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2024 Tele clinic

December 21, 2024
Emilie Phillips

The NH AMC had our annual Telemark clinic. After last year’s terrifying crowds at Loon, we moved to Cannon Mountain this year. It was all man made snow, but wasn’t too icy. There were even some natural snow flurries. The problem was that the ski area was madly making snow to get ready for the […]

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Kinsman Ridge Trail north

November 9, 2024
Emilie Phillips

We actually did stuff in November, I was just too busy at work to find time to post about it. This was a half day hike we did starting from the Cannon tram parking lot. The trail itself was awfully washed out. In places we were hiking up a gravel canyon as deep as my […]

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First skiing of the season

December 7, 2024
Emilie Phillips

We got some natural snow, and enough cold weather for the ski areas to make snow. Saturday the whole family went to Pats Peak for lift serve skiing. They had their bunny hills and three real trails open. The surface snow was surprisingly decent in the morning. We did some technique practice, but our fun […]

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Mount Eisenhower and Pierce

October 19, 2024
Emilie Phillips

The leaves have long since turned colors in the valleys and dropped on the slopes of the White Mountains. Last weekend, it snowed on the higher summits. Fall is marching on its inevitable path to winter. Except Saturday was sunny and almost 70F in the mountains. It made for good hiking weather when Benoît came […]

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We like sea kayaking in big waves, landing our airplanes off-airport, skiing in the wilderness, and more. Check back next week to hear about our family’s latest adventure.

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