
March 25, 2018
Emilie Phillips
Isaac and Matteo climbed into the historic Wildcat gondola. “We’re in jail!” Isaac announced, grinning out the window at Betsy and I. Meanwhile, I pointed up to landmarks in Tuckerman’s Ravine and the Gulf of Slides. “Tyson and I want to take Isaac to Gulf of Slides next weekend” I told Betsy. “The south snowfields […]
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Written March 28, 2018, updated March 8, 2024

March 18, 2017
Emilie Phillips
The problem with trying to match a trip to a four year old’s skill level is it is always changing. Sometimes I get it right and some times I miss. This time I missed. Benoît joined us for the weekend, and he was game for anything. The Wednesday before, it just snowed a foot or […]
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Written March 28, 2017, updated March 8, 2024

February 27, 2011
Emilie Phillips
My parents came up to visit. They drove up on Mom’s birthday. Despite it being a 12 hour drive, they got to my house before I left work, so Mom started volunteering to make dinner and go grocery shopping for me. I couldn’t let that pass since it was her birthday, so I came home, […]
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Written February 28, 2011, updated March 7, 2024
February 5, 2008
Emilie Phillips
This past sunday we went skiing with the AMC again on a more traditional back country trip. Most of the other participants were even on tele gear rather than cross country. The trip consisted of taking a chair lift ride to the top of WildCat, and then skiing back down through the woods to the […]
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Written February 5, 2008, updated February 8, 2024