It’s February break, there’s pitiful snow and rain in Vermont, and we heard reports of great skiing in that great big country north of our border. So we took a field trip! In Orford, a crew of BKL skiers found 40+km of classic and skate skiing on natural snow…something we have seen precious little of in what I am calling “The Year of the Purple Klister”. Here are some photos, mostly of the Devo group which I (Adam) was skiing with.
Sammie, Ava and Esther striding up some lengthy hills on trail #6
I thought skiing up to the base of Orford’s alpine area would give us the best downhills, but we were kind of let down. At least we got a good climb in!
We skied all the way to the furthest cabin and had lunch there, including delicious Bobo Bars
At a waxing pit-stop, Aidan pauses to give a shoutout to another great sponsor, Toko
In the afternoon we skated (no pictures…just fast skiing!) and the Devo group totaled about 30k. Here’s the whole gang before heading home for America!
Overall this had to be one of the most fun skis of the year for me, and hopefully for everyone else too! I can think of one other day this season where we’ve skied a loop longer than 5km, so it was quite surreal to have so many trails at our disposal. That feeling was made even more unique because it was the first trip there for many, so we didn’t know what lay around each turn. A great place to check out for anyone in VT with the purple klister blues!
