It had been a while since I skied the backcountry of the motherland. A rainstorm from a couple weeks ago decimated most of the snowpack in New England, including my backcountry targets in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. While there was plenty of cold to go around, snow was at a premium. Earlier in the week, Bolton, Jay and Stowe had been hit by a storm that dumped upwards of six inches of fresh snow on each.
This gave me a perfect excuse to drive a little further, and get back in touch with the mountains of northern Vermont. I was quickly reminded why Vermont is the "Ski Mecca" of the East.