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Author Archives: Peter Bronski
Exciting Scrambles for Young Adventurers: Kid-Friendly Rocky Peaks the Whole Family Can Enjoy
Even before I had kids, I learned a valuable parenting lesson from a friend of a friend. His 7-year-old son had already (happily) summited more mountains than many adults I knew. This was no accident. The parent in question had … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Hiking, How-To, Kids
Going the (Long) Distance: Seven Long-Distance Hikes in the East
“Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time,” comedian Steven Wright famously once quipped. Nowhere might that be truer than on the trail. The Northeast is interwoven with thousands of miles of hiking trails, and—some basic physical fitness notwithstanding—all … Continue reading
Posted in Backpacking, Expeditions, From Vermont Sports, Hiking
Tagged Appalachian Trail, backpacking, Cross Vermont Trail, hiking, Long Trail, Northville-Placid Trail
The East’s Big Walls | A Climber’s Guide to the Northeast’s Tallest Cliffs
Ask any climber the first word that pops into his or her head when you mention “big wall climbing,” and they’ll almost invariably respond with just one word: Yosemite. Look up the phrase “big wall climbing” in the dictionary, and … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Rock and Ice Climbing
Ales With Altitude
Do you ever get the sense, as I do, that for as long as people have been brewing beer and climbing mountains, two seemingly unrelated pursuits—drinking beer and hiking—have gone together like Bonnie and Clyde, or peanut butter and jelly? … Continue reading
Posted in Expeditions, From Vermont Sports, Hiking
Tagged beer, brews, Burlington, hiking, Pisgah, stowe, Waterbury
Big Mountains for Little Snowshoes
If you have kids and you like to climb mountains, then you know this dilemma well: to pick a mountain and a route engaging enough and challenging enough to keep an adult’s interest, but one that’s also short enough (distance, … Continue reading
Posted in How-To, Kids, Snowshoeing
Tagged kids, snowshoeing
Bridging the Gaps
By Peter Bronski Posted February 12th, 2011 I’ve always had a thing for maps. I don’t know quite what it is, but I love scanning across their pages, following the sinuous contours of rivers, picking out all the peaks I’d … Continue reading
Posted in Expeditions
Border Crossings
Vermont’s lift-service skiers and riders—I’m talking to you, alpine downhillers, telemarkers, and snowboarders—are no strangers to skiing in Quebec. And if I had to guess, I’d wager that at least one of your Quebec skiing experiences (and perhaps your first … Continue reading
Extreme Sugarbush
By Peter Bronkski Posted December 5th, 2010 Photo by Sandy Macys for Sugarbush Enter the words “church” and “Vermont” into a Google image search, and chances are you’ll bring up page after page of stereotypical, iconically beautiful white-steepled houses of … Continue reading
Posted in Expeditions, Other Snow Sports, Skiing
The Other Runner’s High
By Peter Bronski Posted May 1st, 2010 Even if you’re not a runner, chances are you’ve heard of the runner’s high, a state of euphoria that results from a release of endorphins after you’ve been cranking out mile after hard … Continue reading
Posted in Articles
Build it and They Will Come: Skiing the Trails of the CCC
Posted December 31st, 2009 Skiers in New England have it good. When it comes to terrain, just one word applies: varied. There are groomers, glades, steep chutes, alpine bowls. In other words, the works. With the exception of the glacier … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Expeditions, Mountaineering, Skiing
