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/dreams-of-winter-picking-a-vacation-home http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/dreams-of-winter-picking-a-vacation-home#comments Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:56:17 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2139 I suspect that long time ago people used newspapers or magazines to find real estate classifieds. Thank God for the internet and real estate rental sites: now you can instantly search and view thousands of vacation rentals. You can filter them based on a house type, number of bedrooms, proximity to ski resorts etc. These [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/dreams-of-winter-picking-a-vacation-home/feed 1 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/dreams-of-winter-how-it-all-started http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/dreams-of-winter-how-it-all-started#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:01:44 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2104 It is quite relaxing to watch falling snowflakes. I usually zoom out, stop thinking about student loans, credit card bills and other daily crap that tends to pile up just like powder. So, on that early and snowy December evening, none of that back-to-earth stuff was crossing my mind. I was sitting behind my computer [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/dreams-of-winter-how-it-all-started/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/images/mad-river-glen-in-summer http://vertexpress.com/images/mad-river-glen-in-summer#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:56:39 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=2025 ]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/mad-river-glen-in-summer/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/images/lake-elmore-in-vermont http://vertexpress.com/images/lake-elmore-in-vermont#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:27:12 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=1759 ]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/lake-elmore-in-vermont/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/images/waterbury-reservoir-in-vermont http://vertexpress.com/images/waterbury-reservoir-in-vermont#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:32:33 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=1740 ]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/waterbury-reservoir-in-vermont/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/images/mount-mansfield-in-stowe-vermont http://vertexpress.com/images/mount-mansfield-in-stowe-vermont#comments Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:35:44 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?p=1726 In my last post I uploaded photos taken around Stowe, Vermont. Today, I am putting up a couple pf pictures taken at the top of Mount Mansfield. Mount Mansfield is the highest mountain in Vermont. If you are not up to a physical challenge I suggest taking a scenic drive up the Toll road to [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/images/mount-mansfield-in-stowe-vermont/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/sugarbush-ski-resort http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/sugarbush-ski-resort#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 15:43:55 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?page_id=1417 Come on, it’s only an hour and a half drive!” I tried to persuade my friends to drive with me to Sugarbush ski resort. They hesitated, and I understood why—who wants to squander time when three ski areas lie within a 25-minute drive from our place in southern VT? “They have fresh natural snow—just an [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/sugarbush-ski-resort/feed 2 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/beginner-glades-at-jay-peak http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/beginner-glades-at-jay-peak#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:49:08 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?page_id=1411 What is so special about Jay Peak ? An answer is simple – glades and backcountry skiing. Jay Peak allows skiers and snowboarders to venture anywhere on its vast territory. They have what can be described as most liberal ski policies in the East, and it sure attracts folks looking for hidden stashes of powder. [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/beginner-glades-at-jay-peak/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-resort-review http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-resort-review#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 20:31:25 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?page_id=1408 “We call it breeze!” yelled a ski patroller, commenting on the bone-chilling bitter wind at the top of Jay Peak resort. “And we call it severe-weather-please-stay-home in NYC. Gee, a forecast did not say anything about the breeze!” I thought, trying to adjust my gear and shield myself from the blustery Jay Peak weather. It [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/jay-peak-resort-review/feed 0 http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/magic-mountain-resort-expert-skiing-only http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/magic-mountain-resort-expert-skiing-only#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 19:34:04 +0000 Sergey Ulitenok http://vertexpress.com/?page_id=1402 Earlier in the morning, we received a comment from a reader who pointed out that Magic Mountain resort will only be open on weekends, holidays and after major snowstorms in the 2009/2010 season. That got me thinking – if they change hours of operation, why not change an image. I often hear comments such as: [...]]]> http://vertexpress.com/lodge-notes/magic-mountain-resort-expert-skiing-only/feed 0