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9 Great Spas in Vermont!

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Bromley $215,000 Okemo $399,000

Stowe $640,000

Stratton $1,499,000 Stratton $699,500

Okemo $1,449,000

Stowe $575,000Unrivaled Trailside Location at Stratton

Stratton Mountain from $349,000


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Leon Sabourin lives for snowboarding. He’s been riding for the past 15 years and still looks forward to powder days like they were Christmas Eve. A Warren

resident, he’s been working for Sugarbush Resort for the past seven years and he says there’s no place he’d rather ride. This sequence of photos shows Leon at

the top of Mount Ellen on a spectacular winter day in February. “Spending time on the mountain breathing in the fresh Vermont air, riding in the woods and finding

with Leon Sabourin

little things to hit in the powder, and sunshine are some of the things I love,” he says. “I’m very fortunate to live and work in a state where I can do what I love.”


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from the cover8-9 Top spas in mont!We explore some of the top spas in Ver-mont, and tell you how their treatments can help you be a better skier. You’ll discover that spas are just not for beauty anymore!

5-6 The Cochran wayThe Cochran family’s ski hill turns 50,

30-31 Manchester Trio

their unique characteristics, and add to the diversity of ski areas that are an-chored around one of Vermont’s oldest tourist towns.

19 Inside Line

scoop on Bolton Valley — from best trails to best food — and just why this pro patroler loves this mountain.

Photo credit: Brian Mohr/Emberphoto.com

YES, YOU CAN!

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Angelo Lynn

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Lisa Gosselin

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Karen Lorentz

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contact: Route 125, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT 05753

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Skating Terrain ......................................... 15 km

Three Stallion Inn Touring Center

open

contact:Three Stallion Inn, Randolph, VT 05060 Main phone: 802.728.5656

stats:

Total Terrain ..............................................50 km........................................35 km

Skating Terrain ..........................................17 km

Woodstock Nordic Center

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Main phone: 802.457.6674

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Total Terrain ................60 km..........50 km

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Brattleboro Outing Club

are groomed regularly. contact:

Brattleboro, VT 05302 Main phone: 802.254.4081

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Grafton Ponds

contact:

Main phone: 802.843.2400

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Total Terrain ................60 km

..........30 kmSkating Terrain ............30 km

Hildene Ski Touring Center

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Total Terrain ................15 km ..........12 km

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Prospect Mountain Cross Country Ski Center

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Main phone: 802.442.2575stats:



Stratton Mountain Nordic Center

contact:

Mountain, VT 05155

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Timber Creek Cross Country Ski Area

With a dependable mountain

contacts:

VT 05356

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Total Terrain .................14 km...........14 km


Viking Nordic Center

contact: 615 Little Pond Rd, Londonderry, VT 05148

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Wild Wings Ski Touring Center

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Stowe, Vermont 800-826-7000 www.trappfamily.com

100 km of Groomed & Backcountry Trails

Equipment Rentals & Instruction

Mountain Kids Club

Trailside Warming Cabin for Soup, Sandwiches & Hot Cocoa

European Inspired Accommodations and Cuisine

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Mad River Valley

a guide to

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Thurs-Sun, 5:00-9:30pmAll Natural Pizza Baked in a Wood Fired Oven

Farm to table cuisineLocal craft brews on tapNightly Après ski

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Good stuff, good karma, great snow!Vermont skiers and riders are smiling. For the past month or more, our legs

have danced on what the heavens have dropped. And it’s been plentiful. The steep, narrow, sometimes rocky (classic old-style Vermont and loving it)

trails of Sugarbush’s Castlerock have been skiing as well as in any time in the past decade, as has all of Mad River. Stowe’s big Front Four are in relatively great shape. Upper Goat, always a bit gnarly, is too steep to keep snow for long, but the base has been solid and the bumps soft, and upper Star and Lookout, have been at times simply spectacular.

The southern steeps of Magic Mountain have been doubly blessed with big southerly storms, and the northern woods — at Jay Peak, Smuggs, off-piste at Stowe, Mad River Glen and Sugarbush — have been superb. Not surpassing my favorite woods at a cat-skiing place in British Columbia, but a close second and a heckuva lot easier to get to!

Even the groomers and bump runs have been spectacular — corduroy slopes for those who like it, and soft bumps down steep runs, like Outer Limits at Killington and World Cup at Stratton, for those who feel like working out their quads.

two, of what can be the best, months to come. Historically, March is Vermont’s snowiest month, which bodes well for spring skiing — months when the sun often shines and the smell of boiling maple syrup permeates the air.

in the closet, the best time of the year on the slopes is just ahead.

**********Here’s a small insider bit on being neighborly. On Sunday, Feb. 13, the snow

was deep and skiing was superb, but at Mad River Glen a part on the double broke, the lift shut down and stores were closed. A call was made to neighboring Sugarbush Resort, and help was on its way. Literally. Marketing Director Eric Freidman said it was “unbelievable” how helpful the crew was at Sugarbush:

“It never ceases to amaze me,” adds Freidman, “that as competitive as this industry is, how we also help each other out in times of need. They borrow stuff from us and we from them; we try to help out as much as we can… Just the other week, Bolton Valley had an issue with a hurt employee and Sugarbush sent their guy over to help… It’s pretty cool. The ski industry in Vermont is a pretty tight group.”

Good stuff, good karma — and great snow out there. Get out and enjoy!

Angelo S. Lynnr


The Catamount Trail is a 300-mile public cross country ski trail that spans the length of Vermont. It offers a mixture of ungroomed

backcountry terrain and groomed trails - a ski experience for everyone. Guidebook available. Maintained by the member-supported nonpro

Catamount Trail Association. contact: Main phone: (802) 864-5794 [email protected] www.catamounttrail.org

Mountain Meadows XC AreaLocated in the heart of the Green Mountains, Mountain Meadows cross-country ski area has been attracting skiers from all over the

world for the past 35 years. Snowmaking, new trail marking system, improved trails through spectacular meadows and hard woods.

contact: 209 Thundering Brook Rd, Killington, VT 05751 Main phone: 802.775.7077

www.xcskiing.net

contact: Typical season: November – AprilTotal Terrain ................57 kmMachine-tracked ..........57 kmSkating Terrain ............57 km

Mountain Top Inn and ResortEleven miles from Killington, 60km trails (40km groomed) classic,

skate and pristine backcountry for skiing or snowshoeing on 350 of acres at elevation up to 2,100 ft. Varied terrain for all skill and age

levels. Private or group lessons, rentals, snowmaking, daily grooming, ski shop (Rossignol demo equipment & rentals, Tubbs snowshoe

rentals), snack bar. Designated pet friendly trails. Nordic ski and other seasonal packages available.

contact: 195 Mountain Top Rd, Chittenden, VT 05737

[email protected]

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Located on the spine of the Green Mountains, they are blessed with good snow conditions all season

long. The center offers 55 km of groomed trails that are interconnected to the Stowe Mountain Resort,

Topnotch and Edson Hill ski touring centers, making a trail network of 140 km groomed trails and another

100 km of back country trails. The center has a complete retail store with accessories, clothing and

equipment, a repair shop, a ski school and rentals of all kinds.

contact: 700 Trapp Hill Rd, Stowe, VT 05672 Main phone: 802.253.8511

[email protected]: Typical season: December – AprilTotal Terrain ..............100 kmMachine-tracked ..........55 kmSkating Terrain ............55 km

CENTRALREGION

Blueberry HillBlueberry Hill is continually expanding its trail

network and maintaining high grooming standards. The ski lodge sits at just over 1,600 feet, ensuring a fair dumping with any snowstorm. 75 kilometers of groomed and wilderness trails spread across the

beautiful Vermont countryside, with connections to the Catamount Trail and Vermont’s Long Trail. The Halfdan Khlune Trail climbs to 2,800 feet, making it the highest maintained ski trail in Vermont. The rental shop offers a full line of touring, backcountry and skating skis on a

snowshoes, for both adults and children. contact:

Main phone: 802.247.6735

[email protected] www.blueberryhillinn.com

stats: Typical season: December to mid-MarchTotal Terrain ................60 kmMachine-tracked ..........50 kmSkating Terrain ............20 km

Blueberry Lakewe have skied everyday of the season after opening. The ski area offers 31 km of trails all of which are groomed. Some of the trails are lit for night skiing.

contact:

stats: Typical season: December to mid-MarchTotal Terrain ................31 km Machine-tracked ..........31 km Skating Terrain ............31 km

Catamount Trail Association

stats: Typical season: late Nov.-AprilTotal Terrain ................60 km Machine-tracked ..........40 km Skating Terrain ............60 km

Okemo Valley Nordic CenterOkemo Valley Nordic Center features 26km of cross-country trails, 10km of dedicated snowshoe trails and 20km of skating lanes, tree skiing and terrain that winds its way through meadows and hillsides.

