The kids may be playing baseball and lacrosse, but that doesn’t mean that ski season is over yet. The late-season snow that fell in March and early April has left many northern New England ski resorts in position to stay open another weekend. With school vacation for many schools starting on … [Read more...]
April snowstorm offers bonus powder weekend for New England skiers
Winter is back. For skiers, it may offer one final epic weekend of the season. A spring nor’easter dumped a foot of snow or more on many ski areas in northern New England on Thursday. Snow continued into Friday, with many ski areas expecting more powder to fall through the weekend. It has … [Read more...]
Ski world mourns Vermont native Kasha Rigby after death in avalanche
World-famous skier Kasha Rigby, a native of Stowe, Vermont, died while skiing due to injuries suffered in an avalanche on Tuesday. She was 54. Rigby was one of the world’s foremost telemark skiers and embraced extreme skiing at an early age. She was caught in an avalanche at Brezovica Resort … [Read more...]
Caite Zeliff to join Mt. Washington Backcountry Ski Festival
Caite Zeliff grew up learning how to ski in the Mt. Washington Valley. She was one of those kids going a bit too fast down the hill at Cranmore Mountain. Now the 29-year-old is returning to the area as the featured guest of the Mt. Washington Backcountry Ski Festival. It’s quite a role for a … [Read more...]
Podcast: Kristen Ulmer on how skiers can overcome fear
Kristen Ulmer is an American skiing legend with roots in New England. She grew up in Henniker, N.H., and learned to ski at Pats Peak. She went on to become a member of the U.S. Ski Team, where she competed in moguls. But her biggest impact came in big-mountain extreme skiing. Now she’s an expert … [Read more...]
Podcast: Wayne Wong, Ken Tofferi discuss Waterville Valley’s freestyle history
It is a fitting event for the "birthplace of freestyle skiing," This weekend's competitions may be Waterville Valley's first foray into hosting World Cup moguls, but the New Hampshire resort is no stranger to being on the freestyle cusp. It was, after all, Waterville Valley founder Tom Cochran and … [Read more...]