A Good Week!!
Monday night is my race night at Pats Peak. It was silly cold, it was below zero. You know what the Scandinavians say: “No bad weather, just bad clothing.” Everyone showed up wearing a mask…
Category: On The Trails & Summits
Big Sky, Big Fun
I skied Big Sky back in the late 90s. My husband Charlie and I were out in West Yellowstone, Montana for early cross-country skiing the week after Thanksgiving. I proved I wasn’t a serious cross-country…
Stay Healthy – January is Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month
Winter is fun.Snow is meant for sliding. New Hampshire is blessed with many resorts and trails for skiing and snowboarding. And kicking and gliding, skating and Snowtubing. After all skiing is New Hampshire’s Official State…
Another Fun Day Skiing With The Kids at Loon
The early snow has made me excited for a long and snowy winter. New Hampshire’s resorts and cross country ski centers are open and are offering the most terrain for the beginning of the New…
Snowvember!
New Hampshire Skiers Rejoice Snowvember, the snowiest November we’ll long remember. It is the best early skiing ever. We’ve had some earlier skiing a few times but nothing near the quality and quantity before Thanksgiving…
Rambling Randolph Paths – A Taste Of Winter
The Randolph Mountain Clubs maintains trails in the White Mountain National Forest that crisscross the northern slopes of Mt. Madison, Mt. Adams and Mt. Jefferson. Additionally, on the north side of Route 2 on private…
Middlebury Gap To Appalachian Gap – Vermont’s Long Trail
by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer Our Long Trail section hiking for the year ended at the top of the Appalachian Gap. Liz and I had made our last two days “just in time.” We experienced winter…
Oak Hill City Forest Hiking Trails Oak Hill Fire Tower
by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer Concord, NH has wonderful trails in every corner of the city. The City’s trails total more than 80 miles over 31 trail systems for the public to use for walking, hiking,…
Mt. Katherine And Wonalancet River – Sweet Easy Hikes
by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer When we pulled into the Ferncroft parking area there were no other cars. The weather wasn’t great and there was a threat of rain forecasted for later in the day but…
Mount Pemigewasset Franconia Notch State Park
by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer Mount Pemigewasset summit ledges stand out high above the west side of the south end of Franconia Notch. The ledges form a profile of a giant stone face that gives the…
Late Summer Fun At The Polar Caves And Loon Mtn
A Day At White Mountain Attractions by Amy PatenaudeOutdoor/Ski Writer New Hampshire isn’t Disneyland, New Hampshire’s better! New Hampshire has the White Mountain Attractions! Is there any place else in the world where you can…
Cannon Mountain’s Aerial Tramway – A Fun Ride to the Top
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer This summer Cannon Mountain celebrates 80 years of Aerial Tramway service! Cannon is the home to the first aerial tramway in North America when it first opened in 1938.…
Section Hiking Vermont’s Long Trail
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer The Long Trail follows the spine of the Green Mountains from the Massachusetts state line to the Canadian border. End to end the Long Trail is 272 miles in length.…
Hiking North, Middle & South Tripyramid From Waterville Valley
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer “Waterville Haystacks” was an early name for Mount Tripyramid, the big three-summit mountain that rests between Waterville Valley and south of the Kancamagus Highway in Albany. There are options to…
Hot – Humid – Hiking… Hale, Zealand, Guyot, South & North Twin
by Amy Patenaude Outdoor/Ski Writer Rain hammered down most of the night and by morning it was clear. I had no doubt that the heat and humidity would slow us down but we’d deal…