Magazine

Peak Chic | Up Close

Credit: Mark Fleming Tom Padham suiting up for his job in winter is a little like a firefighter donning turnout gear. Both must protect themselves from head to toe against an extreme environment, which for Padham is the Northeast’s highest summit (where last January saw 127 mph gusts and a wind chill of -65). True, […]

History

Hot Commodities | Knowledge & Wisdom

All the wood heat literature emphasizes that dry wood burns better than wet, which leaves you with two choices: Either get some green wood and put it under cover for a year or so, or burn wood that is already good and dry, wood that you already have, wood that you can identify without special […]

New England

Warming Trend | Inside Yankee

Years ago, when I taught fourth grade in Maine, I welcomed the cold, brittle days of winter. When recess ended, the children scrambled back into the classroom, their cheeks red with windburn, and after they’d flung hats and coats into lockers they settled at their desks, and I’d read to them while they quieted, like […]

Vermont

‘Wild Skating’ on Lake Morey

Discovering Nordic-style thrills on the longest ice skating trail in the country at Lake Morey Resort in Vermont.

Vermont

Winter in Vermont | Photos

A collection of beautiful, snowy images of Vermont in winter from photographer Kevin Armstrong.

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