A few days ago, I had a curious self-realization about this blog. For all intents and purposes, each blog posting is my version of the classic “Shaggy Dog Story”. For my readers who don’t know what exactly a Shaggy Dog Story is, here is the Wikipedia definition: “In its original sense, a shaggy dog story […]…Continue Reading A Shaggy Dog Story
Tag: Brooks Road trailhead
Sugar Hill Reservoir in the Spring
In this blog, I have often sung the praises of the trail runs accessible from the Brooks Road trailhead, reached after a few hundred yards on the forest service road on the right between the Rikert ski touring area and the Snow Bowl. The easiest run from here, terrain-wise is a roughly 9 mile run […]…Continue Reading Sugar Hill Reservoir in the Spring
Beaver Ponds in Frost Country
Several years ago, I described a run where I crossed over a lot of the terrain commonly associated with the Robert Frost environment – the Frost Cabin, the Robert Frost trail, and the Breadloaf campus in Ripton. This run begins at the Robert Frost (note the theme!) turnout and picnic area, and proceeds up the […]…Continue Reading Beaver Ponds in Frost Country
New Year’s Resolutions
Saturday brought the long looked for break in the ski conditions thus far this year: It finally started to warm up to the mid-teens, and there was enough (I hoped!) snow to do my first backcountry skiing of the year. I knew the cover would be a little on the thin side (That always seems […]…Continue Reading New Year’s Resolutions
End of the Summer on the Long Trail
On this, the last weekend before the start of my school year, I was looking for a good long run to complete the summer running season. August had been a disappointing month for running, due to back spasms which slowed me for most of the nicest days of the summer, but after a month of […]…Continue Reading End of the Summer on the Long Trail
(not so bad) Romance Mountain
In one of my winter posts a few years ago, I described a great ski route at the Blueberry Hill Ski Touring Area in Goshen, on the trail traversing the high flanks of Romance Mountain. It has been claimed that this trail is “the highest altitude groomed cross country ski trail in Vermont”, and on […]…Continue Reading (not so bad) Romance Mountain
Tentative Trail Traipsing after the Terrible Tempest
I, like pretty much everyone else, has been hearing of all the damage inflicted by the recent visit of Tropical Storm Irene. Eager to get back up to the mountains, but unsure of the current condition of the roads, I drove up Rt 125 on Saturday to take a look at my favorite trailheads. I […]…Continue Reading Tentative Trail Traipsing after the Terrible Tempest