Stowe, VT – Mention Vermont, and you’re likely to conjure up pastoral /images of white church steeples, clapboard houses, steam rising from boilers in maple sugar shacks, narrow and winding dirt farm roads, and incandescent fall foliage. Skiers and snowboarders … Continue Reading ››
Brian Head, UT – The silence was deafening. Standing atop the rim of Cedar Breaks National Monument’s crimson cliffs, the enveloping stillness was punctuated only by a lone crow soaring somewhere thousands of feet below in the nearly limitless void. Far beyond, … Continue Reading ››
Stratton Mountain, VT – I just can’t help but to smile. Let’s just ignore the fact that I was grunting up the side of a ski slope with two broken vertebrae in my lower back, struggling to hold some form of traction … Continue Reading ››
Newry, ME – We had been dying for a ski vacation. After loving every minute of a record snowfall on the East Coast last winter, this year we’d barely unpacked our gloves. We had planned a couple trips with … Continue Reading ››
Copper Mountain, CO (March 2002) – Peeling back the curtains, a kaleidoscope of light patterns played upon the otherwise pitch-dark slopes above the new village, emanating from a series of high-powered projectors perched atop 30-foot high wooden poles. Further up the … Continue Reading ››
Lincoln, NH – The best-laid plans do not always go according to design. Skiers, especially eastern skiers, know this fact intimately. Weather is no one’s friend in New England, and we all know the best conditions in the east often match the … Continue Reading ››
Brighton, UT – Each of Utah’s four Cottonwood Canyons resorts – Alta, Snowbird, Solitude and Brighton – has its own unique character and spirit. For skiers only, Alta exudes charm through its exceptional terrain and throwback culture. Snowbird delivers … Continue Reading ››