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Skiing Old Mountain Road

Mike Lynch
December 22, 2018
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BETA executive director Josh Wilson holds up a Jackrabbit Trail sign in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

Old Mountain Road Photo by Mike Lynch — BETA executive director Josh Wilson skis Old Mountain Road with former Explorer editor Phil Brown in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

BETA executive director Josh Wilson skis Old Mountain Road with former Explorer editor Phil Brown in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

A frozen waterfall off of Old Mountain Road in December 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

Former explorer editor Phil Brown interviews BETA executive director Josh Wilson on Old Mountain Road in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

BETA executive director Josh Wilson skis Old Mountain Road in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

BETA executive director Josh Wilson talks with former Explorer editor Phil Brown in March 2018 while skiing Old Mountain Road. Photo by Mike Lynch

Breck Turner skis up the Old Mountain Road in March 2018. Photo by Mike Lynch

Sign for the Jackrabbit Trail in Keene. Photo by Mike Lynch

In March 2018, I skied Old Mountain Road with Barkeater Trail Alliance executive director Josh Wilson and former Explorer editor Phil Brown.

Phil was working on a pair of articles that appear in the January-February issue of the Explorer. Old Mountain Road is a 3.5-mile stretch of the Jackrabbit Trail that goes from North Elba to Keene. The main article by Phil is about skiing the trail. The other is about the legal dispute regarding it. A recent court decision has declared the 3.5-mile Old Mountain Road a town road, which means motorized access is allowed on the trail. However, town supervisors have said they don’t plan to allow snowmobiles on it, keeping it current use intact.

Above are photos we took on that trip. We’ll be posting Phil’s articles on this website in the coming weeks. Here is another photo gallery of the trail and a video of Phil talking about the dispute.

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