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There has has been a lot a snow activity up here in the last few days. While my image below shows the collective total at SBRHQ from Friday, only 30 to 45 minutes south it is off the charts. Almost 4 feet of snow in 72 hours, major highway closed since Friday night, with trucks and cars still...

This is just a teaser. We finally have enough snow to make a report but the chair is in the wrong place! Will report back after the relocation. The slow start to winter has made me complacent.

For the new folks, we are from out of state, and even out of country. OK, so Blue Toes has a bit of lead foot and got a speeding ticket along the I-95 in June, while en route to visit her mom in PA. The officer handed her this big printout and told her she could pay online (wrong). No...

My sister and BIL are selling their beloved house in Montgomery, VT. Cool and funky house, 15 minute drive from Stateside parking at Jay Peak, 30 second walk from trout stream, sleeps many, could be great full-time residence or seasonal house: https://s.paragonrels.com/goto/F74mo5

Just walked in to a great deal on a pair of K2 Mindbender 96 Cs. Looking forward to skiing these boards, from the review it seems like a fine ski for old guys like me. Despite my telemark heritage, these will be mounted alpine: K2 Mindbender 96C review

{Reprinted from the NYSkiBlog Forum Archives} SBR note, Jan. 2023: This was written some time ago, I have added a few updates in italics Here is a "Jay Beta" letter I have sent to a few first time visitors. I'm sure others will chime in... Jay can be a confusing place for the first time...

Well, it's not Snowvember 2.0 but it's a start. And, yes, the deck is still a project. Forecast is promising going forward:

Welcome back! There is finally enough snow to post a picture of the trusty chair. We are still at low tide, so I used my new-to-me rock slowshoes to stomp out the trail to Secret Hill today. No pics as it was bloody cold, the daytime high was -16 C (about 3 F). If you are new around here...

Breaking news! If you find yourself in Canada, and anywhere near a magazine rack (a what?) in the near future, look for the latest issue of Ski Canada Magazine. This issue contains is an excellent article by...

This was a popular thread in the old forums, so I thought I would revive it here. Here is the latest MTB lunacy from our old friend, Danny MacAskill. I think it is steeper than it looks:

Well, I don't have to tell you that it has been a weird year. The Hinterlands have not been exempt from the ravages of COVID and we are now under a province-wide lockdown until late January. Not that it seems to matter to some people but that is another story. The good news is that we finally...

At Harvey's request, chair images only. Ski reports to follow in a new TFTH. For the benefit of those who are new here, this chair is situated in central Hinterlandia, across your currently closed northern borders, about 2.5 hours driving time straight north of western Lake Ontario. Report...

From April 19 - 28, I was in sunny Cuba, on my now-annual southern vacation. Five years ago, I had never been to an all-inclusive resort but can now report that it is not so bad. Kind of like summer camp, with drinks. My wife is a part-time travel agent, and has been organizing group trips to a...

Have you ever been a little obsessed about a particular BC destination? Regular readers of the TFTH reports will have gathered that our part of the Hinterlands is hilly and snowy but a little short on the vertical feet. Telemark Dave and I have been scheming about skiing a particular large...

We're going on a canoe trip! A big part of my job is helping outdoorsy people like you plan and undertake canoe trips in Ontario's iconic Algonquin Provincial Park. That makes me a bit like the marketing person at the ski hill - do you ever actually see them skiing? Throw in a year off for...

For the last five years or so, a small group of Hinterlandian skiers has made a tradition of skiing our local bump, Hidden Valley, at least once after the lifts close for the season. Most years, the Muskoka Tele Band has enjoyed lovely spring conditions and full coverage, leaving us wondering...

Epiphany: "the sudden realization or comprehension of the (larger) essence or meaning of something." On one level, you could say that I went for a short ski tour yesterday morning. On another level (here is the epiphany), you could say that I took all the experience I've had in over 40 years of...

Every ski story should start with a happy dog picture, if only to illustrate the local snow conditions. Do you do warm up exercises before skiing? I accomplish this by walking the dog and playing a rousing game of "ice chunk." In this game, the human finds a suitably-sized piece of snowplow...