Cross-country skiing

The 2023 - 2024 ski season is coming in hot! A number of ski resorts are opening before Thanksgiving. Are you ready?!? These dates are weather dependent. Check the websites of your favorite Vermont…

Updated 11/16/2023 Anyone out there ready for ski season? Psychologically I am ready. But if you are like me, you may be thinking about the ski and snowboard gear you want or need. Ski swaps are one…

Woods covered in 2 inches of new, spring snow. Waxless skis and three-pin bindings. Light fleece layers. Wax to rub on skis to keep the snow from clumping. Mix all these ingredients for a…

I like to keep my eye on the weather — especially this time of year. We had that wonderful dump of snow last week. It was then followed by some rain. Looking ahead, we may see rain again on Thursday.…

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,…

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…

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…

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!

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

Winter made another appearance on Saturday! The higher elevations in northern Vermont got around a foot of snow. So you can bet your ski boots we got out to play in it on Sunday. I don't know if…

We were fortunate to see fresh snow over the last week, so we took advantage while we could! We enjoyed the light snow in the nearby woods in northern Vermont. The higher we skied up, the deeper the…

We loved seeing the snow fall all day on Friday! I’d take breaks from work to peek outside and grin. That night while shoveling, I discovered how light the snow was. Utah light. It wasn't what we…

Today the Skimeister and I went for a ski tour in the Nordic trails at Bolton Valley, Vt. We went up into the mountains because at home in the valley the snow was melting down to “fast grass.” Up at…