Outdoors


	Super Bowl Sunday ski advantages Friday February 3, 2012 In a winter that isn't, there's no better place in the world to be than New England. As I write this a number of resorts in Europe are closed for lack of snow, and the last resort in Utah finally got itself open on Saturday, Jan. 28. Full Story Surviving weird winter Friday February 3, 2012 My sweetheart Marilyn and I were alpine skiing at Burke Mountain (www.skiburke.com) in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom the other day and saw three different skiers using Alpine Touring (AT) gear to skin up the sides of the slopes instead of riding the lifts. Full Story How to ski on the cheap anywhere Friday January 27, 2012 You wake up on a Saturday (or holiday) morning, see some snow outside your window and decide, "Hey, it's a ski day!" So you pack up the car, head for your favorite hill, park, schlep everything to the base lodge, and walk up to the ticket window pulling plastic from your wallet ... Full Story Choosing snowshoes Friday January 27, 2012 Winter hasn’t really arrived yet, but on the theory that it has to snow sometime before April, or that there are Full Story Jordan Romero, 13, climbs Mount Everest Sunday May 23, 2010 BEIJING - The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero took the satellite phone and called his mom. Full Story How to build the perfect campfire Friday, Nov. 06 If the coals have built up deep enough over the years in your fire pit, or the mineral soil beneath is soft enough, pound in four, 2- foot tall, thumb-size vertical stakes. Full Story Tree Project group sets work bee today Saturday, November 08 SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield Tree Project will hold its annual community work day today. Full Story