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It's been really frustrating trying to find lessons for my lower-intermediate 12-year-old this winter. Having to make reservations more than a week in advance is bad enough, but apparently several areas are only offering full-day group lessons for older kids. Which is a problem, because I want...

I wonder when Stowe, Smuggs, Sugarbush, Jay, Burke and Sugarloaf will start taking grossly-overpriced reservations for the weekend of April 8, 2024.

Date(s) Skied: 2/27-28/2016 Resort or Ski Area: Jay Peak Conditions: epic powder over glare ice Trip Report: So I'd never been to Jay before and wanted to take the kids on an adventure, so I made reservations for this weekend. Younger kid (5) isn't skiing yet but childcare is free if you're...

Today's lessons: 1. Wear a helmet. 2. No matter how good a skier you are, eventually you're going to find yourself on a trail you have no business being on (particularly at an area you've never been to before, in this case Jay Peak). Recognize it and get out, even if you have to shoulder skis...

Date(s) Skied: 3/21/2015 Resort or Ski Area: Burke Mountain Resort Conditions: packed powder Trip Report: Kid #1 didn't want to ski yesterday, apparently still traumatized by a horribly cold day at Smuggs last month. Since I didn't have to get him into a morning lesson and hadn't been to...

Date(s) Skied: 3/11/2015 Resort or Ski Area: Mad River Glen Conditions: soft to mushy Trip Report: I haven't been to MRG a lot of times and it had been over a decade, so my ski buddy John and I decided to fix that. Place always kicks my ass good and solid and this day was no exception; my lack...

I know this is going to be a minority opinion here, but I really wish Smugglers Notch would invest in some modern lifts. Was up there with the kids for part of last weekend (ended up going home early for unrelated reasons), and really liked the family friendly aspect of the place, and the...

Date(s) Skied: 3/25/2014 Resort or Ski Area: Bretton Woods Conditions: Powder, packed powder Trip Report: Bretton Woods is yet another place that I skied at once as a child and hadn't been back since. My only recollection was completely hating the place because it was really cold and windy...

Date(s) Skied: 3/18/2014 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush Conditions: Powder, packed powder Trip Report: My friend John and I trekked up to the Bush for what has become our annual Warren Miller freebie day. (Truth be known, Ticket To Ride was lousy enough that we might decide to just buy lift...

Dates Skied: 2/18-21/2014 Resort: Sugarloaf Conditions: Ice, powder, everything in between, cold and windy Trip report: Elder son and I went up to Sugarloaf for the first few days of February vacation. Decided to go for the wake up early and ski the first day plan, which would have worked great...

Date(s) Skied: Dec. 27, 2013 Resort or Ski Area: Shawnee Peak Conditions: Packed powder, loose granular, frickin' scary ice Trip Report: Took my son to Shawnee Peak for a day while we were up visiting my sister-in-law's family in Lewiston after Christmas. Had a bit of a comedy of errors at...

Date(s) Skied: 3/20/2013 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarbush (Lincoln Peak) Conditions: EPICALLY AWESOME POWDER DAY Trip Report: My friend John and I figured the day after a big snowstorm was a fine day to cash in our Warren Miller freebies at Sugarbush. A fine plan indeed; they had 15" of fresh and...

A friend and I are planning on day-tripping to Sugarbush tomorrow on freebies from the Warren Miller film. We did this last year and the upper mountain lifts were all on wind hold all day (and then it started pouring). Forecast tomorrow is for southwest winds gusting to 45, and I'd rather not...

I'm going to be at Sugarloaf with my 8-year-old soon Tuesday-Thursday. Anyone else? (Yes, I know you were all there last weekend.)

Hi. I usually hang out in the skiing forum (edit: as I suppose is obvious from my user pic), but I'm thinking of bringing my son on some day hikes in the White Mountains this summer, and was wondering about the prevalence of poison ivy. This is an issue of some concern because my wife is...

Date(s) Skied: 2/21-24/12 Resort or Ski Area: Sugarloaf Conditions: Packed powder, bits of actual powder, ice, rocks, thin cover Trip Report: Took Benjamin (7) up to Sugarloaf for part of February vacation. We stayed with my sister-in-law and family in Lewiston on the way up and then stayed...

Date(s) Skied: 1/2/2012 Resort or Ski Area: Cannon Conditions: Mostly manmade snow, fairly icy, some powder on Tramway Trip Report: Took the kid to Cannon for the first trip of the season. Got the second-to-last space in the Peabody upper lot at 9:15, which tells you how non-crowded it was...

I'd like to take my 6-year-old son to see Like There's No Tomorrow when it plays at the Somerville Theater later this week, but it occurs to me to wonder if it's suitable for kids. Loud music isn't an issue; I'm more concerned about him picking up some unfortunate vocabulary. Haven't seen an...

I'd like to take my son (who will be 7 by then) up to the Loaf for a few days during Presidents' Day week. Plan is to stay at my sister-in-law's in Lewiston on the way up and stay somewhere off-mountain two nights, for three days of skiing. (Staying on the mountain, while nice, is not in the...

Snow and rime on Cannon this morning.