Trip Reports

The Coach in Me

Over the holidays I had the opportunity to ski with family, and nothing puts more of a smile on my face. This seems like a shocking statement from the dubbed…
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Spring Fling(s)

The old wives’ tale claims that March can go one of two ways . . . period. Either, “In like a lion, and out like a lamb”, or “In like…
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No Soggy-Foggy-Groggy Week, here

There is still (projected to be) over a month left of skiing and riding in the Southeast . . . that’s five more weekends for the working-man. A marked shift…
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. . . While the Getting is Good

Snow sports are at an absolute fever-pitch, right now . . . The Winter Olympics are well-underway, resorts are nearly 100% open, and solar spring just arrived on Saturday, February…
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Wonderland of Winter

The fall out from Winter Storm Izzy was fantastic . . .  a hearty W.O.W. ‘Wonderland of Winter’ nearly enveloped the entire region. Even Jim Cantore made an appearance in…
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Storm Hopping! From Frida to Garrett . . .

Winter Storm Frida (as dubbed by the Weather Channel) delivered the first measurable snowfall to most of the snow-starved region. After the fourth warmest December, on record (for the Asheville…
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Winter’s Bone

Winter’s Bone: An old Appalachian expression . . . “like a dog digging after a winter’s bone” – indicating someone who is on a search or quest for something and…
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Day 1 . . . Day Fun

On Tuesday of this week, I got out for (my) Day 1 of the 2021-22 season at Sugar Mountain Resort. Day 1 is never going to be your best day…
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One Last Mountain State Trip

Welp, March has “come in like a lamb, and out like a . . . lamb”. Most, if not all, areas have not seen measurable snowfall during the month of…
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Ober Gatlinburg: Spring Fling Recap

The alarm went off an hour earlier than usual, and I felt like the ‘living-dead’ on the morning of Sunday, March 14th. It was ‘Spring Ahead’, and given the fact…
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Race Report – 2021 Sunrise Scramble

Saturday Afternoon I departed “San Francisco of the East” (Asheville, NC), and headed for Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Usually, I try and break up the long drive, and opted to…
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