The PrimaLoft^® BLOG

Lessons, Tips, and Insights: A Beginner's Guide to Adventure Snowshoeing in the Adirondacks

“If you can walk, you can snowshoe”, is how Carl Heilman started my beginner snowshoeing clinic at the Adirondack International Mountainfest in Keene Valley, NY. “Sounds simple enough”, I thought, as I peered around the room at my fellow classmates. Things were starting off well. As I investigated the rest of the room’s cold-weather attire and compared it to the layered get-up I had put together, I felt confident that…read more »

TAGS: Adirondacks, Snowshoeing
COMMENTS: 0

PrimaLoft® ‘Clean Team’ Supports Keene Valley in Recovery from Tropical Storm Irene

Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene roared along the East Coast of the US recently, affecting the entire eastern seaboard as well as communities hundreds of miles inland. The storm has devastated many areas of Vermont and upstate New York, including Keene Valley in New York's beautiful Adirondack Mountains.   Bridges, homes, roads and businesses in Keene Valley were washed away in flash floods, but Irene's wrath couldn't dampen the tenacious spirit of these mountain…read more »

TAGS: Adirondacks, flood, Keene Valley, The Mountaineer, Tropical Storm Irene
COMMENTS: 0