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Downhill from here

Bang for your buck

Okay, let's see a show of hands, how many of you have skied Burke Mountain? Recently? I thought so. Not nearly enough of you have discovered this wonderful ski hill tucked away in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. When my sweetheart, Marilyn, and I were skiing there on a recent Sunday and Monday, the weather was… 0

February 7, 2012

Active Outdoors

Whatever it takes

My sweetheart Marilyn and I were Alpine skiing at Burke Mountain in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom the other day and saw three different skiers using Alpine Touring gear to skin up the sides of the slopes instead of riding the lifts. AT gear (similar to Telemark gear) uses lighter boots and bindings that hinge at… 0

February 3, 2012

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AT skier at Burke (Tim Jones photo) 0

February 2, 2012

Downhill From Here

A 'nine' kind of day at Sunapee

With all the crazy weather we've had this winter, it would be easy to convince yourself that there's no good snow on the mountains and it isn't worth going to a resort. Well, if you do that, you're depriving yourself of a lot of fun. In a "winter that isn't," like this one, there's… 0

January 30, 2012

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Mount Sunapee, 01-26-12 (Tim Jones photo) 0

January 29, 2012

Active outdoors

Tips for picking the snowshoe that fits you

Winter hasn't really arrived yet, but on the theory that A) it has to snow sometime before April, or B) there are probably some terrific deals to be found on snowshoes that haven't yet sold because there's been so little snow, here are my tips on picking the right snowshoes for you. There are lots of modern snowshoes on the market these days, and the variety can be confusing - especially… 0

January 27, 2012

Downhill From Here

Why pay full price?

You happen to wake up very early on a Saturday (or holiday) morning, see some snow outside your window, and decide, "Hey, it's a ski day!" So you pack up the car, head for your favorite hill (which, by the way, is now nicely covered with a mix of man-made and natural snow), park, schlep everything to… 0

January 24, 2012

Storrsslope

Storrs Hill in Lebanon (Tim Jones photo) 0

January 23, 2012

Active Outdoors

Make sure you get a grip

The path ahead of me wasn't long - I could see where I needed to get to. It also wasn't steep, though it wasn't exactly level - just slanted enough to make things interesting. And it wasn't particularly rough; in normal conditions you could walk it in sneakers and not worry about turning an ankle. But… 0

January 20, 2012