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Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
1M ago
Thanks to a rather long-duration storm, some of Vermont's higher elevations saw 2 feet of snow through Monday. This was a very welcome development! The first wave of snow was heavy and wet, while the ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
2M ago
Thank goodness for new snow! At higher elevations in northern Vermont, we've seen quite a bit of fluffy new snow in the last couple of days. Above 1600 feet or so there's often a decent, frozen base ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
Mother Nature is now into her familiar spring thaw - freeze - thaw cycle. Spring skiing means you now do not want to be the first on the lift in the morning. It's often best to wait for the sun and/or ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
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 ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
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 ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
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 ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
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 ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
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 ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
This last week has been so fun! We've been enjoying the best skiing of the season. And now the temperatures are very comfortable, to boot! We've been getting out to ski in the morning and by ..read more
Ski Maven Blog » Backcountry Skiing
4M ago
Wow — we've seen some crazy snow totals of up to three feet from this week's snowstorm! We got out to cross-country ski while the snow was winding down, then some downhill skiing on Thursday morning ..read more