TGFS!!! The race of the year

Ever been to Cochran's ski area? A small family ski resort, perhaps the only one left with a rope-toe, where "durable gloves" become essential protective gear for a lift ride. A spot in Central Vermont that invites guests to be as comfortable as skiing on one's back yard and brings back memories of how skiing used to be before the era of giant profitable resorts. Cochran's is one of a kind ski experience, small, with limited terrain, but home to a wonderful elite of US ski racers and to the newly popular TGFS slalom.


The Thank God For Snow-making race is also a one of a kind event, since its debut last year after a huge grass roots effort finally brought snow-making to the family resort and Cochran's Ski Club. No other race I've attended recently included 4 Olympians as forerunners and several US ski team members, right back from Vancouver and Nationals in Lake Placid, on the start list.


Despite a cloudy and snowy day, and a limited number of photographs, it was a wonderful event and a very fun time.