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SCOTT + CTA Winter Gear Giveaway
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We are excited to announce our biggest raffle of the year! We’ve partnered with SCOTT Sports this year as a Backcountry Programs sponsor and on this amazing WINTER GEAR GIVEAWAY! The CTA is grateful for support from a company that shares our commitment to expanding access to the backcountry and helping our community have fun…
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Jobs at the CTA!
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No new job opportunities are available at this time. Thank you for your interest in the CTA. Please contact us at info@catamounttrail.org if you have any questions.
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Battleground Bridge Raffle
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This Raffle Has Ended Raffle Winners! Thank you to everyone that contributed to support the new Battleground Bridge! We are very lucky to have such an engaged and supportive community. In total… 106 individuals purchased raffle tickets or made donations to the CTA helping us raise $7600 towards this project… Blowing our target of $5000…
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Vermont Backcountry Ski Handbook
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Vermont Backcountry Ski Handbook Now Available A How-to Guide for the Management of Backcountry Ski Zones Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Backcountry Ski Handbook provides land managers, partner organizations, and the public with the basic tools and information needed to use, develop, and manage sanctioned backcountry ski zone projects. A free online resource, this first edition…
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Strengthening For Touring Season
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Plan Ahead for Winter Touring The leaves have fallen. The air is getting cooler. Stick season has begun. We can admire our skis and boards, tune them up, maybe even take them out to the one trail open at our local resort. But, what else is there to do while we wait for the woods…
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Dutch Hill Glade Additions
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The USDA Forest Service, Green Mountain National Forest, Manchester Ranger District is soliciting public comments for a proposed project to add additional glades for backcountry skiing at Dutch Hill on National Forest System land. Included here are the Dutch Hill Glade Additions Project Scoping Letter, the Section 1 Project Description, and a map of…
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Lincoln Peak Project Helps Protect Catamount Trail
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On May 18, 2022 the Trust For Public Land announced the protection of over 600 acres of land on the south side of Lincoln Peak. This land will eventually be added to the Green Mountain National Forest, and permanently protects over 1 mile of the Catamount Trail. Read TPL’s Official Press Release Here!
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Mary “Badass” Anderson & The Catamount Trail
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I was first introduced to Mary Anderson via a post in the Vermont Bikepackers Facebook Group in early October of 2021. At that time Mary had just finished solo hiking the 3100 mile long Continental Divide Trail (CDT), and was making plans to ride an electric cargo bike from her home in Bethel, VT to…
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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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Donate Your Used Nordic Ski Gear To The CTA!
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Last season had its challenges due to the COVID pandemic, and while we were unable to run many of our programs as we have in the past, these new restrictions allowed us to reimagine and redeploy our resources in new ways. During a typical season we partner with Bolton Valley Resort to host our Ski…
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Backcountry Show & Tell Video Series
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Ok Everyone… We’re going to try something a bit different. Starting on November 17th we will be hosting a series of videos on YouTube talking about backcountry gear! The format is super informal. We will have 4-5 guests showing off their personal gear and discussing why they made the choices they made, what they like,…
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Patagonia Raffle – Win Over $600 Of Gear!
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The CTA and Patagonia have teamed up to raise money for the Catamount Ski Cubs Program, an educational program focused on introducing underserved youth to cross-country skiing as a means to promote healthy lifestyles for Vermont families and communities. The Catamount Ski Cubs Program is free for participants and served over 500 kids last season, many of which having never skied…
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Want to build the backcountry ski community in the Green Mountain State? Come serve with CTA through VHCB-Americorps!
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Do you love skiing in the Green Mountain State? Do you want to help promote backcountry opportunities all across Vermont, ranging from nordic ski tours deep in the woods to steep powder skiing at gladed areas? Do you want to get dirty clearing trails, layer up to ski fresh snow on winter mornings, carry lots…
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Win A $500 Outdoor Gear Exchange Shopping Spree!
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The Catamount Trail Association and the Outdoor Gear Exchange are teaming up again, and this time we’re Giving Away $500 In Outdoor Gear! On Friday, March 1st we will choose one person and they will get to go hog wild at one of the best gear shops in the country! Raffle tickets are : (1) for $10… (4)…
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Trip Report – 2019 Northern 4-Day Tour #1
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Section 24 – Friday, January 18, 2019 12 miles, 5.5 miles, 11 skiers 12-25F, calm winds in the am, high clouds all day but excellent visibility Met up at Ryder Brook Golf Club, shuttled to Edson Hill Manor, leaving a bailout car at Sterling Falls Gorge. Edson Hill Inn had european styled little ticket…
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Ski Cubs 2019: Staying Warm and Staying the Course!
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With solid cold and snowy conditions prevailing for the start of 2019, our Ski Cubs youth program has been off to an amazing start. Many days of bundling up in balaclavas, buffs, gloves and hats have led into wonderful kicking and gliding on snow-covered trails. There have been tumbles and floundering in powder, there have…
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Tremendous Tootsies: Avoiding Blisters While Ski Touring
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Most people who have ski toured for long enough have had to deal with blisters at one time or another. There’s just something about stuffing your soft squishy feet into a rigid plastic shell that lends itself to turning said feet into hamburger. And once a blister has developed it’s all downhill from there… And…
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Five Reasons to Give to CTA on Giving Tuesday
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We’re firing up the ski season early in Vermont this year! As the snow falls and we finish digesting our Thanksgiving turkey, skiers have been out enjoying just about everything that the Catamount Trail and the Vermont backcountry has to offer. From long tours through quiet woods to telemark turns along the edge of a…
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Fall Trail Work: Honors Society Students Help Out on Section 31
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Fall trail work season is in full swing on the Catamount Trail, and we couldn’t be happier to get out in the woods and clear trails before the snow starts to fall (soon, we hope!) Of course, all the trimming, lopping, sawing, brushing-out, and scouting that we have going on over the next two months…
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Tales from the Trail: Tim Marr and Brian Sharlach
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With the spring rains starting to turn toward summer’s dry dirt, it may seem all out-of-season to write about skiing and ski adventures. But dreaming about skiing is a year-round pursuit, and at the CTA office it never stops! As far as we’re concerned, the ultimate Vermont winter adventure is to ski the Catamount Trail…
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Saying Goodbye to Amy Kelsey, and Welcoming Matt Williams As The CTA's New Executive Director
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As many of you know, I will be leaving the CTA next month to pursue new adventures. I began at the CTA in August of 2008 as its first full time Trail Director, and since January of 2013, I have served in the Executive Director role. I have truly enjoyed working with the landowners, members,…
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Ski Cubs 2018: A Season For the Record Books!
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If you’re a devoted reader of the Catamount Trail Association’s blog, you might be wondering, “What happened in the second half of the Ski Cubs season?” Well, for a few weeks, we were wondering that, too. I had been planning for ski days and on-snow curriculum for months, and the second half of the season…
