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  • Catamount Trail Highlighted In National Geographic Traveler UK

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    Greg Maino

      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 […]

  • 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 excited […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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), […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 5, Section 5

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    Greg Maino

      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 […]

  • A Little Culture Courtesy Of The Southern Tour: POEM

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    Greg Maino

      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 […]

  • Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 4, Section 4

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    Greg Maino

      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.  […]

  • 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 the […]

  • Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 3, Section 3

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    Greg Maino

      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) […]

  • Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 2, Section 2

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    Greg Maino

    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 […]

  • Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 1, Section 1

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    Greg Maino

    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 […]

  • 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. […]

  • Staying Comfortable When Outside In Winter

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    Greg Maino

    Currently it’s winter here in Vermont, and winter means skiing! That’s a good thing for us, but there is one problem. Winter is COLD! For some that probably doesn’t come […]

  • Commuting on the Catamount Trail

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      When looking for a new job, or new place to live, I seriously consider the commute. It’s a critical part of the day. One is either getting mentally prepared for work or winding down […]

  • Ski Cubs South Hits Its Stride

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    Have you been enjoying all this new snow? Our Ski Cubs down in Bennington, VT, finally got their fair share of fresh snow. Dorothy Wallace-Senft, the Bennington Ski Cubs instructor, reports that […]

  • Stowe Saturday Night Lights Uphill Event – Take 2

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    Greg Maino

    Last night was the second Saturday Night Lights Uphill Event of the season at Stowe Mountain Resort. These are fun events that are free to participants and designed to bring […]

  • Free Shuttle: Catamount Trail Section 22 on February 7th and February 21st

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    Greg Maino

    This winter we are running a little experiment. On Saturdays during the winter we run our youth program at Bolton Valley Resort and part of that program includes renting a bus […]

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