The Nordic Center features modern trail grooming and is ideally suited for all ability levels. Cross-country ski and snowshoe rentals are

available, along with group and private lessons. contact: 77 Okemo Ridge Rd, Ludlow, VT 05149 Main phone: 802.228.1396

[email protected]: Typical season: December – April

Total Terrain 26 kmMachine-tracked 26 kmSkating Terrain 20 km

Ole’s Cross Country Center

The combination of snow and scenery at Ole’s Cross Country Center in the Mad River Valley is perfect for skiing and snowshoeing. Discover 30 miles (50K)

of moderately rolling trails groomed for classic skiing and ski skating. All abilities can ski to panoramic views

of Sugarbush or into the rare quiet of the deep woods. Rent

cross country ski gear and snowshoes at Ole’s, including skating skis. Learn to cross-

fun lessons for beginners to

to share our favorite sport. Adventure with us on a guided

ski or snowshoe tour. contact:

Main phone: 802.496.3430

www.olesxc.comstats: Typical season: November – AprilTotal Terrain .............................................50 km Machine-tracked .......................................50 kmSkating Terrain .........................................45 km

Rikert Touring CenterLocated 12 miles east of Middlebury on Route 125, just 2 miles west

of the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. Situated on the Breadloaf Campus of Middlebury College and bordering the Green Mountain

kilometers of scenic trails for cross-country skiers and snowshoers of all abilities. Rental equipment, repairs, and waxing rooms are available in the Center’s Ski Shop. A staff of instructors offers both private and

group lessons.

Enjoy 60km of groomed trails, rated as some

of the nicest trails in New England!

Enjoy lunch at the Ski Center and stay in one of

Vermont’s most scenic and historic inns tucked in the

heart of Robert Frost country with exquisite dining.

For more information go to www.blueberryhillinn.com

Blueberry Hill Ski Center

SKIERS ENJOY A sunny day at Mountain Top Inn and Resort in Chittenden, VT.


(See Cochran’s, Page 6)

BY ROWAN BECKRICHMOND, Vt. —

What started as rope tow in the backyard for their children and neighboring kids 50 years ago, has be-come a heralded non-profi t ski center with a niche in ski race training for the Cochran family of Rich-mond. Since that fi rst rope tow was installed in March 5, 1961, the backyard train-ing area has grown into a challenging ski area with nightlights and snowmak-ing added over the past two years.

But what hasn’t changed is the family feel, the lack of frills, the neighborliness of the place and the particular style of training that took several members of the Co-chran family to the World Cup and Olympic compe-tition. It is, as their web site claims, “the downhill ski area with the cross-country atmosphere” with what is their signature ingredient: “friendly people, interesting skiing.”

! at simple approach, after all these years, still draws e" usive praise.

“Cochran’s Ski Area is the best place I know to learn to ski or ride,” claims Dick Farrell, a physical education teacher at the nearby Williston Central School, which is one of fi ve area schools to host regular school programs at the ski area.

“When it comes to ski resorts, bigger is not always bet-ter. Take Cochran’s Ski Area in Richmond, Vermont,” wrote Barbara Lloyd of ! e New York Times, a testa-ment to the wide range of notoriety a ski area with a ver-tical drop of 750 feet with a poma and two rope tows has attracted despite its small size.

“It becomes like a second home,” says racer Karl John-son, a Cochran’s Ski Club member and six-time Junior

50 years ‘the Cochran way’

Olympian in alpine skiing.And those feelings refl ected a more rudimentary era at

the “resort that Mickey built” back in the early 1960s. In those days and throughout the decades through the 1990s, racers would at times arrive to fi nd mud in the parking lot and grass on the ski hill. ! ere was no snow-making at the time and while the ski area was beloved, there were seasons in which it struggled to be profi table.

But in 1998, Cochran’s Ski Area be-came the fi rst non-profi t ski area in the nation, and the years hence have seen a steady stream of support and solvency as more than 800 children participate in the ski area’s learn-to-ski programs

each year and the non-profi t’s mission is to make learning to ski a" ordable to all.

Fittingly, the ski area is still run by the Cochran family, which is heralded as one of the nation’s leading ski-racing families. ! eir accomplishments are the stu" of local legend.

Mickey and Ginny Cochran purchased a hillside along the Winooski River in Richmond in 1960 and transformed the land (Mickey was a gifted mechnical engineer) into a couple of back-

yard trails accessed by a short rope tow. In the next decade, as their history goes, “the ski area helped put all four of the ‘Skiing Cochrans” on the road to Olympic and World Cup success as members of the Untied States Ski Team, which Mickey coached during the 1973-74 ski season. Not long after Barbara Ann, who works at the ski area, captured the Olympic gold medal in slalom in 1972, the ski area grew to four lifts (counting rope tows and pomas) featuring eight runs.

Today, many racers who trained at the small ski area have gone on to become successful high school, col-lege and World Cup rac-ers, but the family is most proud, Barbara says, that these legions of fan pro-claim that they “learned to ski the Cochran way.”

! at “way” comes from a belief to get parents involved early in a child’s ski training (actually by teaching parents how to teach their kids), and by focusing on ways to get skiers to carve the ski around

a turn rather than allow the ski to skid.

B a r b a r a runs the ski school and uses what she calls the “magic cir-cle,” located on every child’s uphill hip, for the Tots pro-

gram (ages three to fi ve) to get them to visualize how to angle the hip and ski to use the ski edge. She understands the importance of making a connection and making it fun for the child.

“! e Tots program,” she says, “is a real feeder for our ski club.”

Barbara’s sister Marilyn, meanwhile, is in charge of the day-to-day operations. She can be seen locating rentals outside at the end of day, sitting at the bottom of the rope tow with her dog making sure everything runs smoothly, scraping skis, or writing grants in search of ski equipment and racing materials. ! e Kelly Brush Foundation recent-ly donated $5,000 to the ski area, and the New York Ski

Upcoming events at Cochran’s:

prices. All lift tickets will be 25 cents — that’s right, just 25 cents. Join the ski area for a day of celebrating America’s fi rst non-profi t ski area. A vintage 1960s slalom race will start at 2 p.m., music and merriment follow at 4:30 p.m., and a Hall of Fame induction ceremony starts at 6 p.m.

7:00 and weekends 9:00-4:00. ! e ski area is open all day (9-4), every day during school vacation Feb. 19-28.

Meeting Day race.

Located a couple miles from downtown Richmond and a 20-minute drive from Burlington, Cochran’s Ski Area is home to an internationally known ski family as well as thousands of area school kids who have learned how to ski “the Cochran way.” The ski area, which is still retro by any standard, nonethe-less added night lights this year and snowmaking recently as the area celebrates its 50th anniversary.

Photos by Rowan Beck

It’s a casual and friendly atmosphere.

Legendary ski family keeps its heritage alive


The Catamount Trail is a 300-mile public cross country ski trail that spans the length of Vermont. It offers a mixture of ungroomed

backcountry terrain and groomed trails - a ski experience for everyone. Guidebook available. Maintained by the member-supported nonpro

Catamount Trail Association. contact: Main phone: (802) 864-5794 [email protected] www.catamounttrail.org

Mountain Meadows XC AreaLocated in the heart of the Green Mountains, Mountain Meadows cross-country ski area has been attracting skiers from all over the

world for the past 35 years. Snowmaking, new trail marking system, improved trails through spectacular meadows and hard woods.

contact: 209 Thundering Brook Rd, Killington, VT 05751 Main phone: 802.775.7077

www.xcskiing.net

contact: Typical season: November – AprilTotal Terrain ................57 kmMachine-tracked ..........57 kmSkating Terrain ............57 km

Mountain Top Inn and ResortEleven miles from Killington, 60km trails (40km groomed) classic,

skate and pristine backcountry for skiing or snowshoeing on 350 of acres at elevation up to 2,100 ft. Varied terrain for all skill and age

levels. Private or group lessons, rentals, snowmaking, daily grooming, ski shop (Rossignol demo equipment & rentals, Tubbs snowshoe

rentals), snack bar. Designated pet friendly trails. Nordic ski and other seasonal packages available.

contact: 195 Mountain Top Rd, Chittenden, VT 05737

[email protected]

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Located on the spine of the Green Mountains, they are blessed with good snow conditions all season

long. The center offers 55 km of groomed trails that are interconnected to the Stowe Mountain Resort,

Topnotch and Edson Hill ski touring centers, making a trail network of 140 km groomed trails and another

100 km of back country trails. The center has a complete retail store with accessories, clothing and

equipment, a repair shop, a ski school and rentals of all kinds.

contact: 700 Trapp Hill Rd, Stowe, VT 05672 Main phone: 802.253.8511

[email protected]: Typical season: December – AprilTotal Terrain ..............100 kmMachine-tracked ..........55 kmSkating Terrain ............55 km

CENTRALREGION

Blueberry HillBlueberry Hill is continually expanding its trail

network and maintaining high grooming standards. The ski lodge sits at just over 1,600 feet, ensuring a fair dumping with any snowstorm. 75 kilometers of groomed and wilderness trails spread across the

beautiful Vermont countryside, with connections to the Catamount Trail and Vermont’s Long Trail. The Halfdan Khlune Trail climbs to 2,800 feet, making it the highest maintained ski trail in Vermont. The rental shop offers a full line of touring, backcountry and skating skis on a

snowshoes, for both adults and children. contact:

Main phone: 802.247.6735

[email protected] www.blueberryhillinn.com

stats: Typical season: December to mid-MarchTotal Terrain ................60 kmMachine-tracked ..........50 kmSkating Terrain ............20 km

Blueberry Lakewe have skied everyday of the season after opening. The ski area offers 31 km of trails all of which are groomed. Some of the trails are lit for night skiing.

contact:

stats: Typical season: December to mid-MarchTotal Terrain ................31 km Machine-tracked ..........31 km Skating Terrain ............31 km

Catamount Trail Association

stats: Typical season: late Nov.-AprilTotal Terrain ................60 km Machine-tracked ..........40 km Skating Terrain ............60 km

Okemo Valley Nordic CenterOkemo Valley Nordic Center features 26km of cross-country trails, 10km of dedicated snowshoe trails and 20km of skating lanes, tree skiing and terrain that winds its way through meadows and hillsides.

