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Chatting and Skiing with Amelia Richmond from Squaw Valley, USA

phines — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:34:03 +0000

Alpine Meadows – March 11, 2012

phines — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 22:53:07 +0000

Real Winter Arrives Overnight

rrbutler — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:11:33 +0000

Sometimes plans work out better than can be imagined. This past Thursday was the best day I have spent at Killington in a long time. The weather proved superb. It was a snowy day that also allowed decent visibility. Each run was refreshed with a frosting of new flakes.

The snow storm arrived with us Wednesday night and as Thursday progressed we skied in up to a foot of dry light powder, that was an effortless joy to turn in. We spent most of the day in the trees.

Blame the lack of Snow on Artic Ossillation

phines — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:14:34 +0000

Artic Ossillation is being blamed for the lack of snow in the lower 48.

Check out the latest article on SnowSportsNA.com. Cleck here:

For natural snow travel to Maine

rrbutler — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:51:59 +0000

This past weekend proved to me that skiing in the East this light snow season can have its high points. Saddleback, as shown below has plenty of natural snow.

I skied there with friends all day last Friday in the trees after a few inches of fresh snow had fallen overnight.

Sugarloaf (below) also has a good amount of the white stuff although their famous snowfields aren’t open.

Demo Days Bring Out the Best Skiers

rrbutler — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:20:34 +0000

Attending the Industry On-Snow Demo Event at Stratton last week made two points very clear:

1) Finely tuned skis make a tremendous difference.

2) There are never never more expert skiers on the mountain.

Bluebird Day at Mount Snow

rrbutler — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:38:25 +0000

The day could not have been improved upon (Feb 5).

Phenomenal man-made snow, impeccably groomed, not a cloud in the sky, no wind, low thirties by mid-afternoon and open terrain for all abilities. Several rides on the recently unveiled state of the art 6 pack Bluebird Express. Sun. Sun. Sun.

Don’t stay home, get out and ski and ride!

Kudos for all those who work at Mount Snow.

Wisconsin in Winter

phines — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:09:45 +0000

Whiteface Mountain FIS World Cup Mogul Competition

rrbutler — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:41:51 +0000

Hannah Kearney (USA) won her fourth consecutive FIS World Cup mogul event this season at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid on Thursday January 19th. Hannah’s win was her 11th straight World Cup victory. She now owns the longest Freestyle World Cup win streak! Justine DuFour-LaPointe (CAN) placed second and Nikola Sudova (Czech Rep.) was third.

Mikael Kingsbury (CAN) won the men’s super-final, also his forth consecutive FIS World Cup Mogul event followed by Patrick Deneen of the US and Philippe Marquis (CAN) placed third.

Practice was limited for all contestants due to weather conditions, but the Whiteface crew did a very credible job in preparing the course.

Photos by the author

Snow-mounds at Catamount

rrbutler — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:17:51 +0000

Before the grooming begins, mounds of man - made snow pile up at Catamount on the MA / NY border and create a micro-snowstorm unique to snow country.

Snow piles more than 15 feet high in places wait to be pushed around and molded into fine corduroy.

And you thought there wasn’t any snow on the ground. Wait till this snow gets groomed on the Catapult Trail and it will be heaven. Check out Catamount’s web-site.

Photos taken on January 16th.