The Mountains Less Traveled

The Mountains Less Traveled

	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
	Ski Safari Along The St. Lawrence, Québec in The Northeast The fashionable cafés, cobblestone streets, and beautiful people of Québec City serve as a gateway for a classic northeastern ski vacation along the stunning Saint Lawrence River. read more
	Solitude, UT: Channeling The Wasatch in The West On paper, Solitude is a mountain that’s easy to dismiss — especially when you compare it to the high-profile ski areas in Little Cottonwood Canyon a couple miles away. But there are a bunch of good reasons I've made it my go-to mountain for the past few seasons. read more
	Bearpen Mountain, NY: The Original Beast of the East in The Northeast If events had unfolded differently, Bearpen could have become the biggest ski area east of the Rockies. Instead, it closed after its fifth season of operation and became a forgotten footnote. read more