The Nordic Center features modern trail grooming and is ideally suited for all ability levels. Cross-country ski and snowshoe rentals are

available, along with group and private lessons. contact: 77 Okemo Ridge Rd, Ludlow, VT 05149 Main phone: 802.228.1396

[email protected]: Typical season: December – April

Total Terrain 26 kmMachine-tracked 26 kmSkating Terrain 20 km

Ole’s Cross Country Center

The combination of snow and scenery at Ole’s Cross Country Center in the Mad River Valley is perfect for skiing and snowshoeing. Discover 30 miles (50K)

of moderately rolling trails groomed for classic skiing and ski skating. All abilities can ski to panoramic views

of Sugarbush or into the rare quiet of the deep woods. Rent

cross country ski gear and snowshoes at Ole’s, including skating skis. Learn to cross-

fun lessons for beginners to

to share our favorite sport. Adventure with us on a guided

ski or snowshoe tour. contact:

Main phone: 802.496.3430

www.olesxc.comstats: Typical season: November – AprilTotal Terrain .............................................50 km Machine-tracked .......................................50 kmSkating Terrain .........................................45 km

Rikert Touring CenterLocated 12 miles east of Middlebury on Route 125, just 2 miles west

of the Middlebury College Snow Bowl. Situated on the Breadloaf Campus of Middlebury College and bordering the Green Mountain

kilometers of scenic trails for cross-country skiers and snowshoers of all abilities. Rental equipment, repairs, and waxing rooms are available in the Center’s Ski Shop. A staff of instructors offers both private and

group lessons.

Enjoy 60km of groomed trails, rated as some

of the nicest trails in New England!

Enjoy lunch at the Ski Center and stay in one of

Vermont’s most scenic and historic inns tucked in the

heart of Robert Frost country with exquisite dining.

For more information go to www.blueberryhillinn.com

Blueberry Hill Ski Center

SKIERS ENJOY A sunny day at Mountain Top Inn and Resort in Chittenden, VT.

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Nordic and backcountry skiing are hallmarks of Bolton Valley Ski Resort. The highest elevation of Vermont’s cross-country ski areas ensures great snow, usually from early November well into April. With over 100 km of Nordic trails, Bolton is considered by many to be the ‘best backcountry in Vermont’. The Nordic Center offers

both Classic and Skate skiing lessons as well as guided tours and ski clinics. Snowshoeing is another popular activity; the resort uses Tubbs

Snowshoes as rentals. Nordic ski and snowshoe packages with lodging are available.

contact:

4302 Bolton Valley Access Rd., Bolton Valley, VT 05477Main phone: 802.434.3444

[email protected]:

Typical season: End November - AprilTotal Terrain ...............100 kmMachine-tracked...........35 kmSkating Terrain .............35 km

Burke XC/Kingdom TrailsTwo centers located on Darlng Hill and near Burke Mountain

offer something for everyone. At Kingdom Trails the atmosphere is noncompetitive, our focus is the quality of skiing and your awareness of the surrounding countryside. Eight main loops make up 50 km of trails to accommodate all skiing abilities. At the two Nordic centers on Darling Hill and Burke XC you can warm your feet and enjoy the

splendid views.contact:

[email protected]:

Typical season: mid December - MarchTotal Terrain .................80 kmMachine-tracked ..........50 kmSkating Terrain ............35 km

Catamount Family CenterAll year long enjoy recreating on our trails as you

discover the four corners of our beautiful family farm. Go at a leisurely pace, taking time to enjoy yourself and your family. You can pull off the trails at scenic

or Camel’s hump to the east or Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks to the west. This farm is rich in history.

built the main house in 1798 for his son Giles. It has

ownership. contact:

592 Governor Chittenden Rd, Williston, VT 05495

www.catamountoutdoor.comstats:

Typical season: mid December - MarchTotal Terrain ................35 kmMachine-tracked ..........35 kmSkating Terrain ............35 km

Craftsbury Nordic Center

activities for the whole family. Choose from snowshoeing, orienteering, ice-skating, backcountry tours, animal tracking, nature

in private cottages and comfortable lodges. Babysitting can be arranged with advance notice.

contact:

535 Lost Nation Rd, Craftsbury Common, VT 05827

www.craftsbury.comstats:

Typical season: mid December - MarchTotal Terrain ..............135 kmMachine-tracked ..........85 kmSkating Terrain ............85 km

Hazen’s Notch

Located at the top of Vermont in the “Covered Bridge Town” of Montgomery near Jay Peak Resort, Hazen’s Notch is on the western edge of the snowy Northeast Kingdom. 70 Kilometers of groomed

forest and across gentle, open meadows. There are spectacular views of Hazen’s Notch and numerous peaks over 3,000 in elevation in the Jay Range and Cold Hollow Range of the Green Mountains, which completely encircle the trail system. 30 trails for all abilities provide loops of different lengths for classical cross-country skiing and or

contact:

www.hazensnotch.orgstats:

Typical season: December - AprilTotal Terrain ................70 kmMachine-tracked ..........Skating Terrain ............20 km

Highland Lodge & XC Center

bushes, with stunning views over open pasture lands of Mount

for spring skiing and picnics. contact:

www.highlandlodge.comstats:

Typical season: December - MarchTotal Terrain ...........................................Machine-tracked .....................................Skating Terrain ....................................... 40 km

Jay PeakThe resort has established a relatively new Nordic center within the

adjacent golf course. The trail fee is $5, which covers 25 km of Nordic trails and 5 km of snowshoeing trails. Guided snowshoe tours are

.; rentals for Nordic skiing or snowshoes are available at the Cross

Country & Snowshoe Center. Private Nordic ski lessons are available

contact:

4850 Rte 242, Jay, VT 05859

Reservations: 1-800-451-4449

[email protected]:

Typical season: Thanksgiving - mid-AprilTotal Terrain ............................................ 25 kmSnowshoeing trails ......................................5 km

Morse Farm Ski CenterVisit Vermont’s newest, family friendly cross-country touring center,

with views of Camel’s Hump and the Hunger Mountain range. Professionally designed scenic trails offer a diverse choice of terrain, through softwood forests, sugarbush and across gently rolling open

many challenging downhill slopes.contact:

Main phone: 800-223-0090 www.skimorsefarm.com

stats:

Typical season: December - MarchTotal Terrain ........................................20 km Machine-tracked ..................................20 kmSkating Terrain ....................................15 km

Sleepy Hollow Inn

& Bike CenterCome cross-country ski or mountain bike with us! Our

trails are challenging and great fun. Visit Butternut Cabin, with a stunning view of Camel’s Hump and

Vermont’s rolling Green Mountains. Our eight bedroom newly renovated country inn is gaining a reputation for great service and hospitality. We

offer skiing, ice-skating, night skiing, snowshoeing, single-track mountain biking, and hiking. Our full line of rentals will surely make your visit hassle-free and

memorable.contact:

1805 Sherman Hollow Rd,

Main phone: 802.434.2283

[email protected]:

Typical season: December - MarchTotal Terrain .......40 kmMachine-tracked .30 kmSkating Terrain ....25 km

Smugglers’ Notch

Cross CountrySmugglers’ Notch Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Adventure Center is conveniently located at

the center of this year-round resort, providing

both classical and skate skiing; daily guided snowshoe treks and night tours on 24

kilometers of dedicated snowshoe trails; ice skating on a natural outdoor rink. With over

of skis, boots, poles and ice skates, Smugglers’

contact:

4323 VT Route 108 South,

[email protected]:

Typical season: December – AprilTotal Terrain ................34 km Machine-tracked ..........23 kmSkating Terrain ............28 km

Stowe XCStowe Mountain Resort’s 35 kilometers of groomed

and 40 kilometers of backcountry trails are the highest in Stowe. Also available are 5 kilometers of trails

largest connected cross-country trail network in the East... a nordic skier’s dream, that also connects with

Edson Hill ski touring centers.contact:

[email protected]:

Typical season: December - late AprilTotal Terrain ................70 km Machine-tracked ..........35 kmSkating Terrain ............35 km

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Council recently donated approximately 50 helmets, numerous goggles, and cloth-ing as two examples of their outreach and far-flung friends. Being a non-profit they

rely heavily on donations, fundraising, grants and volunteers.

Family involvement also includes the third generation. U.S Ski Team member Jimmy Cochran, who is injured this year and taking a break from the racing circuit, has returned to the area working on vari-ous projects and has the role of head gate

keeper. His cousin, Roger Brown, is race chief. Roger’s brother, Doug, is in charge of the racecourse. Tim Kelly, another cousin, who races for the University of Vermont, can also be found on the mountain chal-

lenging racers and giving them advice as well as encouragement.

!e family’s history and its dedication to skiing has maintained the integrity and character of the mountain over the years and provided new hope for the future.

“!e snowmaking (which debuted on (See Cochran’s, Page 7)

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Council recently donated approximately 50 helmets, numerous goggles, and cloth-ing as two examples of their outreach and far-flung friends. Being a non-profit they

rely heavily on donations, fundraising, grants and volunteers.

Family involvement also includes the third generation. U.S Ski Team member Jimmy Cochran, who is injured this year and taking a break from the racing circuit, has returned to the area working on vari-ous projects and has the role of head gate

keeper. His cousin, Roger Brown, is race chief. Roger’s brother, Doug, is in charge of the racecourse. Tim Kelly, another cousin, who races for the University of Vermont, can also be found on the mountain chal-

lenging racers and giving them advice as well as encouragement.

