandwiches for your ski pack. This particular sandwich making session was followed by a ski tour that kicked off around dinner time, carried us through the midnight hours and didn’t land us [...]

Photo of the Week: Crust Cruising

Brian — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:00:20 +0000

One of the great things about a little rainfall in the middle of February is that it sometime leads to the formation of a nice supportive crust atop the snowpack. If we’ve got a good base to work with, this can be especially fun, as the crust allows you to go nearly anywhere, and [...]

Surfing Arctic Norway

Brian — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:01:23 +0000

We recently stumbled upon this terrific short film about Arctic Norway – produced from a surfer’s perspective. It features some of the same mountain areas that we explored by bicycle and skis this past spring. Whether you enjoy surfing or not, we think you’ll enjoy this! – Brian and Emily Share/Save

Photo of the Week: Cold, Refreshing Winter

Brian — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:02:10 +0000

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 [...]

Monthly Gear Giveaway – June/July: Skiing Animals?

Brian — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:51:03 +0000

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, per [...]

Photo of the Week: Red, White and Blue

Brian — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:50:14 +0000

Skier Ian Forgays enjoys a blue sky powder day at treeline in Vermont’s Green Mountains. Happy 4th everyone! Share/Save

Updated Weather Page – Check it out!

Brian — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:16:30 +0000

12-Hour Loop for Northern Hemisphere U.S./Canada – Courtesy: Unisys Weather Whether you are a weather junkie or not, take a peek at our newly updated weather page, which includes some cool time-lapse infrared, satellite and water vapor or the U.S. and the Northeast. As we continue to make improvements to this page, please feel free to use [...]

Photo of the Week: Chest Deep Ferns

Brian — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:01:41 +0000

Need we say more? Happy summer everyone! -Brian Share/Save

Photo of the Week: Skiing in June – Take 2

Brian — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 09:08:34 +0000

Here’s another example of what some of us northeastern skiers are known to do in June – when the snow is gone, but our skiing stoke is not. This is another image from East Greenland’s Schweizerland Alps, captured on a remote island that is part of an Arctic archipelago anchoring the southern end of these [...]