CLOCKWISE FROM TOP A local Windsor High School student shows that you don’t need Gore-Tex or even full trail coverage to make the best of a winter day in southeastern Vermont. Many decades prior, Ascutney was Vermont’s first ski area to promote artificial snowmaking; these days, the ski area takes a page out of Mad River Glen’s book: “Ski it if you can [dry patches included].” Shames Mountain ski patroller Adrien Grabinski checks conditions from a fresh perspective with cat operator Robin Cecioni. The snow was right-side-up—Grabinski, not so much. Mountain maintenance manager and caretaker Robin Cecioni breaks out the locally made Divide Rides Smeartowns (190cm long with 140mm underfoot) for the biggest storms of the season. Cecioni told the Prince Rupert ski maker that the skis were built for Shames; Divide’s founder replied, “No, Shames built these skis.” 042 The Ski Journal
The Ski Journal Volume 14, Issue 3: Page 42