!e family’s history and its dedication to skiing has maintained the integrity and character of the mountain over the years and provided new hope for the future.

“!e snowmaking (which debuted on (See Cochran’s, Page 7)

Racing is a primary focus of the ski area, but so is simply learning how to ski well; with a particular focus on carving turns.


Dec. 21, 2010) was the magic bullet for our move forward,” says Barbara with a huge grin, also recalling earlier years when the lodge was last remodeled. “When we expanded the lodge, the beams in the kitchen came from trees that were cleared on the property and milled in a sawmill Jimmy had put back together.”

! e lodge itself is spare, but quaint. Marilyn refl ected with years of memories rolling through her mind as she looked around the lodge’s main room, adorned with race bibs from ski races she and Co-chran family members had been in all over the world. ! e family’s race success had been due to time on snow, she said, and they are merely o" ering this opportunity to everyone.

! e night lights allow racers to come after school (elementary, high school and colleges) to practice for several hours, which has led to a record-breaking year with the number of season pass holders.

It is, in many ways, the fulfi llment of Mickey Cochran’s dream to have a ski area that provides a service to the community. Today, his children and grandchildren are continuing that legacy that has meant so much to this family and to thousands of skiers who learned to ski at Cochran’s.

“Skiing has been the glue that has held us all together,” Barbara said of the past 50 years — a sentiment that is also shared by many ski families around the world.

1961 - Cochran’s Ski Area founded; Ginny Cochran offers first after-school program at the request of the Richmond P.T.O.1965 - Adjacent 140-acre parcel pur-chased for future ski area expansion1966 - New trails and rope tow in-stalled on present Cochran’s Ski Area site1967 - Marilyn & Barbara Ann Co-chran named to the U.S. Ski Team1968 - Bobby Cochran named to the U.S. Ski Team1969 - Marilyn Cochran wins the World Cup in Giant Slalom1970 - Lindy Cochran joins her sib-lings on the U.S. Ski Team; Barbara Ann wins a silver medal in slalom and Marilyn wins a bronze medal in the com-bined at the World Championships1972 - Barbara Ann Cochran wins the Olympic gold medal in slalom in Sap-poro, Japan

A COCHRAN’S TIMELINE1 9 7 3

- Bob Cochran wins the prestigious Hannenkahm Combined in Kitzbuhel, Austria1974 - Mickey Cochran serves as Al-pine Director of the U.S. Ski Team; Co-chran’s Ski Club founded1976 - Lindy Cochran is top American in both slalom and GS at the Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria1979 - T-bar installed at Cochran’s Ski Area1984 - New lodge built at Cochran’s Ski Area1985 - Innovative “Ski-Tots Program” introduced at Cochran’s by Lindy (Co-chran) Kelley as the Cochran family continues to coach and teach the next generation of Cochran’s skiers1995 - Jessica Kelley wins Vermont JIV State Championships in slalom and GS1998 - Mickey Cochran dies at the age of 74; Cochran’s Ski Area become

nation’s first IRS 501 (c)(3) non-profit ski area2002 - Dartmouth star and former Cochran’s racer, Roger Brown, wins NCAA Slalom Championship; Jessica Kelley wins silver medal in GS at World Junior Championships in Ravascletto, Italy2003 - Jimmy Cochran joins his cousin, Jessica Kelley, on the U.S. Ski Team2004 - Jimmy Cochran wins U.S. Na-tional GS and SL events; Jessica Kel-ley takes 3rd in GS; Cochran Family inducted into the Vermont Ski Hall of Fame2005 – Cochran’s mourns the loss of founder and friend, Ginny Cochran.Roger Brown & Tim Kelley join Jimmy & Jessica on the U.S. Ski Team, putting four “Cochrans” once again on the na-tional team.2006 – Jimmy Cochran is top Ameri-can, 12th overall, in Olympic slalom in Torino, Italy


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VERMONT — This winter, youth from countries such as Nepal, Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Yugoslavia are learning how to cross-country ski with Catamount Trail Association’s “Catamount Ski Cubs” program. CTA is piloting the free, after-school ski program in Burlington, with the goal of reaching children who would otherwise have little access or exposure to the sport of cross-country skiing.

The groups will ski once a week into March, skiing in many of the beautiful parks and public spaces in Burlington. The participating programs are the Boys and Girls Club, Hunt Middle School, the Northgate Apartment Complex, and The Sustainability Academy at Barnes, along with various other youth-oriented organizations and events.

“Cross-country skiing is an incredible winter sport that is easy to do right out your backdoor. In contrast to many other winter sports, cross-country skiing is also incredibly affordable and is one of the best ways out there to get exercise,” says Jim Fredericks, executive director of the Catamount Trail, who thought up the idea for the kids’ program last year.

“Childhood obesity is a huge problem in our country, and it would be very sad if we saw that problem persist in a state like Vermont where we have a strong culture of sports and recreation.”

The sponsors of this program are in agreement with Fredericks. “We are advocating for cross-country skiing as a lifelong sport, one that will lead to a healthy population of youth and adults. CTA’s program dovetails nicely with MVP’s KidPower program,” says MVP Healthcare’s Rebecca Couture.

MVP Healthcare is a sponsor of the program along with Black Diamond Equipment and Rossignol Ski Company. Grant support from the Vermont Department of Buildings and General Services Recreational Facilities Grant program and from several private foundations has made it possible for CTA to launch this new program.

Not all of the youth in CTA’s Catamount Ski Cubs program are new to this

young people. Emily Wheeler, a VHCB AmeriCorps Member serving at CTA, is the coordinator for the program. A former ski racer at Burke Mountain Academy, Emily has been working with youth on issues of social justice and equity since graduating from Middlebury in 2007 and says she is excited to combine her passion for skiing with her commitment to the future of young people in Vermont.

Catamount Trail Association is thrilled to be running a program that introduces both new and native Vermonters to an important part of our local winter culture and helps keep kids active and outside during the winter months. CTA hopes the program can expand to reach more children in winter seasons ahead.

of building, maintaining and conserving the Catamount Trail (CT), a 300-mile backcountry ski trail that extends the length of Vermont, from the Massachusetts border to Quebec.

Stowe hosts UVM students/alumni, March 10-13STOWE — Members of the University of Vermont community will have an opportunity

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with one of our skilled therapists.Come Early or Stay After your treatment toenjoy one of the best views on the mountainfrom our heated outdoor pool and hot tubs.

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By Lizzie Hoyt

You have good boots, great skis or snowboard and you tune them regularly. You’ve invested in lift tickets, lodging and set aside enough for a few memorable Vermont meals. You do all of this so that when your ski vacation comes to an end you will feel relaxed, happier, stronger and refreshed, right?

Or did you forget something? If so, you will hear about it Monday

morning when your quads start to scream, your lower back nags, and your

street shoes on them.It doesn’t have to be this way. Not in

Vermont, which has some of the best spas in the country. Many of them – ranging from the Stratton Day Spa to the Taiga Fitness & Spa in the Jay Peak Tram Haus, are a short walk from the lifts.

But at Vermont’s mountain destination spas—full service hotel spas— the emphasis is on getting your body to perform at its best. That’s especially so in Stowe, whose three top spas are known nationwide.

and, more recently, the Lodge at Stowe Mountain Resort, are serenely beautiful — elegantly designed havens that frequently make it onto the “Top” lists of national travel and spa publications.

But they also have extensive gym equipment and offer spinning, yoga, pilates and a variety of other classes. Trainers here will work on a custom program to get you prepared for skiing and their massage therapists are often athletes and medical professionals who know how to work the kinks out of

your body when you are done. “The perception used to be that spas

were all about luxury and pampering,” says Alexandra Sharpe, spa manager at Topnotch at Stowe, one of the best-known spas in ski country. “But we’ve altered our menu and now we are all about total wellness and total body health,” she says.

Goodbye Botox (and yes, Topnotch did away with its “medispa” several years ago), hello pilates, deep tissue sports massage and nutritional

consultations.

Work out the kinks

Samantha Johnson, spa manager at

Gold List in 2010, points out: “We want you to not only feel good but

instance, since massage stimulates your lymphatic system, it’s great for cold season and helps you boost your immunity.”

Johnson notes that many of

training of some kind and Marty, the massage therapist I recently had there, was a skier, a paramedic and EMT.

aching tension in my lower back by

and then working my hamstrings and IT band to move the lactic acid that could leave them sore. And, as part of this “Skiers Massage” she wrapped my feet and hands in warm mitts to restore circulation.

“The people are all licensed, really know how the body works and how to work with each individual,” Johnson says.

Perhaps the biggest challenge

dozen treatments is right for you and your body type. “We generally don’t recommend a deep tissue or sports massage, or a heavy pounding Swedish massage in the middle of a ski vacation,” says Sharpe. “It can leave you a little sore.”

Instead, she recommends going with “a gentler aromatherapy massage that

the sore areas in the body.” Massages such as the Hawaiian

lomi-lomi method, which uses long broad strokes of the forearm, help to

and Shiatsu works on trigger points.

