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 […]
backcountry skiing
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 […]
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 […]
Tear Drop Trail – Skin up/Ski down – Trip Report
The Tear Drop trail is a classic down-mountain ski trail cut by the CCC in the 1930s on the west side of Mountain Mansfield. The steep and winding 2000 ft […]
"Three Hour Tour"
From fast grass to hobblebush the art of early season skiing, is survival without injury, while seeking the thrill of winter’s past and the anticipation for the winters to come. […]
Ascutney Mountain & Meetings About Future Use
Let your voice be heard! The Town of West Windsor and conservation partners working to buy the former Ascutney Mountain Resort, (the Trust for Public Land and Upper […]
Changing of the Guard: Welcome, Ned Houston!
In this continuing series, we are highlighting some of the recent changes to the CTA Board of Directors. At the recent Annual Meeting in Killington, Vermont, we celebrated the contributions […]
Changing of the Guard: Thanks, Lynn Fisher!
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 […]
RASTA Glade Project Open For Comments
We’ve been talking about the Rochester Area Sports Trail Alliance (RASTA) Glade Project for some time now and things are moving along nicely. The comment period for the […]
Changing of the Guard: Welcome, Angus McCusker!
In this continuing series, we are highlighting some of the recent changes to the CTA Board of Directors. A few weeks ago in Killington, VT, at the Annual Meeting, we […]
