Posted by Todd on Apr 18 2011
Tags: Art, Food, Winter, XC Skiing
This week, we welcome our first guest blogger, Katharine Montstream. Katharine is known widely in our community for her wonderful artwork depicting the local landscape. She’s also an active member of Local Motion and has volunteered her time and services for many of our projects, including the Intervale XC Ski Trails and our colorful cycling [...]
Posted by Chapin on Feb 08 2010
Tags: Fun, Skating, Winter
The first weekend was a smashing success. There was black ice to skate on for as far as the eye could see. Hundreds enjoyed the skating, free nordic skate rentals, the bonfire and other festivities. Come join us for the next three weeks. Next weekend is the F-F-Frozen Chosen race on ice!
Thank you to [...]
Posted by Todd on Jan 13 2010
Tags: Bike Commuting, Winter
This came in from Nancy Schulz, ED of the VT Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition about a recent discussion about winter bike commuting on VPR:
You may recall that a recent “Vermont Edition” program was devoted to bicycling in winter. ”Vermont Edition” is a VPR program that airs at noon every weekday and is re-broadcast at 7:00 [...]
Posted by Charlene on Jan 06 2010
Tags: Trails, Winter
This week on our Facebook page, a few folks noted that the Burlington bike path was getting plowed. I called Parks and Rec this morning to understand what’s going on with the plowing. The short answer is that Parks and Rec has NOT embarked on a new policy of plowing the path, but since BED [...]
Posted by Todd on Dec 11 2009
Tags: Trails, Winter, XC Skiing
We’re gearing up to groom 3 miles of cross-country ski trails in Burlington’s Intervale. Volunteers are key to making this happen, but we also need feedback from you! If you skied the Intervale during our demonstration last year, how did we do? Once grooming begins this year (we’ll need some snow first), tell us what [...]
