Finally got to hit the slopes with the kid. Sunnapee Mountain. Had a great time. Big pro-tip, make sure you buy tickets ahead of time online. I got my daughter a season pass, so it was just me, and the original place we were going to ski at was Gunstock. Thankfully I thought about buying tickets early. When I went to go look, I found out that they were sold out for the day! Glad I looked, otherwise we would have driven there to be turned away. Here are some photos of the day:

I haven’t been in such a long time. I have had the same skis since high school along with the same x-country ski boots that were so tattered from wear and age that I just threw them out. Went out and purchased some new boots and skis. Bought the boots off of a website and the skis I picked up gently used on eBay of all places. I love scouring eBay for deals on gently used items. The poles came from REI. It was time to finally use them – which of course I’m doing this at the end of the season, but hit the local rail trail! The Rossignol…

The skiing season is quickly coming to a close.  Most of the lower mountain resorts shut their doors this prior weekend.  One of our local favorites for a small mountain – Crotched Mountain – is closed.  While snow is still on the trails, they just don’t have the people or possibly insurance to cover staying open.  That and of course you need the skiers to show up to make it worth while to stay open.  Eventually a resort will have negative returns if not enough people are there.  My daughter and I spend the day mid-week last week at Crotched.  We pretty much had the lift and one of the…