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Category: Sam’s New England Adventures

Happy New Year & Sam Tours the Upper Connecticut River Valley

Happy New Year & Sam Tours the Upper Connecticut River Valley

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Sam Shirley
I made stops at two Upper Valley New Hampshire ski areas on this sunny, penultimate day of 2018. First up was Dartmouth Skiway. Roads were slippery on the way up, after the recent storm, but trail con... Read More
Soft & Smooth at Black Mountain, NH

Soft & Smooth at Black Mountain, NH

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Sam Shirley
It seemed like spring skiing yesterday at Black Mountain in Jackson. It was sunny, with temperatures in the 30s and 40s. There were a number of novice through advanced trails open on man-made and natu... Read More
Early Opening for Titcomb Mountain

Early Opening for Titcomb Mountain

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 Sam Shirley
Today [Saturday 12/1] was one of Titcomb’s earliest openings ever, if not the earliest. T-Bar 2 and the Pony Tow opened at 1:00, serving 3 officially open groomed runs on natural snow. A few oth... Read More
New England Season off to a Record Start

New England Season off to a Record Start

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Sam Shirley
Editors Note: New England correspondent Sam Shirley checks in from historic Cranmore Resort in North Conway, NH with what has to be one of their earliest openings ever… There were outstanding co... Read More
Wildcat Early Opening Report

Wildcat Early Opening Report

October 29, 2018 Rick Bolger
This past weekend Wildcat New Hampshire recorded their earliest official opening in the resort’s 60+ year history.  As usual Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent, was right in the thick o... Read More
10/22/18 - Sam's Sunday Sunday River Report

10/22/18 – Sam’s Sunday Sunday River Report

October 22, 2018October 23, 2018 Rick Bolger
We were fortunate to have our New England correspondent, skier extraordinaire Sam Shirley hit the slopes at the Riv this weekend.  He’s a busy guy; in addition to studies at U Maine/Farmington,... Read More
4/20/18 Time for Tucks

4/20/18 Time for Tucks

April 20, 2018April 20, 2018 Rick Bolger
As in, Tuckerman Ravine, the famous snow-catching bowl on the eastern flank of Mt Washington, NH. Believe it or not it has snowed — from flurries to feet — every single day of the past mon... Read More
4/9/18 If it's April, this must be mid winter

4/9/18 If it’s April, this must be mid winter

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 Rick Bolger
News of the day? A lot of resorts are closing with mid-winter conditions, east and west, and everything in between. Fortunately we had Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent, on the scene at Mount... Read More
4/4/18 Sam's Season Continues!

4/4/18 Sam’s Season Continues!

April 4, 2018April 4, 2018 Rick Bolger
Sam Shirley, our New England correspondent, was kind enough to check in this weekend after a surprisingly winter-ish day at Bolton Valley, VT. If you aren’t familiar with it, Bolton was built in... Read More
3/27/18 Sam's Adventures Continue:  Titcomb Ski Area

3/27/18 Sam’s Adventures Continue: Titcomb Ski Area

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Rick Bolger
Between the rocky coast and western mountains of Maine sits the pleasant community of Farmington, which besides being difficult to get to, has a vibrant regional branch of the state university. It als... Read More
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