One other family signed up for the second family cross country ski trip. They preferred down mountain skiing over a cross country tour, so we moved the trip to Cardigan. We knew from our first family xc trip that the other family could take care of themselves on level terrain in the woods. However, for […]
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Some days it pays to go see what the skiing conditions really are. Saturday’s forecast was for warm and sunny. However, this trip was scheduled for Sunday. Sunday’s forecast had been to start in the low 20’s with some snow, then gradual warming through the day until it transitioned to rain sometime in the afternoon. […]
The early season snow has been good this year. Cardigan Lodge measured 21 inches at their stake. We were already headed to Cardigan for a ski leader training day, and Tyson’s parents could watch Isaac. We decided to stay the night so we could ski a lap before the meeting. The forecast predicted snow Saturday […]
It was time for Isaac to try his new free-heel skis in uphill mode. We had ordered some skins from a place that sells direct, but they had failed to come through. Fortunately, Isaac’s grandparents had arrived and brought with them a pair of skins from an old set of skis. We cut them down […]
Bruce was a big guy with a muscular build that didn’t quite make sense until he introduced himself as a farmer. He was quick to smile as we wedged ourselves in the Cardigan boot room overrun by Boston AMC winter school participants. And, when he surveyed all of us geared up, skins on, and not […]
My parents, Tyson and I headed up to the classic Alexandria ski trail on Mt Cardigan. We arrived at noon, skinned up an almost untracked trail, skied out, and declared it a fine day.
There was a bit of confusion leading to today’s trip. The location changed a few times. The primary leader had to cancel. And the weather, at times was looking not great. Depending on where the trip was going to go, we potentially needed to crash tonight at Tony’s because we are going back north tomorrow. […]
Ski trip to the top of Mt Cardigan.