Ski gear
It's ski swap time! In Vermont, we have a variety of ski swaps to choose from. I try to find as many nonprofit / benefit / club swap events as I can to share with you here at Skimaven. If you know of other ski swaps in Vermont this season, please leave a comment below to fill us in!
Please visit the swap Web site and/or contact the organizers to confirm details before you drive miles and miles with a car full of ski gear or children!
Here are the details I have unearthed thus far for fall...[Read more]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Ski gear
It's ski swap time! In Vermont, we have a variety of ski swaps to choose from. I try to find as many nonprofit / benefit / club swap events as I can to share with you here at Skimaven. If you know of other ski swaps in Vermont this season, please leave a comment below to fill us in!
Please visit the swap Web site and/or contact the organizers to confirm details before you drive miles and miles with a car full of ski gear or children!
Here are the details I have unearthed thus far for fall...[Read more]
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Still have wooden skis or long, straight skis kicking around? If they pre-date 1975, consider registering by Friday for Saturday's 7th Annual Vermont Antique Ski Race. It's presented by the Vermont Ski Museum and Suicide Six ski area in Woodstock, Vt. Racing starts at 10:30 a.m. on a dual slalom course.
The fun race benefits the Vermont Ski Museum and it often includes former Vermont Olympians and US Ski Team members. An awards ceremony and sugar-on-snow follow the race.
Sounds like a fun day...[Read more]
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Filed in: Alpine / downhill skiing, Ski gear, Suicide Six
New tele boots and new tele skis make for a happy skier.
We arranged our work schedule today to be able to take a few runs on a lovely afternoon. We enjoyed blue skies today -- a bit cloudy in the mountains -- and warmer temperatures. It snowed early this week, so it was a good time to try out some new gear. We zipped over to Smugglers' Notch.
I had high hopes for the equipment that I had picked up at a ski swap this fall: essentially new, three-buckle tele boots (they were demos) and brand...[Read more]
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Filed in: Ski gear, Smugglers' Notch
Been in your basement or barn lately? Trying to figure out what to do with all that old ski equipment?
Two small companies in Vermont can help you turn some of your skis into some very cool furniture, like this Adirondack style chair made out of nordic skis. It's beautiful!
Based in Morrisville and Waterbury, Vermont — towns that bookend Stowe — these companies will take your old gear and suggest ways to create a ski chair, table, CD rack, coffeetable, or whatever the...[Read more]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Filed in: Alpine / downhill skiing, Backcountry skiing, Cross-country skiing, Ski gear
<Follow this link for the updated 2010 list of Vermont ski swaps.>
Yes, it's getting cool outside. I'm getting antsy, too.
Now's the time to plan your attack on Vermont ski swaps. What gear are you going to unload? What gear do you want to buy?
Well I can't exactly help you with those questions, but at least I can keep you up to date on the fall 2009 Vermont ski swap calendar. I'm adding dates & details as they are made available.
2009 Northern & Central Vermont...[Read more]
Monday, August 31, 2009
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Filed in: Cochran's, Fall & Early season, Killington, Okemo, Ski gear, Ski swaps, Smugglers' Notch
Ingredients for a lovely winter afternoon:
white snowblue skiesbackcountry gear.
I had my first backcountry outing of the season this afternoon and it was so nice to be back at it. The storm this week left about 8 inches of snow or so on the western flanks of Mt. Mansfield, where I skied today. The Skimeister and I parked at the Stevensville trailhead parking area and started up. And up. I think my arms are going to tell me tomorrow how they felt about today's ski trip!
There were plenty...[Read more]
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Filed in: Backcountry skiing, Mt. Mansfield, Ski gear
Is there snow in Vermont? Why, yes! The report from the tippy top of Mt. Mansfield is that there are 11 inches of snow at the stake—well above average for this time of year—due to the storm that came through this week.
Here's a Web cam shot from Underhill, Vermont, this morning. Underhill is on the western side of Mount Mansfield.
Here in the Champlain Valley we had about an inch or so, but much of that has melted to reveal the fallen leaves again. While there is still some more raking to do,...[Read more]
Thursday, October 30, 2008
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Filed in: Fall & Early season, Mt. Mansfield, Ski gear
<Follow this link for the updated 2010 list of Vermont ski swaps.>
I don't know about you, but I'm looking for some ski gear before the snow flies this year. For one, I want to pick up some plastic telemark boots so I can really have more turning capability on my descents in the woods.
I'm going to check out a couple of Vermont ski swaps to see if I can score some equipment that fits me. I was successful two years ago when I found some new, unwrapped Karhu Pavo skis...so who knows what...[Read more]
Monday, September 29, 2008
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Filed in: Cochran's, Killington, Okemo, Ski gear, Ski swaps, Smugglers' Notch
Late on Thursday afternoon, we headed for Bolton Valley Nordic Center to do a couple of laps of skate skiing. Conditions were firm and very fast.
It was a good workout as I climbed the hills on World Cup. Then I employed my much-practiced wedge, or snowplow, to keep things in check during the super-fast descents.
In Bolton Valley's Nordic Blog, they reported that they had tilled and groomed the snow on 20 km with an alpine grooming machine. My skis chattered on the small grooves as I wedged...[Read more]
Friday, February 22, 2008
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Filed in: Bolton Valley, Cross-country skiing, Ski gear
With all this snow falling here in Vermont, kids of all ages grab their sleds and head for the hills. What could be more fun after some skiing, or better yet, on a snow day from school?
Seven Days newspaper has created a handy little map of sledding hills in northern Vermont. Is your favorite hill on this list?
In the Mad River Valley, some people have elevated sledding to a science. Mad River Rockets in Warren, Vt., makes high-speed sleds with names like Killer B and Stinger.
These things...[Read more]
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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Filed in: Burke, Ski gear
It's days like today that I praise the snowgods, and my parents for buying me my favorite pair of mittens. We had a lovely backcountry tour today, but it was darn cold.
Fortunately, I'm someone who layers up and I know when to take out the big guns (the sheepskin mittens) when I need to.
Despite temps in the single digits, it didn't take much uphill shlogging to start generating some heat and a couple of times I had to take the mittens off to cool off my hands.
Let me tell you that I've...[Read more]
Saturday, December 15, 2007
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Filed in: Backcountry skiing, Bolton Valley, Ski gear
This just in: I earned my first turns of the season today!
There were about 12 inches of fluffy powder to sample on the CCC road on the western slopes of Mt. Mansfield. That dirt road is accessed via the Underhill State Park access road in Underhill, Vermont.
The trees were laden with snow — some of the lightest powder we every get here in the East, really — and the sky was mostly blue. What more could you ask for on the first ski run of the year?
My husband (the Skimeister)...[Read more]
Sunday, November 25, 2007
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Filed in: Backcountry skiing, Mt. Mansfield, Ski gear
