For two weeks every year in August at Mad River Glen, the relationship and understanding of skiing in the mountains is redefined through a blistering “labor of love” effort of a few faceless, but passionate people that love life in the mountains. This photo essay is a brief insight into a timeless tradition that is kept alive through the heart and soul of one of Vermont’s top ski communities… Mad River Glen.
![curtissavardimage1 mow crew worker cuts grass with a scythe under the lift line at mad river glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo7-1024x601.jpg)
![Curtis Savard stopped at a general store on his bike commute to Mad River Glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo21-1024x605.jpg)
![morning dew at mad river glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo31-1024x642.jpg)
![the mow crew rides the single chair to work at mad river glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo41-1024x595.jpg)
![a pair of hiking boots dangle off the chair](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo51-1024x604.jpg)
![the mad river glen mow crew wields their scythes](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo61-1024x600.jpg)
![looking down the mad river glen single chair in august](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo71-1024x601.jpg)
![Mow crew employee at Mad river glen takes a break while wearing his MRG t shirt](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo8-1024x603.jpg)
![a white hornet nest behind some green leaves](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo9-1024x611.jpg)
![mow crew worker using a scythe at mad river glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo10-1024x603.jpg)
![Stark's Nest at Mad River Glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo11-1024x603.jpg)
![The Mountainsmith Borealis camera backpack sits at the mid-station of Mad River Glen with Curtis Savard in the background](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo12-1024x602.jpg)
![the single chair of mad river glen in the summer](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo13-1024x602.jpg)
![the terrain park during the summer at Mad River Glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo14-1024x603.jpg)
![Mad River Glen Mow Crew worker takes a break at the bottom of Gazelle](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo15-1024x601.jpg)
![silhouette of two mow crew workers riding the mad river glen double chair](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo16-1024x610.jpg)
![Fall starting to show its colors with a Mad River Glen scythe](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo17-1024x605.jpg)
![Mad River Glen mow crew has lunch on the deck](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo18-1024x604.jpg)
![Mow Crew crew leader scything with the Mountainsmith Day lumbar pack at Mad River Glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo19-1024x601.jpg)
![Skiers ski a snow-less grass run at Mad River Glen](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo20-1024x592.jpg)
![Mow Crew worker from Mad River Glen takes a nap in the grass](http://blog.mountainsmith.com/wp-content/uploads/photo211-1024x603.jpg)
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