Monday, Jan. 2 — OKEMO — For over 20 years, Okemo has staged a weekly locals ski and snowboard race called Innkeepers. Traditionally held on Tuesdays, the race has been switched to Mondays this year. Both individuals and teams of […]
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Killington resort announces 2022-23 winter event schedule
Killington is ready for winter with a jam-packed event series kicking off with Alex Hackel’s Hike & Hang 2.0 on Nov. 12 and concluding with Green Up Day on May 6. “Being home to the longest season in the East […]
Suicide Six to get a name change
By Katy Savage Suicide Six in Pomfret is getting a new name this summer. The resort announced the name change in a June 28 post on its website, explaining a desire to be more sensitive to mental health issues. “Our […]
Family ski day on June 4th
By Merisa Sherman I could feel the wind in my hair, the sun on my face and hear the laughter of my friends nearby. You could feel the energy surrounding you, almost warmer than the sun, as sleepy people turned […]
Bumping to the rhythm of my dad’s song
By Merisa Sherman I could hear him. He was there, skiing the line next to me and humming or singing, I’m not really sure which. It was like the two put together although I’m not sure how that could be. […]
Only at Killington: celebrate Memorial Day with a sport trifecta: Ski, bike and golf
By Polly Mikula Memorial Day weekend is known for many things (in addition to solemnly remembering those veterans that paid the ultimate price in service to our country). The three day weekend is the unofficial kick-off to summer so many […]
Ski Vermont fêtes successful winter, 21 percent growth
By Evan Johnson Just two weeks after the longest season in the East called it quits, the Vermont Ski Areas Association met in Killington on Thursday, June 15 to celebrate a season of highlights that included the return of World […]
From unwashed gym socks of a teenager to my ski boots: stenches of a reformed slob
Remember those socks that sat all year in your high school gym locker? Calcified, petrified with sweat, they felt like sandpaper putting them on; they smelled like a kimchi factory staffed by gangrenous skunks. Had your mother known that they […]
Ski movies: “Cold Prey” (2006)
By Brett Yates The title of this piece notwithstanding, “Cold Prey” is not technically a skiing movie; it’s a snowboarding movie, insofar as it concerns sports at all. More importantly, it’s a slasher movie: a group of frisky young adults, […]
Ski movies: “Hot Dog… The Movie” (1984)
By Brett Yates To make things immediately clear, “Hot Dog… The Movie” is not good. Indeed, one could go so far as to call its post-ellipsis subtitle aspirational, or at least a reflection of a certain need for self-reassurance: “Hot […]