Brattleboro Outing Club

03/31/2026

Well if it isn't obvious we're gonna call it a season. And what a great season it was. We will be preparing some winter metrics and thank you messages to all of our members and visitors in the next few weeks as we work in the background to button things up for the summer.

03/08/2026

Welcome to daylight savings time...yeah that's right you just lost a perfectly good hour. The hut will be open today for perhaps the final time this season. We're not going to cry uncle yet, because we've had the hut open in April before, but you may want to stop in to say bye to Suzie for the season. No grooming today or for the foreseeable future. The plan this week is to keep the trails open through Thursday because how often can you experience the novelty of skiing in 70 degree weather? Things are likely to get very soft and we'll start to see some ponding pretty quick. Not great conditions for skate skiers, but a great time for the most historic pair of wooden three-pin skis you can find. Looking pretty rainy Thursday, so we will plan to close after Wednesday skiing under any circumstances. This time of the year the turf lords are watching, so we want to be sure to protect the golf course, as such we will be watching conditions closely and may have to close down before Thursday.

03/04/2026

Catch it while you can!

02/22/2026

Brattleboro Winter Carnival Week! Blue bird day. Trails and Hut will be open today. We were able to nicely comb out and track Dog Trot, Euphoria, and the fairway trails this morning. With help from a small corps of volunteers our plan is to have the Hut open all week in recognition of Winter Carnival.

02/20/2026

Red sky morning, sailors take warning!

Welcome to the weekend (almost). Here is the BOC trail condition report through Sunday. The Hut will be open this weekend for rentals. We have great base, but definitely in need of a refresh. For today we groomed the skate lanes on the fairways and Dog Trot before we were driven off by warm temps. It's something like a sugary mashed potato. Lot of questions about accumulation overnight and our ability to manage the snow in the am. But the plan is to get out and start grooming predawn. With a little luck we'll have some new snow and some classic tracks set by mid morning. We expect to be able to open up all of our terrain by mid day Sunday. Reminder to be nice to Glenn (the plow guy) and park to one side the parking lot. Speaking of accumulation, we are getting quite a pile in the lost and found. I may not be able to resist wearing that really nice fleece strawberry hat found in the parking lot. Stop in the hut this weekend and let us know what you are missing.

02/19/2026

Hey Skiers! Another reminder...please please please stay clear of the Windham Regional Career Center students conducting tree work on 10th Tee. We had another interaction yesterday. The trails have been clearly marked as closed (with V-boards), we've left messages at the kiosk, posted messages on TrailHub, and we stopped grooming that area almost two weeks ago...so hopefully abundantly clear about where not to go.

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02/15/2026

Great day at BOC. Here are some take aways from the morning patrol...

02/13/2026

Friday is High Day! High Heavens is the trail pick of the day.

02/12/2026

Valentine's Day Weekend Outlook: Everything is packed, tracked, and combed and with warm daytime temps there is excellent skiing snd snowshoeing. The Hut will be open for rentals, good company, Olympic XC skiing and Biathlon from 10-4 on the throughout the holiday weekend.. This weekend Brattleboro becomes jump town USA with the 104th annual Harris Hill Ski Jump Competition on Saturday and Sunday. Lots of other winter events and activities taking place in the area including an affiliated Nordic Combined Races at the Marlboro Nordic Ski Club trails on Saturday and Sunday at 9, the Brattleboro Ski Hill is open all weekend, and there is wonderful ice skating at the Retreat Farm. Of course don't forget Valentines Day. A couple of sausages and a pint or two just makes XC skiing more exciting. Come on by after the jumps on Saturday and join us for a guided 1-hour Valentines Day tour of the BOC trails starting at 3:00ish.

02/09/2026

Special guest braving the cold this past weekend. We were proud to welcome Lithuanian Ambassador to the United States, Gediminas Varvuolis to the BOC ski trails...and of course Kerry Secrest! Ambassador Varvuolis has a beautiful skate technique and is quite the athlete!

02/04/2026

GUIDED SNOWSHOE WALK - Saturday, 2/7 at 10:30am

Come venture out on White Loop Snowshoe Trail to Spilt Rock (see photo). For about 2.25 miles, we will be on moderate—sometimes hilly—terrain, largely in the woods. This will take approximately 1.5 hours. (At any time, snowshoers can turn around and retrace their steps for a shorter experience.)

WHEN: Saturday, February 7, 2026, depart at 10:30 AM

WHERE: Meet at the BOC XC Ski and Snowshoe Hut,
75 Senator Gannett Drive, Brattleboro
(The BOC Hut is located at the far end of the parking
lot of the Brattleboro Country Club.)

COST: Free for BOC XC and Snowshoe members
$10 for non-members **
** Snowshoes are not included. **

* Rent snowshoes at the BOC Hut for $10.
The hut opens at 10 AM.
or
* Borrow snowshoes from Brooks Memorial Library.
Plan ahead!

NOTES: Although we love our furry friends, dogs are not allowed.

01/30/2026

Welcome to Euphoria! We have opened a new loop thanks to our longstanding partnership with the Retreat Farm . They generously allow the community to ski on Dogtrott Loop and Dunham Field Loop. Euphoria is a 1k loop, double tracked for classic and combed for skating. It is one of the few flat loops on our system. The hardest part about Euphoria is getting there. You'll need to take our Freedom Loop, and remove your skis to cross upper Dummerston Road. You may not want to come back home. Couple of ground rules. Please continue to park at the hut and start your adventure there by signing in at the kiosk. Please do not park anywhere else to access our ski trails. As of right now, no dogs on Euphoria, just on our Dogtrott Loop.