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Fun skiing in the woods of northern Vermont
Posted 3/5/23
Hallelujah, we have some snow! A look at the graph of the snow at the stake atop Mt. Mansfield has some good news: At that elevation, we are nearly catching up to the average snowfall for this time of…
Fluffy powder over a slick base today at Stowe
Posted 2/27/23
Lotsa fun today skiing in light, fluffy powder at Stowe Mountain Resort! We were in line at the quad when it opened at 8 a.m. That afforded us some powder turns on trails like Liftline, Nosedive and…
So glad to see snow!
Posted 2/24/23
It looks like we may be in a nice little snow pattern. That is very welcome news as we are about to close out February. At ski areas near our home in northern Vermont, about 9 inches of snow has…
Spring skiing in February?
Posted 2/16/23
On Wednesday I got out into the afternoon sun for a bit of spring skiing. Yes, as in sticky-snow-like-it-is-late-March skiing. The sun and temperatures felt great and the late-afternoon sun was…
Back on snow after emerging from the deep freeze
Posted 2/6/23
We stayed in and worked while the wind whipped up scary wind chill numbers on Friday and Saturday. By Sunday morning, we were chomping at the bit to be back on snow. We enjoyed a nice ski tour in the…
Thankful for playing in the snow!
Posted 1/30/23
Hasn't it been great to have winter again? We've been enjoying getting out into the snowy woods for ski tours. It's so pretty! Hope you've been getting on the snow, too!
A snowy afternoon of soft turns!
Posted 1/26/23
Just a few photos of an afternoon riding the quad at Bolton Valley Resort in northern Vermont. The snow kept falling through the day and I found some fun, rather deep snow. The ski area reported…
With new snow, Vermont ski areas have a busy Saturday
Posted 1/21/23
Busy, busy, busy! It was so busy at Vermont ski areas today that you might think people hadn't skied in fresh snow for a while or something! Thank goodness for some snow on Thursday night and…
“Early season” conditions on the Nordic trails and temps are staying cold
Posted 1/16/23
Here are a few shots from my Monday morning Nordic ski up at Bolton Valley's cross-country trail network. It looked more and more wintry as I drove up to the 1,800-foot base area. I enjoyed skiing…
A few new snowflakes on Vermont slopes, and Snowflake Bentley snowflakes online
Posted 1/7/23
It's Saturday morning and I'm encouraged to see that some ski areas got a couple of inches of snow — especially in southern and eastern Vermont. It's been tough waiting on cold temperatures and…
Snow, water, mice and moose tracks
Posted 12/26/22
The Skimeister and I took advantage of the long holiday weekend to explore the snow conditions in the woods in Bolton, Vermont. Between 1,400 and 1,800 feet in elevation, we came across about five to…
Wild weather and some holiday magic
Posted 12/24/22
We had some wild weather on the Friday before Christmas (December 23). Luckily, most Vermont ski areas got a few inches or more of snow at the back end of the storm. Many ski areas are saying they…
Winter starts now! Vermont ski resorts start to open for 2022 - 2023 season.
Posted 11/17/22
UPDATE ON 11/23/2022: Give thanks! More Vermont ski areas are opening for Thanksgiving weekend! (We're looking at you Smuggs, Stratton, Jay, Burke, Bolton and Bromley!) We've had cold temperatures to…
After warm start to November 2022, snowmaking gets underway in Vermont
Posted 11/10/22
Thankfully after a warm start to November, we are heading into colder weather! Some Vermont ski areas have fired up their snowmaking either for testing or to lay down a white carpet on some trails. …
Fall foliage and “snowliage” in Vermont
Posted 10/10/22
We have been enjoying the most colorful time of the year in Vermont. We are hiking amongst reds, oranges and yellows. Good stuff! And this weekend our highest peaks got a taste of winter. We had…
Ski swaps in Vermont in 2022. The SkiMaven list.
Posted 9/5/22
<<FOLLOW THIS LINK TO THE 2023 SKI SWAP POST!>> Updated 11/2/2022 Welcome to fall — and our annual round-up of ski swaps in Vermont! We’ll update this list as more information comes in. You may want…
Winding down to the end of the 2021 - 2022 ski season
Posted 4/25/22
It's Monday, April 25, 2022. Let's take a look at which ski resorts are still open in Vermont! Killington Jay Peak — closed for the midweek — will open for April 30 and May 1 and possibly the…
Springy snow and the end of the ski season for some ski areas
Posted 3/31/22
Update on 4/6/2022 Closed ski areas in Vermont now include: Bolton Valley (they may try to re-open for one more weekend) Bromley Mountain Cochran's Ski Area Mad River Glen Magic Mountain Midd…
Hitting the slopes for another shot of winter!
Posted 3/28/22
It was getting depressing to see our lovely snow melt away. But then winter came back for a visit! Higher elevations in the Green Mountains got snow this weekend, so I had to go and investigate. I…
Spring skiing is here!
Posted 3/19/22
With warm temperatures this past week and rain in the forecast, I made a point to get out for an afternoon of spring skiing. In Wednesday's bright sunshine, the snow was very soft at Bolton Valley,…
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