Note: All of the event photos have been posted to SkiPix.com and are available for purchase. It was another successful year for the Stowe Derby. Some 793 racers took on the challenge of a 2,602′ descent over 12.5 miles on cross country skis. That may not sound bad until you look at the course profile [...]
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66th Stowe Derby: Race from the Top of Vermont
March 1, 2011
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Skiing in Vermont During the Christmas Holiday Week
January 2, 2011
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Skiing during Christmas week in Vermont can be a crap shoot. Some years we get powder and great conditions, other years it’s a complete washout. Without fail, though, Vermont gets crowded during the holidays. There was a line at the Smuggler’s Notch ticket window from 9:30am to 2:30pm. The week started with cloudy skies that [...]
Cinco de Mansfield, 2010
May 2, 2010
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I could have also titled this, 5 desperate skiers climb a mountain in search of the last dregs of snow. Burlington received a little snow this past week, Essex a little more, but the mountains really got hammered. While the snow in Burlington has completely disappeared, Stowe is still hanging onto some snow. The email [...]
Valentine’s Day with my wife
February 14, 2010
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Tawny & I celebrated Valentine’s Day by taking her splitboard out for its first backcountry experience. Tawny’s been in the backcountry before, but slowshoes made it hard to keep up and took a lot of energy out of her. With her old Burton board split, and the hardware mounted up, we were ready to go. [...]
Backcountry skiing on the Catamount Trail
January 31, 2010
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With temperatures threatening to hover around 0°F all day, a group of SkiVT-L regulars headed into the Backcountry. The initial plan was to meet at 10am at the trailhead, but due to some slight forgetfulness, I missed that group. No worries; the skin in was along the Catamount Trail and the area we planned to [...]
Perfect Last Day
January 4, 2010
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Our last day at Snowbird provided soft snow and sunshine. The initial plan was to ski in Mineral Basin in the morning and then head over to Little Cloud, where we had previously spent little time, but had good runs. Well, Mineral Basin was too nice to leave. The snow on skier’s right was mostly [...]
Solitude
January 3, 2010
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While it’s full on puking snow in Burlington, VT, we’re out in Utah. It’s snowed a bit over the last few days out here, with 16+ a few days ago and a few fresh inches on top, so Solitude skied wonderfully yesterday. It’s not the 30″ that I see reported in Vermont, but we’ll take [...]
