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Six Cross Country Skiing Hacks
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Here are a few hacks from our Section 21 Trail Chief Debbie Page! And there you have it from 13 years on the glorious Catamount Trail!
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2021 Backcountry Film Festival – Big Pic Theatre (November 12)
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The Backcountry Film Festival is a year-round, community program presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance that brings messages relevant to WWA’s mission and on-going stewardship, policy and advocacy initiatives throughout every […]
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Vermont Backcountry Ethics Released – Press Release
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Vermont Backcountry Ethics ReleasedEthics to Promote Backcountry Safety and Responsible Use of Vermont’s Winter Mountain Environment Vermont Backcountry Ethics (Short Version)To be posted at trailheads, shops, events and other venues […]
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Vermont Backcountry Ethics Released – "Leave Only Tracks"
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In an ongoing effort to promote the safe and responsible use of Vermont’s winter backcountry environment, the Vermont Backcountry Alliance (VTBC), a new program of the Catamount Trail Association(CTA), in […]
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Sharing The Love North Of The Border
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Sixteen CTA ambassadors including 5 board members, 10 end-to-enders, 10 day and multi-day tour leaders and 6 trail chiefs spent the week of 2/21 – 2/28 in Quebec spreading the […]
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Thru-Skiing The Catamount Trail
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The Catamount Trail is unique to Vermont and the Vermont winter of 2014-2015 has offered skiers on the Catamount Trail the equally unique opportunity to thru-ski the entire 300 miles. […]
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Catamount Trail Highlighted In National Geographic Traveler UK
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This is pretty cool… The Catamount Trail made the UK National Geographic Traveler’s list of Great American Adventures! It’s nice to receive some appreciation from the other side of […]
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Ski Cubs February Recap
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Over the past few weeks, our various Ski Cubs youth programs have been skiing up a storm. Here’s the latest news from CTA’s youth programs. Ski Cubs South We are […]
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Recap: Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 8, Section 8
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Three cheers! Three cheers: for temperatures in the high 20s, for 5″ of new fluff, for seventeen NB skiers, for “oohs” and “ahhs” as skiers started off on the fresh […]
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Trail Chiefs Leave Their Mark
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It was early on a Saturday morning, and I had plans to meet a CTA Trail Chief to begin repairs on the Catamount Trail after a severe winter storm. Picking […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 7, Section 7
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We Are the Luckiest People in the World! I’m tired of writing sentences: breakfast, warm meeting place in Landgrove Inn Lounge (Thanks Tom!), key-swap, -6 degrees F, ski (17 NB, 14 SB), […]
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Review: Outdoor Research Transcendent Down Sweater
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I love puffy jackets. I wear them all the time: skiing, sleeping, eating breakfast, winter-spring-summer-and-fall. Luckily, the CTA blog is the perfect place to express puffy jacket love, as we are […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 6, Section 6
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Powder Hound Heaven Today’s turnout was greatly reduced by the cold forecast, the ski started with about -4F temperatures and some wind. We decided to all ski northbound, partly due to the relatively […]
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Changing of the Guard: Thanks, Bob Jordan!
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In this continuing series, we are highlighting some of the recent changes to the CTA Board of Directors. At the Annual Meeting in Killington, VT, we said good bye to several […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 5, Section 5
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Two new End-to-Enders… Today, at Day Leader Andrew’s advice, all nineteen of us skied together NB. The temperature stayed in the teens all day, the sun tried to peep […]
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A Little Culture Courtesy Of The Southern Tour: POEM
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We all say a prayer for white stuff, ‘Cause skiing on leaves can be tough, We’re up to our pits, Or can I say tits, Snow Dancers, OK, that’s […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 4, Section 4
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The Land of Unending Drifts… Today’s key swap started off a bit rocky, but everyone got to ski and no one got left at a trail head or Seven-11. […]
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Historic Year For Thru-Skiers on the Catamount Trail
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To ski or not to ski….300 miles of Vermont! It takes grit to ski the entire length of the Catamount Trail. We call folks who do this “End-To-Enders“, and since […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 3, Section 3
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Just another life-threatening day on the Catamount Trail! We had a nice breakfast at Cup ‘n Saucer, then met at Zoar Adventure Center (this has been the best meeting place so far) […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 2, Section 2
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The life-threatening cold and wind chill due to frost bite and hypothermia phrase in the weather alert caught several people’s attention and the head count plummeted with the temps. A few of […]
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Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 1, Section 1
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Happy Valentines Day! We started out today with a pre-key-swap, which, with a little confusion at first, seemed to work well. Pete and Alan took seven others and skied south from Harriman […]
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Ski Cubs Week 4 Report
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Word on the streets and slopes is that winter is at its best right now. Our Ski Cubs were out enjoying winter’s best this week in Huntington, Bolton, and Bennington. […]
