Word: skying
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...ski season in New England has gotten off to a very slow start; record high temperatures during the month of November meant only a few areas in Northern Vermont could make enough snow to provide decent cover and very little natural snow has fallen thus far. Every year since the record breaking 1968-69 winter, people have come forth with prediction that the upcoming winter, would bring heavy snowfall back to New England. It hasn't happened yet, and if the early trend continues, it won't happen this season...
Nevertheless, skiing in New England is as varied, challenging and rewarding, in its own way of course, as skiing almost anywhere in the world. There are almost 100 major ski areas in New England, the closest being Blue Hills in Canton. For thoselooking for full-day, weekend or vacation trips, here's a list of 15 varied ski areas, each with something special to offer a specific taste in skiing...
...RIVER GLEN: Absolutely one of the best "little big" ski areas anywhere. It doesn't have a great uphill capacity (3 double chairs and a single chair) but it has some of the best trails in New England. This is more an experts mountain than many, and not nearly as fashionable as nearby Glen Ellen or Sugarbush, but alas, nothing can compare to Mad River's Glades with fresh, knee-deep powder. 194 miles from Boston...
STOWE: A tremendous mountain for everyone; but that's its biggest problem; everyone goes there. Best to ski Stowe in the middle of the week and leave the hour-long liftlines to the weekenders. 216 miles from Boston...
...hood, but a likable one, a would-be hard guy who doesn't take himself all that seriously. Much of his act is calculated to produce this image. In his neo-greaser outfit--baggy pants, a workshirt with cut-off sleeves, a leather jacket, and a floppy, oversized woolen ski cap that he periodically pulls over his eyes, throws in the air, or loses among the tangle of amp and guitar cords on stage--he looks like a kid who has some inborn style but doesn't have the time or money or desire to get properly duded...