Category Archives: Backcountry

Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry, VT 19FEB2012

During yesterday’s outing at Bolton, we found decent powder above roughly the 2,000’ level, and ended up skiing several laps off Wilderness to take advantage of the good snow.  With that in mind, we decided to head out onto the … Continue reading

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Monroe’s Sugarin’, Barton, VT 19MAR2011

The visit to Steve’s sugarhouse was great today, with the usual assortment of food, snowmachines, skiing, sledding, sugar on snow, and many of the other things that go with spring in Vermont.  Temperatures were actually just below freezing, but with the sunshine … Continue reading

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Bolton Valley Nordic/Backcountry news

I recieved an update from Joyce Holsten this morning that the current sale of the large chunk of Bolton’s Nordic/backcountry terrain is not going through, although the parcel is still up for sale.

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Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry, VT 21FEB2011

Temperatures warmed up above freezing at all elevations in Northern Vermont at the end of last week, so we waited for the powder to build up over the long weekend before finally heading out this afternoon for turns.  We had three … Continue reading

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Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry Network, Vermont 22JAN2011

After a great powdery outing with Dave up on Bolton’s Nordic/backcountry network on MLK Monday, our next snow event began the following day.  It was one of those low pressure systems in the Great Lakes that redevelops as a coastal, … Continue reading

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Bolton Valley Nordic & Backcountry, VT 08JAN2011

I checked out Bolton’s snow situation and alpine trail offerings in the middle of the day today, and after heading home, I filled E and the boys in on what I’d found.  Since there was plenty of powder, but not a ton of … Continue reading

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Bolton Valley, VT Nordic & Backcountry 01JAN2011

We’d found that temperatures had cooled down a bit yesterday afternoon at the end of our Bolton outing, and slopes that were not in the sun had begun to tighten up.  In general though, temperatures stayed relatively warm, and there … Continue reading

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