Lahti #10: Favorites
Favorites from today in Lahti: East Montpelier, VT's, Liz Stephen, above, charging up the big hills as part of the US women's 4-by 5-k relay team. Liz hammered the hills…
Lahti #7a
One from yesterday: Norway's Marit Bjorgen, en route to her 16th World Championship medal, first place in the 10-K interval start at Lahti. For details and more photos click here.
Eastern Cup #1
The New England Nordic Ski Association held its first Eastern Cup of the 2016-17 season at Craftsbury Outdoor Center Saturday and Sunday. Hundreds of skiers from New England and eastern…
World Cup at Killington
Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates her slalom win Sunday. When bringing a weekend of women's World Cup alpine ski racing from Europe to Killington, VT, was proposed, Eastern skiers all but guaranteed…
First Snow
I know it was 70 last week, but the first snow has arrived on Vermont's Mount Mansfield, and skiers and boarders have been walking up to ride down. Right on…
Making Skiing by Making Snow
It's a sad commentary on the weather, but the Craftsbury, VT, Outdoor Center had to continue making skiing out of nothing last week when it held the Super Tour Finals and…
Quebec, Quebec
Walker, Quebec City. St. Lawrence River in the background below, not completely frozen and with a channel full of bobbing ice and swirling steam. Apparently it's very unusual for…
Ski Tour Canada #1
A ski skater glides on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec while a freighter passes below on the icy St. Lawrence River. The best nordic skiers in the world are…
UVM Winter Carnival, Eastern Cup, Super Tour 2016
There's still almost no snow in northern New England but the combined University of Vermont Winter Carnival collegiate, Eastern Cup and Super Tour races went off at Craftsbury Outdoor Center…
Eastern Cup @ Craftsbury
Despite a crazy warm December, it snowed last weekend, and Craftsbury Nordic Center pulled off a big race: the first New England Nordic Ski Association Eastern Cup of the season, on…
Winterscape, Winterskate
The blizzard missed central Vermont, but we still have lots of winter going on. Above, wet snow landed in the higher elevations, coating everything, and then a cold snap pasted…
Wintry Notch
Hard to beat Smugglers Notch in Stowe for drama in early winter. It's not Buffalo, but it is winter. This was Friday, temperatures in the low 20s and a gusty wind.…
Snowy Sony RX 100
The picture above and all the snow pictures below were taken with a Sony RX100 in falling snow. Scroll down to see the others. I don't do equipment reviews, and…