FEATHERBED INN BLOG

Wait a sec. Are you actually reading this in your kitchen or at your office or on the subway or wherever it is you typically waste your time looking at your phone or computer? Why aren't you in your car on your way to Vermont (not that we'd ever recommend looking at your device while driving, but you could be in the passenger seat reading safely). If there was ever a week to drop everything and throw whatever ski clothes and gear you can grab in a hurry, this is it. The skiin

Last night, while lighting my Hanukah candles with all the lights out in the room, I was struck by the way one little flame can pierce through the darkness and brighten a darkened room. Today is the winter solstice, when daylight gives way to the longest night of the year. There's a lot of darkness out there, on the planet, in this country, in our world. Sometimes it can take a lot of effort even to remember there is also light, let alone to be able to see it. We absolutely m

Hello, As if on cue, just as I sat down to write the snow started swirling outside my cozy kitchen. It's been like this all week, snowing on and off for days. And it's been really flying on the mountains, with more than a foot of snow already on the upper slopes. I just checked out the webcams at Mad River Glen and saw fiver skiers (more intrepid than I) skinning by the single chair mid-station. For some balance, I then peeked at the Sugarbush webcams, and I suggest you do

Hey friends, Just a quick note to suggest that you a) check out the forecast for the Mad River Valley (spoiler...gorgeous weather every...