Latest Tubbs Ambassador: Keefer Irwin

Keefer is a quintessential outdoorswoman. Her life has pretty much focused on being and staying outdoors and engaging in the natural world. An environmentalist and animal/wildlife advocate since she can remember, Keefer has followed her passions around continent. She’s worked as a research assistant with National Audubon’s Seabird Restoration Project, helping to bring the Atlantic Puffin back to the coast of Maine...

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Traditional Snowshoe Construction

Watch as snowshoes - the old fashioned kind - are made, and just how much cowhide you'll need to make one.

Snowshoes to the rescue!

Here is a neat story from a Tubbs snowshoer.

If you have a moment, I would like to share how your snowshoes saved our dog's life. We had about 4 inches of snow last weekend topped off by 3/4 inches of rain. Needless to say, the icy crust made it impossible to walk anywhere with regular footwear. Monday at about 1:00 PM, my husband let our pug Clark, outside to do his business. Ten minutes later, he went to call him in and there was no sign of Clark. Pete strapped on his Tubb's and started to hunt for our 11 year-old pug. We live on 40 acres, mostly woods and mostly hillside so we figured he must've chased a squirrel and slid down the hill. We called to him and he did bark a few times but after that was probably too weak. Anyway, Pete traversed the hills and valleys surrounding our home for the next 3 1/2 hours. I am happy to report that he rescued Stowe just as the sun was setting. He had slid about 100 yards downhill from our pole barn and was stopped by a fallen log. He ripped a toenail but was otherwise only cold and tired. If we hadn't had snowshoes, we would not have our dear Clark today. I will never think of snowshoeing as just recreation again!


*Names have been changed to protect identity.

White Mountain Report

This past weekend seemed like a perfect weekend to head up to the White Mountains for some good 'old adventure. Hotel rooms are still cheap and the weather seemed to be ideal. The plan was to head up to Huntington Ravine in search of some early season ice climbing on Saturday. As you may know, Mount Washington is not generally known for beach-like conditions. The Saturday weather report for Mount Washington was -15 to -25 with the wind chill and up to 100 mph gusts. We used our better judgment and finished up the rock climbing season with a morning on Cathedral Ledge climbing Thin Air (5.6). It was 35 degrees and sunny!

Sunday's weather report for Washington was a little more manageable (and desirable). We headed up to Huntington Ravine with blue bird skies and the ground covered in snow. We climbed Pinnacle Gully and had an excellent day. The climbing was good for early season and our only complaint was that we didn't take enough pictures.

I hope that I don't bite my tongue, but it appears that winter is finally here...

Green Mountain Greetings...

Vermont is a special place. Aside from being one of the healthiest, lowest polluting, largest milk producing states in the Nation, the Green Mountain State has been called home by Tubbs Snowshoes for nearly a century. The Green Mountain Col is here to show you that we're out there almost as much as you are and that we're building the sport of snowshoeing. We continue to innovate with revolutionary snowshoe technology and work with world class athletes like Danelle Ballengee to keep winter 'front and center'.

Now you may ask, what is a col? A col is a small pass between two peaks. The Tubbs office building has been resting along the Little River here in Stowe since the 1800's. We are ideally situated between the Mount Mansfield and the Worchester Range, hence the Green Mountain Col.

It is our goal to keep you up to date on Tubbs happenings, events, faces behind the scenes and all else adventure with this blog and we invite you to join in!

Live Light,

The Tubbs Team