By: Matt Baatz Your mom just handed you your first box of crayons. I’m betting one of the first things you draw is a big yellow sun with a smiley face benevolently spreading warmth over your world. Then you spend the next 15 to 20 years in school dispelling your naiveté. Nature doesn’t care at…

UPDATE: Due to the overwhelming response, Killington Resort is no longer accepting volunteer applications for the World Cup. Nearly 300 volunteers have already been accepted to ensure the success of this event. Please email volunteers@killington.com if you have any questions about the World Cup Volunteer program, or to have your name added to a wait list to…

Tickets for the 2016 Audi FIS Ski World Cup went on sale Tuesday, July 5, at 8 a.m. and sold out just hours later. According to killington.com/worldcup, all three tiers of VIP tickets as well as all preferred parking passes sold out, for the World Cup event coming to Killington Resort, Nov. 26-27. There will…

VIP tickets go on sale July 5 KILLINGTON – Killington Resort announced Tuesday, June  28, that tickets for the 2016 Audi FIS Ski World Cup will go on sale in a week, starting Tuesday, July 5 at 8 a.m. Taking place over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 26-27, Killington will host the first Alpine World Cup event…

Vermont’s bear hunting season starts Sept. 1, and hunters can improve their chances if they scout ahead of time to find fall foods such as wild apples, beechnuts, acorns, and berries—where bears will be feeding. “Fall foods for bears are more scarce than they were last year,” said Vermont’s bear biologist Forrest Hammond. “Bears will…

RUTLAND—College of St. Joseph men’s and women’s soccer teams each got their seasons underway on Sunday, Aug. 28. The men’s team is looking to build on a successful 2015 campaign that ended with an 11-7-1 overall record. The women are fielding their first team in three years, and hope to see consistent improvement as the…

QUESTION: Carol and Dale are playing in a match play tournament. On the fourth hole, Carol strokes her tee shot. While the ball is in motion, it strikes a course maintenance vehicle and lands out of bounds. She claims the vehicle should not have been there and drops a ball near the spot where the vehicle deflected…

By Dave Hoffenberg Congrats once again to Clearly Moguls for winning their fifth title and third straight. The All-Star Game was held last week which means the 2016 season has officially come to a close. This game is fun because teams are randomly selected and teammates get to face each other for the first time.…

By Ariel Kent In this day and age mountain bikes come in all shapes and sizes. There’s fatbikes, plus bikes, 650B, 29ers, and the good old 26-inch. One is definitely not better than the other, and up until 5-10 years ago there wasn’t such a variety of options. Everybody has their thing. Some love 29ers…

By Matt Baatz Scouting Scan the terrain when the vegetation is waning. Bushwack. Get lost. Find the chunks of terrain that make your heart skip a beat—a rideable ledge, a swoopy piece of old road that you can modify, a rocky chute, a bermable turn. Marking Start flagging a rough path. Make the markings as…

RUTLAND—Rutland Recreation Department is offering a variety of sports and activities for area students of all ages. Register at rutlandrec.com or stop by the office located at 16 North Street Extension in Rutland for info. Archery Basic level beginner archery class for ages 7 and up will be offered Wednesdays, Aug. 31–Sept. 21 from 4–5…

 Saturday, Aug. 27—RANDOLPH—Interested in cooking up locally-sourced grouse, squirrel or rabbit in your kitchen this fall? Vermont Fish & Wildlife will be holding a “Small Game Hunting” seminar focusing on bird, rabbit and squirrel hunting. The seminar will take place on Saturday, Aug. 27, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Randolph Fish & Game Club in…

By Matt Baatz A small tree upended and took out a chunk of Rabbit Hole, an unmapped and lightly-signed trail, but popular nevertheless. It’s a pretty freakin’ rippin’ ride down, so the day I was backfilling the damage it was a curious sight to see a guy walking his bike up it. He had some…

Sunday, Aug. 28 at 5 p.m.—RUTLAND TOWN— The Rutland Cutting Edge women’s ice hockey team will hold its annual preseason meeting at 5 p.m., Sunday Aug. 28 at Spartan Arena, located behind the Diamond Run Mall in Rutland Town. Whether you have never played before or have been looking for a chance to get back…

Recent heavy rainfall has created potentially dangerous conditions along streams and small rivers in the Mad River and Huntington River watersheds, especially at Huntington Gorge, warned the Vermont Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security in a news release Aug. 17. With sunshine and seasonably warm temperatures expected to continue by the National Weather Service,…