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I've been thinking about trying to ski Kearsarge for a while now. It seems like the powerline stares me down everytime I'm driving south on 89. It was COLD last Friday and pretty windy, but we sucked it up and finally crossed this one off the list. There's alot to like about this place...

This was my first trip to Wildcat (for backcountry or resort skiing), despite the fact I've been across the road a number of times for Sherbie and the Gulf of Slides trails. I was pretty impressed by the glades on skier's right on the skin up the mountain, as well as the sustained vertical at...

Those of us living in Boston don't have to drive too far to find some great fresh powder runs this year. I did some exploring around Blue Hills in the last week after having avoided the place for a few years. There are some great glade runs in there- steep, powdery, challenging (albeit short)...

A couple weekends ago I rode at Green Mountain Trails for the first time during the six hour race held there. Although they were short on volunteers, and the weather took a turn for the worse during the second half of the day, the trails really shined. They have been expanding and improving...

Berkshire East is getting into the downhill mountain biking game. The company in charge of designing the trails is top notch. They designed the trails in Whistler. http://www.berkshireeast.com/news-events-blog/berkshire-east-starts-construction-downhill-mountain-bike-park/

I did my first endurance race this past weekend at the Hampshire 100. Given that it was my first, I opted for the 100km option. There was a lot of learning done, but also a lot of fun. They had camping at the start/finish line, decent food onsite, great volunteers and excellent turn-out...

I took a trip out there a couple weeks ago for my first ride on their trails and was mightily impressed. You can park at Berkshire East and pick up maps at the gift shop there. They are open for the Zoar zip line/adventure course. The climbing is intense but manageable on ample switchbacks...

Date Skied: 1/25-1/26/2014 Resort or Ski Area: Mont Tremblant Conditions: Precious, precious powder. Trip Report: This was my first trip to Tremblant, although I'd heard about their rep as having excellent accommodations. Me and a couple buddies picked it because they had enough base for...

I've been so backcountry-repressed with this lack of snow, so I went on Google Earth last night and sniffed out a few possible spots. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-evening-with-google-earth.html#more

Here's Part I of our Magalloway Adventure from this past Saturday: http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-magalloway-mountain-part-i.html We've also got some pics up as well: http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/vote-now-best-powder-2013.html

A trip report from a set of slides near Berkshire East. Irene didn't just leave her mark in the Daks. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2013/01/trip-report-mohawk-trail-slides.html

For the snow lovers out there, there are two pretty cool adventures going on right now in Antarctica. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/12/two-amazing-polar-adventures.html

Using the groomers for some leg accessed skiing: http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/12/kmart-special-ski-skiddies-for-free.html#more

We set up a map for our mountain biking trip reports for folks looking for some info on the local trails. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/12/map-of-northeast-mountain-biking-trail.html#more

Do you see what happens when you visit Moosilauke in November?! Do you see what happens?! http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/11/mangy-mangy-moose.html

We've added a new feature to NEBC where you can view a map with links to our various backcountry ski tours. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/11/new-feature-backcountry-tour-map.html Hopefully, we'll be adding more pins this winter.

Over the past few days we've been posting our five favorite backcountry tours. Here's the first few: #5 Camel's Hump, VT #4 South Baldface, NH #3 North Twin Slide, NH (with video) More to come...

I made my first turns of the season this morning. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/11/dawn-patrol-in-heli-free-weston.html

Here's a recap of the CircumBurke ride with my impressions of the course. All in all a great time. http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/11/circumburke-2012.html#more

My buddy and I incorporated bikes into a day hike of Bondcliff: http://nebackcountry.blogspot.com/2012/10/biking-bondcliff.html It got us wondering what other distant peaks might be made more accessible by mountain bike.