Warren, VT – It was giving me a headache … and heartache, too. The raindrops rolled off the roof of the Sugarbush Inn and struck the ground outside the porch door of my room, creating an unyielding drone that comforted my … Continue Reading ››
East Burke, VT – Up on the mountain, several different sets of slalom gates were drilled into the base depths coating Warren’s Way. Coaches stood by observing racers who lined up atop each course before slapping each breakaway gate with a … Continue Reading ››
Bridgton, ME – Spanish music reverberated throughout my Jeep, escaped from the rolled down windows and floated toward the blue mountain sky. I couldn’t exactly figure out why my girlfriend’s music seemed strangely appropriate Down East, but it did. We arrived at … Continue Reading ››
Petite-Rivière-St.-François (QC), Canada – Le Massif de Petite-Rivière-St.-François is a mountain at a crossroads. Throughout its relatively short life, the resort with what may well be the longest formal name in the ski industry has prided itself on … Continue Reading ››
Stowe, VT – Mention Vermont, and you’re likely to conjure up pastoral /images of white church steeples, clapboard houses, steam rising from boilers in maple sugar shacks, narrow and winding dirt farm roads, and incandescent fall foliage. Skiers and snowboarders … Continue Reading ››
Stratton Mountain, VT – I just can’t help but to smile. Let’s just ignore the fact that I was grunting up the side of a ski slope with two broken vertebrae in my lower back, struggling to hold some form of traction … Continue Reading ››
Brian Head, UT – The silence was deafening. Standing atop the rim of Cedar Breaks National Monument’s crimson cliffs, the enveloping stillness was punctuated only by a lone crow soaring somewhere thousands of feet below in the nearly limitless void. Far beyond, … Continue Reading ››