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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Trapp Family Lodge Nordic Skiing Has Trails for Seniors

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The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Senior Skiers. In 1968 Johannes von Trapp opened the first commercial Nordic Center in the U.S. on his family’s farm overlooking the Worcester Range in Stowe, Vt. The Trapp Family Lodge continues as a diamond…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Stowe Mountain Resort—Easy Ways Down

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Legendary Ski Trails As Well As Amazing Blue Runs. Visibility was poor as I slid onto the Forerunner Quad to reach the summit of Stowe Mountain Resort, braced by Mt. Mansfield, highest peak in Vermont at 4,395 feet. Somewhere below in the gray swirl…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: History All Around At Appleton Farms

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Boston's North Shore Has A Peaceful Place For Senior Nordic Skiing Or Snowshoeing. We cross the road and climb over the stone wall into a grove of trees, walking a few yards to a trail. Stepping into our skis, we take a look around; we are in the…
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Mad River and Bromley Snow Report: Ain’t Pretty

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Too Soon, The Groundhog Is Seeing Spring In New England. While our friends in the west are dealing with blizzard conditions, those of us in the east are practicing patience. Why? The winter is an on-again, off-again affair around here.  This week, it's…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Cranmore A Classic Senior Ski Hill

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This Venerable Mountain Is Super Senior Friendly. Returning to Cranmore Mountain in North Conway, NH, is like coming back to the basics. You will not find flash, large verticals, or multiple-piste skiing.  No heart-stopping double diamonds.  You…
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East: Too Warm To Believe

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Start Wishing Harder, New Englanders. It Worked For The Red Sox. There's an old adage here in New England that half your cord wood should still be left over by Ground Hog's Day.  But, so far this winter, we've hardly touched the wood pile; we'll…
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SkiNH: Deals Galore For Seniors

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Many Alpine, Nordic Discounts From The Granite State. Hey, you guys!  Look what we found.  Our friends at SkiNewHampshire just sent us their Senior Deal page from the SkiNewHampshire website.  Lots of deals for both Alpine and Cross-Country skiers.…
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Skiing In The Rain: Yes You Can

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Don't Stay Home: Precip Can Be Hip. For seniors who like to zig without the worry of another skier’s zag, one of the best times to hit uncrowded slopes is in the rain. Sometimes that is what these early season ski days bring us. It’s not exactly…
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An X-C AMC Lodge Deep In The Maine Woods

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X-C Ski Six Miles To Gorman Chairback Camp Lodge and Guest Cabins. If you’re an active cross country skier, you probably enjoy staying where you ski. Plus, if you’re an active senior xc skier you most likely enjoy comfortable surroundings, pleasant…
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Early Season Pass Special: Sugarbush

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Some Ski Resorts Are Really Trying To Be Senior-Friendly. One of the mantras of SeniorsSkiing.com is that it is a good thing for ski areas and resorts to be kind to seniors.  Not only do discounts, special activities and amenities bring more frequent…
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Hike Vermont: Trails For Seniors And Families

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Great Advice From Roger Lohr, Publisher of XCSkiResorts.com. There's no better way to enjoy the outdoors than hiking on a trail alone or with your friends or family. Whether you are a first time hiker or a walking aficionado, hiking with the family provides…
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The Late, Late Show: Killington Still Killin’ It

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Skiing In New England In May? Yes, it has been a curious winter and curiouser spring.  We had a snow drought in the West, a middling winter in the Rockies, and bitter cold in the East.  Now, it's mid-spring, and we've heard of quite unexpected, new…
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Ski Lessons Improve Senior Skiers’ Technique

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It’s Never Too Late to Take A Lesson. William Smith, age 91, started skiing at Mt. Cranmore, N.H., after WW II. His wife even took lessons from ski legend Hannes Schneider. She quit skiing when she was 73, but Smith continued. He was skiing with his…
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The Last Loop: Snow Leaves The Field, Enter Spring

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A final ski tour at Appleton Farms reveals winter letting go. It is that special interim period here in New England between the end of winter and the start of spring.  Last week, we headed out across the corn snow at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, MA.,…
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Portrait Of A Weird February: East, Coldest; West, Warmest

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Here's a picture of our weather record-breaking mid-winter month. Black and White, Ying and Yang, Macy's and Gimbel's, Felix and Oscar: These opposites come to mind when we look at this picture of what happened to the weather in February, 2015.  The…
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Come On Over, Western Skiers: Eastern Snow Is Epic

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Boston Reports Over 100 Inches, 2 1/2 More Than Normal, With Three More Weeks Of Winter To Go. If you are a senior skier from the West, you are probably wondering what's going on with the snow.  Our correspondent in Utah report skiers taking two or…
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Quebec Winter Carnival: Canoe Racing On The Frozen St. Lawrence

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A New Extreme Sport Emerges For Those Who Really Love The Cold Hearty, are we?  Well, these lads surely are.  These garcons are one of a dozen or so teams, some of them professionals, who are canoe racing on the St. Lawrence during Quebec's Winter…
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Silver Streaks: A Model For How Ski Areas Can Serve Seniors

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You Always Have Someone to Ski With at the Waterville Valley Program. [Editor Note:  Waterville Valley's Silver Streak Program was a Gold Senior Friendly Award Winner, based on SeniorsSkiing.com's First Ski Area and Resort Survey.  Silver Streaks is…
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