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
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 […]
Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 6, Section 6
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!
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
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
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
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
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 […]
Recap: 2015 Southern Week-Long Tour – Day 3, Section 3
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
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 […]