Soothe Your Skin

“The other wonderful thing about massage is what the oils we use do for your skin,” says Johnson. “Anything with arnica will help relieve soreness

The full-body tune-upVermont’s spas not only make you feel good, but help your skiing

(See Spas on Page 10)

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Mon, Feb. 21: Torchlight Parade, Fireworks Display & Guided Snowshoe Tour—Spectacular pyrotechnics show starts at 7:30 pm at the Okemo Clock Tower base area, following an amazing torchlight parade of skiers and riders traversing down the mountain. Okemo is offering FREE guided snowshoe tours for Okemo’s gala fireworks displays. Meet inside the Okemo Express Rental Shop at 6 pm to be fitted for snowshoes (or bring your own). Res-ervations not required. Snowshoe rental is only$15. Tours depart the Okemo base area be-side South Ridge Quad A at 7 pm and head up on the Bull Run rail to watch the fireworks! Mon, Feb. 21: Kids’ Light Parade—Children get their own Light Parade off of the F-10 Car-pet! Lights will be provided to each child for the Parade. This event is open to children ages 4 to 14 (must be a level 4 or above). Meet in Clock Tower Base Area Snow Stars at 6:30pm. Skiing from 7:00 to 7:30 with Pick up at the Base of the F-10 Carpet. Wed, Feb. 23: A Family Presentation featuring the Vermont Institute of Natural Science—Come enjoy an assortment of live animals at an informative and entertaining evening event for families. Raptor Encounter is a first-hand encounter with live falcons, hawks, and owls focusing on the natural history, ecology, and adaptations of these efficient predators. Touchable artifacts and hands-on materials round out this special experience. Free and open to the public! 7:00 pm in the Roundhouse at Jackson Gore.

Sat, Feb. 26: Light the Night Rail Jam—We’re throwing some light on Bull Run and some cash at competitors! Join us in front of The Sitting Bull at 6pm. The entry fee is only $20 and we’re splitting the money with the Ludlow Fire Department who are helping to light the rail: half to our volunteer fire department, half to the rail jam winner. Plus, The Killar-ney is throwing down an additional $250 for prize money AND throwing an after party!

Sat, Feb. 26: Pro-Tour Comedy Night—Co-sponsored by Vermont Properties & Development, this side-splitting night of professional comedy. Appropriate for ages 21 and over. This year Bob Marley will be making you laugh! Advance tickets available by calling Vermont Properties at (802) 228-8877.

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patronize the businesses and cultural offerings the region abounds with.

Myra Foster, senior marketing manager at Stratton, noted that, “Stratton guests visit Manchester for many reasons. Only 17 miles from the resort, Manchester offers so much from shopping and dining to art and antiques. The Northshire Bookstore is a must. The Battenkill is a wonderful summer

on.” Berta Maginniss, executive director

of the Manchester and the Mountains

the supportive relationship between the ski resorts and the town continues to be a symbiotic one, noting that Peter Dee, marketing director at

marketing at Stratton, also sits on the Board. She said that although there are accommodations at the mountains, “many visitors still stay in town and surrounding establishments,” adding that the Equinox runs shuttles to the ski areas.

Visitors who do stay at the mountains “come to town for the many assets it offers — shopping, dining, museums and other things to do,” she noted, which include the Southern

and artisan galleries, Riley Rink, cross-country ski areas, snowmobiling, horse-drawn sleigh rides, and dogsled rides to name a few.

The many events and programs sponsored by the ski areas add to that

well, whether it’s via the excitement of competitions at Stratton or the Junior Instruction School Program at Bromley.

“Stratton is excited to be hosting the

from March 22 to 28,” noted Foster, adding that gold medalist Hannah Kearney will be among the competitors vying for medals and a spot on the 2012 national team. This event follows the U.S. Open Snowboarding

week this year to March 7-13.The three ski areas, of course, bring

huge variety and their own individual strengths to a region whose proximity to out-of-staters makes it easy for them to become “loyalists.” With Magic offering some killer steeps along with an old-fashioned small area ambiance, Bromley its family fun and sunny slopes, and Stratton the convenience and amenities of a destination resort, the trio have created niches that distinguish them and allow them to be successful in a challenging industry.

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A few of Vermont’s notable spasWhile many hotels and resorts offer massage, steam and saunas, a select few of

the following have full-service spas with literally hundreds of treatments. Expect

to pay upwards of $100 for a 50-minute treatment, though many offer discounts,

lodging packages and mid-week specials.

We’ll leave it to you to pick your favorities among the hundreds of spas out

there, but here are a few worth noting.

Topnotch at Stowe, Stowe, Vt. The Resort: Named one of Travel & Leisure’s “Best Hotels,” Topnotch is

a little bit of elegance in the mountains since it opened its doors on Stowe’s

Mountain Road in 1959. Now, it has 64 rooms, a cross-country center, a top

restaurant and the one of the top spas in the region.

The Spa: Set aside

from the hotel, the

quietly elegant spa

has a lovely indoor

pool in a bright, sunlit

room that looks out

on the mountains with

an indoor hot tub and

cascading waterfall.

There is also an outdoor

pool and hot tub and

the men’s and women’s

hot tubs and steam

rooms as well. The spa

includes a beauty salon,

and spinning rooms.

Signature Treatments:

– 75 minutes of sea salt

exfoliation, followed

wrap, followed by a

massage.

The Best Deal: Midweek, treatments are regularly $10 off or more. The hotel

also offers ski-for-free lodging packages.

Really? Treat your travel-stressed puppy to a Rover Reiki Massage. As spa

manager Alex Sharpe notes, “It really calms dogs down.”

The Resort: Located close to the center of town on the Mountain Road,

years. It now has 120 rooms, as well as adjacent town homes, a conference

The Spa: The quiet spa is tucked in the back of the building with women’s and


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— a truly interesting schedule that is based (as most

could tell) on a tight budget but being respectful of

locals who love to ski those mid-week days after a

storm.

The mountain itself is, as the literature says, “a true

skiing treasure” offering “steep, narrow, twisting trails,

moderate groomers, and tremendous glade skiing.”

Magic claims it is “one of Vermont’s last best kept

secrets with uncrowded slopes and open shots that stay

untracked days after a storm.”

The mountain also features Magic’s “ski it if

you dare” policy that “lets adventurous skiers enjoy

all this mountain has to offer,” while the updated

snowmaking and grooming equipment offers great

skiing for the entire family. The resort is located just

off Rt.11 near the junction of Rt.100 in the town of

Londonderry.

Stratton joined the region’s ski scene when a

Stowe ski instructor convinced skier and businessman

Frank Snyder from Greenwich, Connecticut that the

3,875-foot mountain would make a great ski area.

create a year-round recreation community. Stratton’s

ambitious opening was to feature 10 trails and three

double chairlifts. To make the Dec. 23, 1961 debut

a reality, Stratton utilized a helicopter to place lift

Stratton’s success was due to skiing’s increasing

popularity and to the fact that the corporation owned

land — sold to it by one of the founders who wanted

Stratton to be able to build what was needed without

being hampered by state restrictions. Thus the vision

for a lake, golf

course, chapel,

r e s i d e n t i a l

clusters, base

lodge, and

c o m m e r c i a l

village core

proceeded even

as the mountain

continued to

expand on land

leased from the

I n t e r n a t i o n a l

Paper Company.

Although the

area struggled to

raise money to

fund mountain

expansion — as

most areas did

in the 1970s —

it continued to

make progress,

multi-use facilities built at a Vermont ski resort in

1976.

Needing an infusion of cash, the mountain was

sold in 1981, becoming a subsidiary of Moore and

Munger, the company Snyder worked for. The Sun

Bowl area, commercial Village, and condos were

snowboarding.

The mountain continued to expand under future

owners with major snowmaking improvements,

lift additions (including four six-passenger express

chairs), and residential units coming under the

direction of Intrawest (owner since 1994). The

summer programs also expanded, and today Stratton

is a major mountain resort, which enjoys year-round

activity.

The supporting role that Manchester has long

played for the mountains by providing lodging to

visitors has greatly expanded over time, but the

ski areas have reciprocated by sending guests to

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A freestyler’s view of Stratton village


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and many of the herbs we use have healing properties.” The oils (and the three Stowe spas all have their own specially-formulated blends) get worked into your skin during the massage.

To really help your skin, though, it’s best to start with a scrub, such as a salt scrub or other exfoliating treatment which removes all the dead skin cells that build up, especially in the winter. Afterwards, follow up with a hydrating body wrap, where your entire body is moisturized and then wrapped in warm, moist covers.

The Spa at the Stowe Mountain Lodge uses a mineral-rich Himalayan sea salt scrub combined with spruce oil as part of its Winter Hydrating Salt Scrub and you can follow that with their Detox Wrap, which uses heated algae mud with spirulina and sea salts to draw out the toxins. Then add essential oils of lemon and bitter orange, caffeine and carnitine to reduce muscle and joint pain.

You can also concentrate just on the exposed areas of your body with a facial that will help protect your skin against the effects of wind and cold. “Often you see little wrinkles appear when you go skiing,” says Sharpe. “These aren’t necessarily age-related, they are caused by the moisture leaving your skin – you just need to rebalance it.”

The other areas that are often left dry – and sometimes cracked – are your feet. There are few things that will make you feel better after a day in tight, moist, cold ski boots than a foot treatment. Topnotch’s Hammam foot ritual, a seven-par, which exfoliates, massages and moisturizes the feet, is one of the best, or try

in your feet and clears energy log-jams in the same way acupuncture works.

Clear the mind

such Aryuvedic treatments, which use hot, herbal infused oils; Meridian work,

medicine which target the soul as much as the sore spots.

small thing, you can do for yourself to feel better, especially in tough times.” And isn’t that what vacation is all about?

