How the smaller, indie ski hills are coping with the COVID challenge
In New Hampshire, ski resorts large and small are reshaping their operating plans in all departments to prepare for the coming winter season, following guidelines…
This might be a more important snow storm than you would imagine
Who had Greek Peak in his or her pool? Binghamton, N.Y. recorded 40 inches (!) of snow, meaning that the Empire State ski area, only…
What’s new at New England ski resorts in 2020-21
What’s new, you ask? More like what exactly won’t be new about skiing and riding this winter? While COVID-19 has thrown a host of new regulations into…
New Hampshire releases COVID guidelines for upcoming ski season
The guidelines for skiing this winter in the Granite State amidst the COVID-19 pandemic are about what you would expect. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu's…
Grab a lift for a panoramic foliage view
Queue up if you can (socially distanced, of course). Many of the north country’s scenic mountain lifts that have been closed during the summer’s unwelcoming…
Four ways to save this Labor Day weekend
Wachusett Mountain’s annual MTNside Labor Day sale is usually a pretty big deal. But this year, the ski area’s retail shop was forced to alter…
Some ski areas have a message to hikers during the coronavirus pandemic: Stay away
If you plan on trying to climb Jay Peak on Tuesday morning to check out any potential new snowfall the Vermont resort could receive during…
Coronavirus has waged a war of finger-wagging and chest-thumping in the skiing community
I went skiing last weekend. That admission is going to elicit a certain amount of both shame and applause due to our current atmosphere, all…
It’s not all that hard to find winter if you know where to look for it
It’s cute to hear some weather folk in Massachusetts celebrate the “end of winter,” touting the dearth of snow the Commonwealth has received during the month of…
Picked-up pieces from a school vacation week tour of New Hampshire ski areas…
Some observations from a week that brought me and my three children wandering around New Hampshire on skis... — Truth be told, if we were…
‘Perfect storm’ brings record crowds (and some grumbling about them)
Maybe the first sign that this would be a hearty day for business on the slopes of New England was during the morning drive through…
Let’s make some real New Year’s resolutions
Ski more? Well…sure. But, come on. If we’re going to play the whole resolution game on the dawn of the new year, perhaps we should…
