NY Ski Magazine: The Mountains Less Traveled

The Mountains Less Traveled

	Wandering Skis: The White Mountains, NH in The Northeast When it was time to begin debating the merits of prospective host locations for the second Northeast Ski Blogger Summit, our group put several lift-served mountains on the table. Following several weeks of intense e-mail lobbying, we agreed on New Hampshire’s White Mountains. read more
	The San Juan Mountains: Continental Diamonds in The West The small towns, cowboy mystique, and jagged peaks of southwest Colorado have been on my mind for years. The fascination may have started with a dusty issue of Snow Country Magazine featuring an impressive night shot of a range called "The Needles" that loomed across the valley by Durango Mountain Resort. read more
	Québec's Laurentians: The Autoroute-15 Ski Corridor in The Northeast With more than 80 ski areas in operation, Québec is a great place to plan a ski safari, where you can mix up one-day visits to well-known mountains that everyone has heard about with those that will raise a “huh?” from most Americans. And just like the province's two other ski regions, the Laurentians, a short drive from Montréal, lends itself well to this approach. read more
	Chic Chocs, QC: The Long Road to Paradise in The Northeast Before the ski season began this year, I made a pact with a buddy around a warm campfire on a chilly Vermont evening that this would be the season we made it to the Chic Choc Mountains. A week or so later, I called to ask if it was just the bourbon talking, or if he was seriously interested. The follow up discussion left no doubt that we were going to Quebec. read more
	Searching For First Tracks: The Road to Alta, UT in The West When an online ski magazine has the words "first tracks" in its title, it'd normally be safe to assume that the person who edits and publishes it is living somewhere with convenient access to untracked lift-served snow. But for the first decade of his website, Marc Guido was based out of several locations that very few hardcore skiers would have called home. read more
	Loveland & Winter Park: Colorado's I-70 Outliers in The West What makes these two Colorado mountains — one a no-frills day area right next to the Eisenhower Tunnel and the other an Intrawest destination resort only 67 miles from Denver — must-do stops on Colorado's I-70 ski scene? read more