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strong summer business and by being known has a family ski mountain. It enables us to present ourselves as a viable option for families that enjoy a low key atmosphere at a family-friendly mountain.”

bumps and steeps, a la the true Black Diamonds, Havoc, Pabst Panic and Stargazer. Upper and Lower Twister, straight down the mountain’s front face, will thrill and challenge intermediate skiers and riders, while Run Around, which winds its way down and around the more forgiving West Side, is for beginners.

can feel the love, too, as Bromley just added two new parks – they have four

Terrain Park. Bromley is located in southern Vermont on Route 11, just six miles east of Manchester.

MAGIC’S NEW SCENE

star/producer Hans Thorner opened Magic Mountain on Dec. 26, 1960, he had a vision to create a small destination resort and a community of homes and inns that would attract people to share a common bond of the mountain experience. His Swiss Ski School became famous and for many years Magic enjoyed a family reputation as well as attracting experts who could ski its steepest trails.

Thorner sold Magic in 1985, but although the new owners expanded the area, they closed it in 1991 (after some

Resort.New owners revived the area

in December 1997 and after many upgrades and the addition of tubing, plus more changes in ownership, Magic is making progress in its bid to become Vermont’s second skier-owned mountain.

While similar to the Mad River Glen model, which is a 100-percent shareholder cooperative, Magic will eventually sport a 40-percent minority ownership group and a 60-percent stake consisting of up to 1,000 shareholders.

has leased, operated, and upgraded the area with lift refurbishments and snowmaking improvements since

to Sullivan and a partner is imminent, and they expect to eventually be the minority owner.)

Under Sullivan’s leadership, Magic

be formed and money raised by the share sales will be released to carry on snowmaking and other improvements that Sullivan said are “crucial to Magic’s long-term success.”

Sullivan has also begun to re-establish Magic’s following, steadily increasing visits and season pass sales

year.

can be self-sustaining with 25,000 skiers annually,” but Sullivan hopes to

40,000 visits,” he said. “My perception is that a segment

of the skiing/riding market has a strong desire to experience an old-fashioned, classic Vermont area, and Magic, with its winding ski trails and low key

to experience skiing like it used to be. At the same time we fully understand that reliable lifts and consistent snow are critical, and those are the areas where we are focusing all of our improvements,” Sullivan said.

Magic Mountain boasts 1,700 feet of vertical on 120 skiable acres with 70 percent snowmaking on 40 trails, with

percent rated moderate. The longest run, Wizard, is 1.6 miles. The mountain

week, holidays and vacations and any day in which it snows 6 inches or more

US Open Snowboarding Championships

male and female in the series will be awarded $100,000 each, but the USO is also the culminating stop on the men’s TTR World Snowboard Tour and the top male will be awarded the TTR world title.

Cold Wars Rail Jam

Registration from 4-5 p.m. in the Main Base Lodge. Open to amateur skiers and riders who want to show the world what they’ve got, these contests will be held

prizes and cash.

US Freestyle Championships

Stratton, March 22-27

skiers from across the country to Stratton Mountain Resort to compete for the top title in moguls, aerials, half-pipe and dual moguls. With six days of events on and off the hill, including concerts, free swag and a chance to meet the superstars, the

Kare Anderson 26th Annual Telemark Race

Spring Fling Weekend

Bromley, March 19-20 Saturday features a live band and Pond skimming contest, one of the earliest in

hand from our Summer Adventure Park to liven up the weekend both Saturday and

3rd Annual Backyard BBQ Rail Jam

Bromley, March 26This rail jam will include music, a BBQ, cash prizes, giveaways, and will be

spectator friendly as well. It’s an awesome opportunity for any skier and rider looking to showcase their talent.(See Manchester trio, Page 32)


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By Karen D. Lorentz

Manchester has been a hub of activity for hundreds of years, ranging from offering cultural opportunities and outdoor recreation to shopping, dining and sightseeing.

For those who are aware of the tremendous diversity of skiing and riding provided by nearby Bromley, Stratton and Magic Mountain, however, it might seem incongruous to learn that Manchester was renowned as a summer Mecca long before the areas were developed for winter fun.

However, summer tourism got an early start in this southern town as the “therapeutic powers” of

became popular in the 1800s. The development of commercial springs also brought about the construction of

the 1850s Manchester was one of the better-known locations that attracted a successful mineral-spring hotel business.

The largest hotels offered resort-style spas with bowling alleys and

Resort and Spa is one of the longest-

popularized by collegians who started

picked up the trend by forming winter sports clubs that promoted downhill skiing as well as ski jumping and other winter competitions.

With its reputation for outdoor activity and many lodging establishments, Manchester was a natural for becoming an early “ski

locals and visitors used cross-country skis and then primitive wood skis (no

around on golf courses and woodland trails.

BROMLEY, PABST AS PIONEERS

With the advent of the rope tow in

Pabst Blue Ribbon founder, formed Ski

Hampshire, New York and Quebec. He wanted to create a sport that everyone

could enjoy, and he thought the snow

would create a market among workers

trips to the mountains where they could learn to ski.

Course and a J-Bar on Mt. Aeolus in

tow on the West Meadow of “Big

His idea to operate a chain of ski areas was a little before its time,

rationing, and not enough skiers meant his areas didn’t make money, so he sold them to focus on Bromley.

His efforts to provide better ski surfaces were

conventional wisdom with south facing slopes, touting them as warmer, and made about half of them wide and open whereas most areas had northeast or east facing trails that were narrow (so the sun wouldn’t melt the snow and the wind wouldn’t

Pabst “manicured” his slopes by blasting

teenagers to pick rocks, and planting grass so he could

offer good skiing on just a few inches of natural snow. He installed J-Bars to make getting up the hill easier and snowmaking to combat snowless

operator to take snowmaking to the top of a mountain. Bromley also had

and a professional ski school staff.

manager, Stig Albertsson, who installed more chairlifts (eliminating the J-Bars

which sold Bromley to an investor group that owned

Boston businessman Joseph O’Donnell eventually bought out the other investors, and with a team of skilled managers in place, Bromley became known for family programs, value, and a vastly expanded summer adventure park with rides

Bromley is a medium

and at 74 seasons is one of oldest ski areas in the nation. The generations of loyal families who continue to ski and ride Bromley are key to that longevity. Being the “sun mountain” also played a pivotal role as did

the proximity to Manchester and all the available lodging. But of course, it is the mountain itself that attracts loyalty.

parks, steeps, woods, gentle learning

And yet, like most areas, the mountain has its challenges.

to skiers in an industry that has little to no growth,” said marketing director Peter Dee. “Bromley is always challenged to differentiate itself from the larger ski areas to retain our market share. We are successful by having a

Ripping it up at Bromley


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M is for Vincent C. Meyerhoffer.

In the mid-1800s, he started hosting friends just be-low the summit of Killington Peak with a rustic cabin that was enlarged to a hotel that could accommodate 30 to 40 summer visitors in 1880. One of his most famous guests was the English poet Oscar Wilde. ! e hotel operated for 25 seasons.

N is for novice.

Killington was founded on the principle that nov-ices should be able to enjoy the mountaintop and its beautiful vistas and scenery. So all the peaks of Kil-lington feature easier ways down so novices (beginners who can manage controlled runs and wedge turns) can ski from mountain to mountain. ! at was unique in its day (1958) and Killington still remains unique in the East by o" ering the greatest vertical descent for all ability levels.

O is for Otten.

Yes, there were jokes that “Les is more” because Les Otten was ambitious. He purchased S-K-I Ltd., the public company that owned Killington and other re-sorts, in 1996 and in 1997 formed ASC, which became America’s largest ski resort company with a resort in every major region of the country. He lost control of ASC due to over spending during the era of irrational exuberance.

But he did much for Kil-lington as a resort. He de-serves credit for: the Kill-ington Grand Summit Ho-tel; the K-1 Gondola; the R a m s h e a d Express Quad and remaking the area into a family center with enlarged

R a m s h e a d Lodge hosting kids’ programs and childcare areas and outdoor kids learning area with carpet lifts; Needle’s Eye Express Quad and the Northbrook Quad; gaining usage of Woodward Reservoir for snowmaking water through a deal with the Farm and Wilderness Founda-tion that provided camperships for kids; gave money to the state for bear preservation; and gave up Parker’s Gore lands, which Killington owned and where they hoped to provide back bowl type intermediate skiing, in exchange for the 400-acre PUD for a Killington vil-lage. He also preserved Pico as one of Vermont’s oldest family areas by purchasing it when it went belly up in 1996.

If Otten had had a Joe Sargent as a partner/CFO, he might still be king of the ski world today. Instead, his dreams got ahead of fi nances, and he not only lost ASC, but many stockholders also lost their invest-ments, making him a much less appreciated entrepre-neur than his many accomplishments, or the warnings on the ASC Prospectus, merit.

P is for pioneering.

What dozen developments in skiing were begun at

and/or advanced by Killington to the betterment of the ski industry? Here’s the list: 1. Longer ski seasons — open before ! anksgiving and stay open into May or June. 2. Factual snow reports. 3. Ticket wickets. 4. Snowmaking. 5. GLM. 6. Winch cats. 7. Lifts. 8. Summer programs. 9. Professional ski marketing. 10. Cash registers with automated ticket printing. 11. Snowshed. 12. Industry fi rst of lifts, lodging, food, equipment and lessons ski vacation package.

Now if you can match the name of the person(s) re-sponsible to those develop-ments, you are really good!

