A scattering of snow and light rain across northern NY and New England today will clear, and warmer daytime temps will move in tomorrow. Jackson had some informal skiing last week but no longer. Osceola as gone back to advising rock skis for now, and it sounds similar for Trapp Family Lodge. Garnet Hill still …
Month: November 2019
It’s on- but wear orange
The XC season has started, with a caveat for skiers
Ken Roberts, I hardly knew ye
The Internet is a funny non-place in which you get a huge amount of information regarding a sliver of someone's interests and life. A person's actual life is something of abstraction, until it isn't. Back in the early aughts of this century, I stumbled on the website of someone named Ken Roberts. He had posted …
First snow this week?
[Update Nov. 12]: Well what do you know- Osceola got enough snow to open up, but because it's new snow on bare ground, rock skis are recommended. The clock on the season has officially started! Trapp Family Lodge got about 6" but they're only allowing snowshoeing. Craftsbury's season will start on Nov. 15. I guess …
REI seminar preview
I'll be doing an informational session at REI Yonkers on Monday Nov. 18. It's more informational than instructional, but I'll let the interest of the audience drive the the priorities. Here's a few items out of my slide deck: Technique: Places to go, with or without snow: A little bit of (tongue-in-cheek) history: And maybe …
Across the Snow Line 