Bernice Adelaide Binginot, 93, of Stowe, died peacefully with her son by her side on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022, at The University of Vermont Medical Center. Bernice was born in
Carol Van Dyke had the answer to last week’s trivia question. The Friday program started in the 1951-52 ski season, making this year the program’s 70th anniversary.
Could you ever imagine skiing behind a Tucker snowcat through Smugglers Notch and then dragged up Smugglersâ Notch Ski Resortâs Sterling Mountain for a party? Well, to do that, weâll have to go back in time.
It was the late 1970s, and from Sepp Ruschp Ski Schoolâs Austrian wedeln ski style to Hal Wilhelmâs â army veteran and director of the Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol â American can-do spirit, we became a kind of blend of both worlds. No beards or moustaches and a seven-day workweek were standard practices on the Mt. Mansfield Ski Patrol back then. We were considered 4WD skiers, sporting black parkas with a pronounced red cross on the back. We became known as the Black Knights.