1. Pres Smith 2. Pres Smith, 1964 3. Charlie Hanley. 4. See “R” below. 5. Smith, Ski School Director Karl Pfei" er in concert with SKI maga-zine. 6. Killington sta" partic-ipated in the testing of winch cats on Outer Limits. 7. Smith and sta" . 8. Part of the founders’ original vision. 9. Philip C. Camp and Foster Chandler. 10. NCR specifi cally developed them for K in 1967 to speed up the ticket purchase process and for greater control. 11. Smith and founders wanted a gentle slope for learners. 12. Foster Chandler.

Q is for quiet,

as in at the end of the day at the Spa in the Woods on the Killington Ac-cess Road or Killington Grand Spa.

R is for R & D, as in research and devel-opment.

Killington did not in-vent snowmaking, but when the fi rst system was fi red up on Snowshed in 1963, it blew up, so Smith fi red the company and hired his own engineers

to develop snowmaking. Killington sta" excelled at de-veloping their own snow guns (with patents) and later sold them to areas around the world, including Vail and Aspen!

S is for stellar.

Whether describing the views from the highest lift-served ski-ing in New England or from the 4,241-foot summit in summer (easily reached by K-1 ride and short hike), the Stash, the Ski School, or Ski Patrol, there’s “star power” best summed up as “stel-lar.’

T is for terrain and trails. Some of the pioneering “gentlest” slopes can be found

on Snowshed and Juggernaut. In fact, when the French lift manufacturer received the specs for the fi rst Snow-shed Chair (1961), he called Smith and said “there must be some mistake.” He had never built a chairlift for such a shallow slope before. ! e di# culty levels include the

mellow and purplish blues right up to the double-dia-mond steeps on Outer Limits, Ovation, Devil’s Fiddle, and sections of Superstar, Cascade, and Downdraft – all among some of the top pitches in the East.

U is for unique.

Run as a business, Killington became a profi table ski area in its second season. ! at profi tability allowed rein-

vestment so the area could o" er a better ski experience — as in snowmaking and learning programs. ! e area remained profi table every year, with the longest track record of prof-itability of any ma-jor area in the U.S. ski industry, a truly unique record at the

time.

V is for variety. Killington is known as the “beast,” a moniker that de-

notes terrain steeps and largesse, but it also connotes the sheer variety of après-ski and resort activities, including summer, Pico, and the o" erings of the town of Killing-ton.

W is for Donna Weinbrecht.

Donna was the world’s fi rst Olympic Moguls Gold Medalist. She honed her bump skills on Outer Lim-its, noting, “After OL, I wasn’t afraid of any moguls course.”

X is for “extra” ordinary. Whether it’s the gentle and scenic Bear Trax to Bear

Cub route to Bear Mountain or the winding and long Great Eastern to the Skyeship base or the corkscrew top of Devil’s Fiddle or the steeps of Ovation or the chal-lenge of a superpipe with 22-foot walls and 500-foot length, there’s an amazing array of extraordinary experi-ences to be enjoyed.

Y is for Yurt. New this season, you can enjoy a sleigh ride from

Snowshed to the new Ledgewood Yurt in a wooded l o c a t i o n where ex-ecutive chef Justin Blais presents a five-course feast for g o u r m e t lovers seek-ing a truly u n i q u e dining ex-perience.

Z is for zap,

the sound of the scanner guns that tabulate our visits and lift rides.

It’s also for “zee end” although “Big K” adventures truly are endless with an entire town to explore beyond the slopes.


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Killington Resort is one of the nation’s pioneering ski resorts with the baldy reputation as “the beast of the East” — a moniker known well throughout the Northeast.

Ironically, Killington’s beginnings were humble. Opening day Dec. 13, 1958, featured two Pomalifts, an eight-seat outhouse, a refurbished chicken coop for a ticket booth, and a leftover Quonset hut for a base lodge.

But it was also an ambitious start with an additional two Pomalifts in operation by the end of January. Four lifts for an opening year was purportedly a record for that time.

! at ambition gives us a clue as to how Killington became famous for so many things, consistently rank-ing among the nation’s top 15 ski resorts.

How it got there also presents a chance to check your Killington IQ and refresh your memory of the milestones over the past 53 years.

A is for Access Road and Apres-Ski.

You can’t build a ski area unless you can get to it, and with Killington Mountain fi ve miles from U.S. Route 4, not too many people, including its founder, knew the mountain existed. Today, the fi ve-mile “access road” is one of the most famous in skierdom due to an abun-dance of restaurants, shops, lodges, and nightspots that literally “rock the road” and make it synonymous with après-ski.

B is for big.

Kill ing-ton founder Pres Smith wanted to create a ski area that o" ered a “better ski experience for all abil-ity levels” with more lifts and more trails to enjoy. ! at’s part of the ambitious dream for Killington that caused it to become the East’s biggest ski area with six di" erent mountain areas connected by easier ski trails. Adding their ideas to creating that better ski experi-ence were founding partners Susanne H. Smith (cor-poration secretary and board member until her death in 1995) and Joe and Mary Sargent (board members until Killington’s sale in 1996). By serving on the board, the two women brought a family orientation to the venture.

C is for Cumming.

John Cumming is the CEO of Powdr Corp, a pri-vately held company that purchased Killington and

Pico (from ASC) in 2007. It is Powdr’s fi rst Eastern acquisition. Powdr is now the second largest owner-operator of U.S. ski resorts (based on skier visits).

D is for deck.

E v e r y o n e knows about the famous K-1 Lodge deck and its apres-ski scene, but here’s a news fl ash. ! e new Vista Deck is located along the Great Eastern trail just after Cruise Control peels o" to the left. A cafe is open on week-ends and peak periods.

E is for executive committee.

In addition to Smith, it included fi nancial guru Joe Sargent, who insisted that Killington be run as a busi-ness with a profi t motive and not a ski hobby as some early areas were. Business entrepreneur Walter Morri-son was also part of the team. Together the three drove Killington as a professional business. Today, E is for the Executive or “E” Team, a group of six managers who assist Killington-Pico President and GM Chris Nyberg in the operation of the two areas. ! ey have input into mountain upgrades, facilities, services, and programs and take pride in restoring the shine to Kil-

lington’s star while meeting its challenges.

F is for future.

As in the exciting pros-pects of a detachable quad for Snowdon, a new sum-mit lodge for the peak, a base area ski village (in the Snowshed and Ramshead lot areas), and an exciting link up of Killington and Pico with trails and lifts among other future projects. Stay tuned.

G is for golf and Grand Hotel.

! e Killington Golf Course o" ers summer recre-ation as well as a place to snowshoe and cross-country ski in winter. Hiking and mountain biking on Killing-ton plus activities at Pico round out an active summer stay at the Grand Summit Hotel or any number of inns, lodges or hotels in the area.

H is for Herwig Demschar,

a former racer, educator, and race coach (Austrian Na-tional Team nine years and U.S. Women’s Ski Team four years) who coached athletes to 13 World Cham-pionship medals and fi ve Olympic medals, including

Picabo Street’s Gold at Nagano. With 10 years Olym-pics venue management experience, he became Powdr COO in May 2007 and visits Killington regularly. He

sees development of the Village as crucial to being a world-class destination resort.

I is for intriguing.

Killington has an intriguing array of woods skiing, some on the map ( Julio, An-archy, Patsy’s and Low Rider among others) and some not. Ask a local for secret places like “! e Lights.”

J is for Junior programs.

Alpine racing programs for Juniors started in 1961 with the formation of the Killington Ski Club (re-named Killington Winter Sports Club in 2010 as training programs had expanded to include freestyle, snowboarding, and adult Skillfuls and Masters pro-grams). ! ey also sponsored recreational instructional programs for school kids (now o" ered at sister resort Pico). Less well known, the Club has 300 family mem-bers, comprised of 1,200 individuals, many of them

adults who enjoy the perks of their private club build-ing and club camaraderie long after their children have grown.

K is for all things Killington.

You can fi nd the complete history in the Killington book, which details the resort’s people, programs, and fi rst 50 years, including the contributions of its found-ers, pioneers and mountain workers.

L is for lifts. One of the most distinctive Killington traits is its

far-reaching and e# cient lift system. But did you know that Killington debuted the world’s longest gondola in February 1970? It was the fi rst to have four-passenger cabins that loaded from both sides and the 3.5-mile-long lift operated in three segments that could run in-dependently or as one continuous lift and terminated at the Killington Peak Restaurant. ! e original gon-dola was a prototype that was succeeded by another engineering feat when it was replaced by the world’s fi rst heated, eight-passenger, art-in-the-sky gondola known as the Skyeship. It debuted December 10, 1994, as a two-stage gondola that terminates at Skye Peak.


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At Magic Mountain, it’s you and the trails and Mother Nature. Not

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Harris Hill history


inside lineWITH QUINN KEATING

BOLTON VALLEY — Quinn Keating lives in West Bolton and spends his winter months working as the Pro Ski Patrol Supervisor at Bolton Valley Ski Resort. When it’s not snowing, he makes his living as a carpenter. He’s a backcountry junkie all months of the year, but during the winter, he says, “it ’s borderline out of hand.”

Quinn’s been working in the ski industry since 2001 when he got his start at Jackson Hole selling bagels to powder hungry tourists. He’s been working at Bolton Valley for the past four seasons.

Here ’s his Inside Line to skiing at Bolton Valley Resort.

Q: What’s your favorite trail at Bolton Valley and why?

A: Vermont 200. Drop into it with some speed off Shermans on a powder day and don’t look back. You’ll see. Link it with Moose Run and Glade, and I think you’ll be happy with how your day has started.

