UPDATE FROM GET OUTDOORS WINNER On March 15th, 14 foster kids from Connections for Youth were treated to a warm and sunny day in the Sierras. For half of these kids, it was their first time in the snow. Many others had grown up visiting the snow, but hadn’t had a chance to get into …
UPDATE FROM GET OUTDOORS WINNER Twelve youth from Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services Program enjoyed a warm winter day at Echo Summit. We started the day snowshoeing into the boulder fields of Rock Garden, gaining stunning views of the surrounding mountains, and some great terrain for snow play. The kids plunged into the …
Stephanie Y., Romp to Stomp Event Manager The 12th season of the Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series kicked off its season-long celebration with the Vermont Romp at Stratton Mountain Resort, followed by stops in Washington at Stevens Pass Nordic Center, Colorado at the Town of Frisco Nordic Center, Ontario at …
The original North American sweetener, the sweet nectar of the gods, liquid gold for your tastebuds. Whatever you like to call it, Maple Syrup is a North American tradition in both creation and consumption. Oral stories vary from Native American and First Nations peoples on the discovery that the clear liquid from tapping maple trees …
As part of my season of representing Tubbs Snowshoes as an Ambassador, I was asked to participate with the marketing booth and snowshoe event Romp to Stomp in Frisco, Colorado. I knew I would enlist my sister Cindy to join me. Not only is she a recent breast cancer survivor, but she has a lively …
Here are just a couple pictures from our friends Brent and Dorian, Day Hiking Ambassadors from Vancouver, Canada.
Originally scheduled for February 9th, the 2014 Snowshoe Grind Challenge was rescheduled to March 15th due to inclement weather. This year was pretty special, because I subversively entered my Ladies Clinic group in the Challenge. I love to empower women on snowshoes, and this was definitely going to empower them. The event was in …
The sky is of white talcum as a midday ground squall overtakes the small city of Winooski, Vermont. It is late winter in the Lake Champlain Valley, and a February storm has passed, leaving wind and a deposit of powdered snow. This is the first significant snowfall of the season. For Vermont this has been …
After a record-dry winter in California, and three snow trips postponed due to lack of snow, Mother Nature finally brought us some snow! On February 22nd, Inner City Outings and 28 students from the GEO Environmental Science and Design Academy at Grant High School traveled up to Echo Summit and were treated to a gorgeous …
It has been a few weeks since I have been snowshoeing, but I have a pretty good reason for that. Let me introduce Tubbs’ youngest fan, measuring approximately one snowshoe long! After being in the house for a few weeks with that cute newborn, my whole body was itching to get out and exercise. Escaping …