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11 12, 2025

The Hidden Lines—Film Screening

2025-12-16T08:55:47-05:00December 11th, 2025|, |

Saturday, January 3 Doors 5pm, Film 5:45pm Showing of the film The Hidden Lines (22min), includes social hour, film screening, Q&A and behind-the-scenes slideshow. At the heart of this film is Adam Kruszyna, a Vermont native whose mental map of his home terrain has been years in the making. What began in the 250-acre forest behind his childhood home has grown to include the rugged backcountry of Jay, Vermont. An engineer by trade and a dedicated skier, Adam doesn’t reject technology — he uses it with intention. By tracking routes, logging [Read More...]

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30 03, 2023

Winter Trail Grooming Wraps Up

2023-03-30T15:52:53-04:00March 30th, 2023|Highlights, News|

March 30 - Grooming operations have concluded at Willoughby State Forest, NorthWoods, and Dashney Nordic Center. It was a stellar season, and we hope many of you had a chance to enjoy the snow and these beautiful networks. Many thanks to our partners (Burke Mountain and the State of Vermont) and especially to the hard work of the groomers - Dusty May, Blase Saucedo, Charles Hill and Barrett Nichols. There is still plenty of snowpack out there! All these trail networks remain open to public access. Please continue to wear skis [Read More...]

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10 11, 2021

Winter Ahead! Trail News & Updates

2021-11-10T12:59:36-05:00November 10th, 2021|Education, Forest Stewardship Institute, Highlights, News, Trail Reports|

Winter Ahead: Here’s to the woolly bears, Farmers Alamanac and La Nina forecasters – we join you in predicting / hoping for a bountiful winter ahead! Cue up the snow, and the winter magic… Trail access is open to the public, by donation. Brighton, Charleston and Morgan residents are encouraged to use our trails for free. Our lodge will not be open to the public, as it is busy for school groups throughout the week and closed on weekends, except for special events. However, trail users are welcome at any time; [Read More...]

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16 01, 2018

January 16th – Weekly Trail Report

2018-01-16T16:21:10-05:00January 16th, 2018|Conservation Corps, Highlights, News, Trail Reports|

Willoughby State Forest Weekly Trails Update All the trails have been groomed as of 1/14/2018, which include the Little Loop, Middle Loop, Bartlett Loop, the Connector trail, the CCC road and the Bartlett Mountain Rd. Tracks are set on the Little and Middle loops along with the two roads. The warm temps and rain will not stop us this time! The trails froze in hard and now have about 2 inches of groomed powder on top. Conditions should be great! We plan to groom again on Friday, January 19th . SNOW [Read More...]

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25 02, 2016

NorthWoods Staff Lead Sterling College Backcountry Course

2016-02-25T10:20:12-05:00February 25th, 2016|Education, Highlights, News|

Sterling College's Winter Intensive provides students with the opportunity to dig deep into a subject, and only that subject, for two straight weeks. For students in my course, while the snowpack was on the thin side, we certainly dug in to backcountry skiing in Vermont. We found snow in likely places when we left the lowlands, and reached the summits of Mt. Mansfield, Bald Mtn, and the ridge of the Bolton Trapps Traverse under the power of our muscles and skins attached to our skis.  We enjoyed snow made soft by rain, [Read More...]

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25 11, 2014

Ready for Winter: Updated Ski Fleet

2016-12-13T19:12:01-05:00November 25th, 2014|Education, Highlights, News|

While honoring the old ways is part of what we do at NorthWoods, we are also ready to embrace new technology to reach a new goal. For winter 2015, our goal is to provide easier access to more people to the outdoors, and specifically to the NorthWoods outdoors, in a medium of winter travel that suits the landscape and all sorts of outdoor enthusiasts. To reach this goal, we've updated our three-pin cross-country skis to a much more user-friendly fleet, with NNN easy click-in bindings. These skis will be available free of charge [Read More...]

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24 10, 2014

New Partnership with VT Backcountry Alliance

2016-12-13T19:12:01-05:00October 24th, 2014|Conservation Corps, Education, Highlights, News|

With winter right around the corner, NorthWoods is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Vermont Backcountry Alliance -- a working group of the Catamount Trail Association (CTA) dedicated to advancing responsible backcountry skiing and snowboarding in Vermont. With a strong tradition of nordic and backcountry skiing programs, NorthWoods will lend its northern perspective to this emerging group and help raise awareness for backcountry management issues across the northern tier of Vermont. For more information, visit www.vtbc.org and stay tuned for news on up-coming winter programs at NorthWoods. On Thursday, Nov 6th [Read More...]

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