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Vermont
SportS
New eNglaNd’s outdoor magaziNe
publISHer
angelo lynn publisher@vtsports.com
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eDItor
sky Barsch C editor@vtsports.com
Staff WrIter
evan johnson
art DIrectIoN & proDuctIoN
shawn Braley C braley@gmail.com
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dave Honeywell | (802) 583-4653 dave_golfhouse@madriver.com
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middlebury College Nordic teammates get an early ski under their belts on a warm opening day at rikert ski touring Center on saturday, Nov. 15. It was the
Phyl Newbeck C phyl@together.net earliest opening of a New england Nordic ski facility in recent memory, all due to cool November temperatures and a new snowmaking system put into place
last year. the mostly man-made snow was concentrated along a half-mile loop track with a short drop into the trees — just enough to get your heart pumping
gear aND beer eDItor
and work up a good sweat on a 55-degree bluebird day. the rikert touring Center is located a couple miles from the middlebury College snow Bowl and
josh Gleiner C gear@vtsports.com about 15 miles from the town of middlebury. Photo by Phil mclaughlin
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featureS
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tHIS moNtH’S coNtrIbutINg WrIterS
Hilary delross, sarah Galbraith, andy Howard,
Nik Killoran, Carrie mclaughlin, annie Pokorny, Brad salzmann, Peggy shinn
tHIS moNtH’S coNtrIbutINg pHotograpHerS
8–9
Phil mclaughlin, Brian mohr, Herb swanson
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Women's 20K Classical
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rumford, maine on january 6, 2012. Photo Local Flimmakers Capture the Magic of Community Ski Hills in a
by Herb swanson.
New Documentary
December 2013
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