Outdoors

Photos by Tim Jones / Special to The Eagle

Friday February 10, 2012 You’ve heard the old saying, "It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good.   Full Story

Friday February 10, 2012 How many you have skied Burke Mountain (www.skiburke.   Full Story

Friday February 3, 2012

In a winter that isn't, there's no better place in the world to be than New England. As I write this a number of resorts in Europe are closed for lack of snow, and the last resort in Utah finally got itself open on Saturday, Jan. 28.   Full Story

Tim Jones / Special to The Eagle

Friday February 3, 2012

My sweetheart Marilyn and I were alpine skiing at Burke Mountain (www.skiburke.com) in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom the other day and saw three different skiers using Alpine Touring (AT) gear to skin up the sides of the slopes instead of riding the lifts.   Full Story

Sunday May 23, 2010 BEIJING - The youngest climber to reach the peak of Mount Everest hugged his tearful companions and told them he loved them. Then 13-year-old Jordan Romero took the satellite phone and called his mom.   Full Story

If the coals have built up deep enough over the years in your fire pit, or the mineral soil beneath is soft enough, pound in four, 2- foot tall, thumb-size vertical stakes.   Full Story

SHEFFIELD — The Sheffield Tree Project will hold its annual community work day today.   Full Story