A crew of Sugarbush ski area snowmakers take a quick break for a photo on a snowy December day.

 It’s Deepcember, and Emily enjoys fresh powder during an especially heavy snow squall above Vermont’s Mad River Valley.

 The Chin on Mt. Mansfield (aka Mozôdebiwajok, which is Abenaki for Moosehead Mountain, is Vermont’s highest mountain top at 4,393 feet) towers above the slopes of Stowe Mountain Resort.

 Forrest Twombly of Roxbury takes flight in a snow-covered sugarbush high above Addison County, Vermont.

 Three-year-old Lenora Mohr, Brian and Emily's youngest daughter, takes a breather after tackling the top half of Mad River Glen’s challenging Chute trail for the first time, while skiers ascend via the mountain’s historic Single Chair.

 Lenora and her sister, Maiana, enjoy a light dinner break on the porch during an afternoon of skiing on their backyard hillside, served by a homemade rope tow that whisks them to the top.

 Looking south during midwinter along Vermont’s Long Trail, with Mt. Ellen and Mt. Abe in clear view.

Emily and husband Brian Mohr, and their daughters, Lenora and Maiana, fuel up with a few snacks a top Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield after climbing the mountain in early spring. 

 Lenora and Maiana lead the way from the top of Mt. Mansfield’s Chin on a late winter afternoon.

 Ian Forgays skis through a snow-filled crack in geologic time off the side of Vermont’s Mt. Mansfield.

 Emily stops to offer a friendly cow a snack during an afternoon of ski touring through the woods and open fields of Washington County.

PHOTOS BY BRIAN MOHR AND EMILY JOHNSON/EMBER PHOTOGRAPHY