“You owe it to yourself to do it at least once!” I’m guessing most readers have heard this from well-meaning friends applying peer pressure to influence your decision on something. Well, back in the late 1970s, my friends used this… Continue Reading →

If you’ve skied Stowe, I’m sure you’ve noticed it. When you decide to ski the Nosedive or the top segment of Toll Road, there’s that cleared swath straight ahead of you. It’s above lift-served skiing although you may see tracks… Continue Reading →

Next week will mark the beginning of the 24th (XXIV) Winter Olympic Games. They are being held in that mecca of winter sports, Beijing, China! Well, I won’t go down that rabbit hole! So let’s go back 70 years to… Continue Reading →

Today marks the start of the 47th Stowe Winter Carnival beginning with ice carving and ending on Sunday with Snow Volleyball. As I have written before, the original Stowe Winter Carnival was in 1921, however the modern version dates back… Continue Reading →

If you’ve skied Stowe on a Friday in midseason, then at lunchtime you have probably witnessed the arrival of several yellow school buses. Some of the buses have attached ski racks with skis sticking out at all angles, others are… Continue Reading →