http://vertexpress.com Skiing, snowboarding and mountain lifestyle Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:39:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/la-nina-shows-up-in-vermont-10-12-inches-of-snow http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/la-nina-shows-up-in-vermont-10-12-inches-of-snow#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:39:26 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3540 Sounds pretty good if you are heading to northern New England. Welcome back La Nina!]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/la-nina-shows-up-in-vermont-10-12-inches-of-snow/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 13:23:59 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3434 My perfect Friday morning at Mount Snow. 3-4″ of fresh powder on the ground at 8AM. Looks like a powder day]]> http://vertexpress.com/videos/my-perfect-friday-morning/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 12:51:38 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3337 A picture is worth a thousand words. Non-stop snow showers in Vermont. Perfect conditions to get out and ski.]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/powder-week-in-vermont/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/another-blizzard-possible-in-new-england http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/another-blizzard-possible-in-new-england#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:30:21 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=3123 (Updated 5:00pm. 01/12/2011) New York is bracing for another blizzard.  Accuweather.com reports that a possible snow storm can dump as much as a foot of snow along the I-95 corridor.  While it might not be a good news for New Yorkers – though it is feels pretty good to spend an extra day at home [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/another-blizzard-possible-in-new-england/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/images/blizzard-through-the-eyes-of-an-artist http://vertexpress.com/images/blizzard-through-the-eyes-of-an-artist#comments Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:53:41 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2935 While I think that everything over 1″ is called a storm in NYC, the latest blizzard dumped enough snow to be featured on the cover of The New Yorker. Considering that New Yorkers  skied on the streets of NYC, the cover illustration is pretty accurate.]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/blizzard-through-the-eyes-of-an-artist/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/after-the-snow-storm http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/after-the-snow-storm#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:19:19 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2695 Are you in northern VT? Could not agree more! Hmm…Sorry to hear it… Mother Nature is fickle. Coastal NJ got up to 30″. Anything over 1″ is a storm in NYC; Two local liquor stores were closed ;(]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/after-the-snow-storm/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/twitter-battles-killington-vs-mount-snow http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/twitter-battles-killington-vs-mount-snow#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:05:44 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2597 While “The Big One” was just starting moving up North, Killington resort and Mount Snow started a friendly skirmish on Twitter: “Who is going to get the most snow after this storm?” XX]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/twitter-battles-killington-vs-mount-snow/feed 2 http://vertexpress.com/images/nest-winter-shots-snow-storm-at-stratton http://vertexpress.com/images/nest-winter-shots-snow-storm-at-stratton#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:29:45 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2364 Photo credit: Mike Dunn]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/nest-winter-shots-snow-storm-at-stratton/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/what-a-powder-day http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/what-a-powder-day#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:17:54 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=1054 When there is a foot+ of fresh snow, stay away from green trails. Stick to black diamonds or intermediate trails. Or if you do ski/ride green trails – have a shovel ready! (No joking around – we actually saw one snowboarder riding with a shovel!)]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/what-a-powder-day/feed 0