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Now that the clouds of bugs from early summer have dissipated, it’s a great time to be scouting and exploring tree lines close to home, while doing a bit of low-impact trail work along the way, This week’s led us to discover a beautiful and very steep creek line that spilled about 750′ vertical down a mountainside and had somehow alluded us in the past. We’re stoked to get back there mid winter Brian and Emily LIKE AdventureSkier.com on Facebook.

Before long, as we had hoped, the rain transitioned to snow, piling up just enough to mask what would have been a relatively loud ski descent on the not-quite-soft snow and ice. Upon reaching the summit of Vermont’s Mt. Ellen, clearing snow squalls gave way to brilliant sunshine, and both we and our two little girls in tow (Lenora, 8 months, is riding upon Emily While we still carry a good rain shell, it’s hard to stay cool on the climb while wearing a shell or poncho. And with our kids often on our backs while we climb these days, a shell or poncho doesn’t do a great job covering each parent/kid combo effectively, or comfortably.