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Category Archives: Vermont

Photos and tales of our glorious Green Mountain State adventures.

ACTION SLEDDING!

by Rob Friesel

Vermonters: you may have heard about the “sledder’s paradise” track in Hinesburg? Some friends of mine built that. Let me just say, it’s awesome: I managed to get out there yesterday for a couple of runs in the afternoon.  Incredibly fun stuff.  We experimented with a few different styles of sleds…  It’s interesting how the […]

sick day

by Rob Friesel

Non-stop catches up with a person… No sooner did we finish digging out from the Valentine’s Blizzard, than was I off for the annual family gathering at Waterville Valley. And no sooner did I get back from that than my parents followed for a brief stop-over 1. Anyway, it was a good visit and we […]

Digging Out

by Rob Friesel

Spent most of the day alternating between shifts outside digging out from under the snow and shifts inside logging in to do work 1. It was crazy how even after the snow stopped falling, it got worse before it got any better. All that said, I am sore but it was a beautiful day (unless […]

VALENTINE’S BLIZZARD

by Rob Friesel

It’s been snowing all day. Snowshoed in to work only to return (via snowshoe) a few hours later. It keeps coming down, steady and fast. NOAA is already reporting accumulations of about 16 inches or more with another 8-12 inches expected. Single digits all day (but that’s nothing new…) and wind at 15-25 mph. Current […]

Rattlesnake Cliffs

by Rob Friesel

In lieu of a weekend wrap-up: Rattlesnake Cliffs. The write-up in the hiking guide didn’t make it sound so tough. But I think they assume you’re doing the climb in the summer. With an elevation of around 1,100 it doesn’t sound so impressive. But I forgot how much extra resistance the snow can add. Even […]