Q: Favorite woods run?A: So many woods, so little time. I’d have to

say the one that starts by that birch tree near that snowmaking pipe. You know, around that steep corner. Duck in there, and make your first left. Or there’s always Cobrass Woods! It’s always a gem and often avoids some of the thinner parts of Cobrass later in the season.

Q: Insider’s tip on how to avoid lift lines.A: 1) Weekdays rule. 2) Singles line. Other than

that, if weekends are your ski days: Grab first chair on Vista (8:30 on the weekends), do two laps of your choosing. Head back up and ski down Cobrass to Timberline for its 9:30 opening. Head back up to the main mountain around lunchtime and take a few laps on Wilderness. Just about when your legs are done, take them for one or two more laps up on Vista. Ski Preacher and call it a warm down.

Q: If you’re on a hot date, you’d take her to?A: Probably Bed Bath and Beyond, if it ’s going

well.

Q: One thing you have to eat at the mountain?A: Rebbeca’s turkey pot pie in the deli.

Q: If you’re out with buddies and want to save some money on apres ski, go here:

A: Shaw’s Supermarket. Bag of chips + cheese = nachos. Add cold beer and you’ve got it made. High five required.

Q: Best local bar?A: Bolton Valley’s own, James Moore Tavern.

Q: Favorite boot fitter or ski shop in the area?A: Finest tunes around. Ski Express in Richmond,

Vermont will hook it up. Have Will take a look at your skis and he’ll dial them in. Seriously, these guys are good.

Q: What’s the best non-skiing activity on or around the mountain?

A: Grab some snowshoes and head over to the Nordic Center. We’ve got more miles of trails than you can shake a stick at and they’re absolutely buried right now. It’s a winter wonderland and the peace and quiet that the Nordic Center affords is something that’s impossible to replicate on the alpine side.

Q: Your favorite on-snow event of the year?A: The copious number of powder days we

experience. So, I guess it ’s more like “events,” and there are a lot of them. I can’t tell you the number of days I’ve driven up the access road to a surprise two or three inches in the parking lot. BAM, everything

is refreshed and good to go!

Q: Best skier on the mountain — guy or gal?A: Tele Chuck. No one makes more use of the

edges of a trail that this guy. Chuck’s a true ninja and it’s a pleasure to watch him flawlessly rip it up under the lift line.

Q: What makes Bolton Valley different from anywhere else?

A: Bolton feels different. There’s no question that we’re surrounded by bigger ski areas. I think the fact that we’re not huge and imposing is what makes us special. The fact that we’re a smaller ski area often plays in our favor as we ski untracked snow days after the storms have moved on. Add to that that we face west, which means we see a lot of sunshine. While the other areas are going into the shadow at 2 p.m., we’re just gearing up for another gorgeous sunset. Granted, this is Vermont and we see the sun four times a year, but I swear, it ’s always sunny at Bolton.

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PO Box 1130

Manchester Ctr.,

VT 05255

PO Box 396

495 Magic Mountain

Access Road

Londonderry, VT

05148

Total Trails ..........................40

Total Lifts ...............................4

Total Acreage ....................135

Vertical Drop ..................1,700


Main phone: 802-824-5645Reservations: 1-802-82-5600Fax: [email protected]

Main phone: 802-824-5522Snow phone: 802-824-5522Reservations: [email protected]

39 Mount Snow Road

West Dover, VT

05356

Total Trails ..........................66

Total Lifts .............................23

Total Acreage ....................588

Vertical Drop ..................1,900


77 Okemo Ridge Road

Ludlow, VT 05149

Total Trails ........................119

Total Lifts .............................24

Total Acreage ....................632

Vertical Drop ..................2,200


Total Trails ..........................92

Total Lifts .............................13

Total Acreage ....................600

Vertical Drop ..................2,003


Main phone: 800-245-SNOWSnow phone: 802-464-2151Reservations: 1-800-245-SNOW

www.mountsnow.comcentralreservations@ mountsnow.com

Main phone: 802-228-4041Snow phone: 802-228-5222Reservations: 1-800-78-OKEMOFax: [email protected]

RR 1, Box 145

Stratton Mtn. Rd.

Stratton Mountain, VT

05155-9406

Main phone: 1-800-787-2886Reservations: 1-800-STRATTONFax: [email protected]

VERMONT SKI AREASsouthern regionResort Address Contact Stats

Total Trails ..........................45

Total Lifts .............................11

Total Acreage ....................175

Vertical Drop ..................1,334



Main phone: 802-253-4754

Snow phone: 802-253-3600

Reservations: 1-800-253-4SKI

[email protected]

VERMONT SKI AREASnorthern regionResort Address Contact Stats

Total Trails ........................ 71

Total Lifts ................................6

Total Acreage .....................300

Vertical Drop ...................1,704

Avg Annual Snowfall ..........26 ft

4302 Bolton Valley

Access Road

Bolton, VT 05477

Main phone: 802-434-3444

Snow phone: 802-434-SNOW

Reservations: 1-877-9BOLTON

Fax: 802-434-6850

[email protected]

PO Box 247

East Burke, VT

05832

Main phone: 802-626-7300

Snow phone: 888-BURKE


Fax: 802-626-7310

[email protected]

Total Trails .........................45

Total Lifts ................................4

Total Acreage .....................250

Vertical Drop ...................2,011

Avg Annual Snowfall ..........18 ft

Cochran’s Ski Area

Cochran’s Road

PO Box 789

Richmond, VT

05477

Main phone: 802-434-2479

[email protected]

Total Trails ...........................8

Total Lifts ................................3

Total Acreage .....................150

Vertical Drop ......................350

Avg Annual Snowfall ........300+

850 VT Route 242

Jay, VT

05859

Main phone: 802-988-2611

Snow phone: 802-988-9601


Fax: 802-988-4049

[email protected]

Total Trails ..........................76

Total Lifts ...............................8

Total Acreage ....................385

Vertical Drop ..................2,153


4323 VT

Route 108 South

Smugglers’ Notch, VT

05464

Main phone: 802-644-8851

Snow phone: 802-644-1111


Fax: 802-644-1230

[email protected]

Total Trails ..........................78

Total Lifts ...............................9

Total Acreage ....................311

Vertical Drop ..................2,610


Total Trails ........................116

Total Lifts .............................16

Total Acreage ....................485

Vertical Drop ..................2,360


5781 Mountain Rd

Stowe, VT

05672-4890


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STOWE — The American Cancer Society’s annual fundraiser, Relay For Life® NordicStyle, is approaching quickly and will be held at Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vt., on March 19-20.

This is a 12-hour, overnight relay that raises money to enable the American Cancer Society to deliver on its mission of helping people stay well, helping

against the disease. The relay provides the organization with money to

support vital, cutting-edge cancer research and a new generation of medicines, and provides cancer patients with services such as transportation to treatment, free lodging at our Hope Lodge, and round the clock support at the national cancer information center.

Join the organization at this event to celebrate those

who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost,

Cancer Society realize its vision of a world with less cancer and more birthdays.

To sign up, participate or learn how you may volunteer, call 1-800-227-2345.

American Cancer Society sets annual fundraiser for March 19-20 Relay for Life set at Trapp Family Lodge


STOWE, VT. — If there’s one thing every Vermont skier, no matter if you are 8 or 80, has to do at least once, it’s the Stowe Derby, which takes place this year on Sunday, Feb. 27, in Stowe.

! e oldest cross-country/downhill “race,” it’s a 12.5-mile, 3,000-vertical-foot free-for-all that takes skiers from the top of the Mount Mansfi eld alpine trails down to the valley fl oor and into the center of town.

It doesn’t matter if you have never entered a ski race before – in fact, one of the beauties of the Derby is that it pits fi rst-timers against Olympic athletes. It doesn’t matter if you have only a vague idea of how to slow down on cross-country skis as you careen into a hairpin turn at Mach 10 (why do you think all those spectators are lined up at the turns with cowbells? ! ey ring the bells ring loudest for spectacular wipeouts.)

It doesn’t matter if you don’t own a Lycra speed suit. In fact, Derby participants are known for wild costumes – skirts, cow outfi ts, you name it. And really, it doesn’t even matter if you fi nish.

Perhaps the best part is the after-party where the wipeouts caught on fi lm are replayed in full glory. It’s one of the few races where everyone is guaranteed to have a good time.

! is year, the event expects to draw more than 1,000 racers. ! ere will be serious NCAA teams in the 20K skate-ski division, kids in the 6K short course and everyone in between in the 20K classic division. ! e truly hard core “Derby meisters” do the skate course, then take the bus back up to compete in the classic division.

! e race started in 1945 as a bet. Sepp Ruschp, the legendary Austrian skier who headed up the Stowe Ski School, threw down a challenge to Erling Strom, the Norwegian who had led the fi rst ski descent of Alaska’s Mount McKinley 13 years earlier.

! e challenge seemed fairly benign: Both men would start near the top of Stowe’s Mount Mansfi eld, ski down the winding alpine trails to the valley fl oor and then race 10 more miles or so along the cross-country trails all the way into town. Ruschp, who was the stronger Alpine skier, bet he could beat Strom on his Nordic gear. ! ey both agreed to one thing: no changing skis part way through the course.

! e race had the town in a tizzy and plenty of spectators turned out. In the end, Ruschp won, but not without agreeing that there would be another race. And so the Derby was born and has been held, nearly continuously, since 1945.

Today, racers gather at the high school in the morning for registration, then are shuttled up to the mountain by bus, get on the double lift and make their way to the top of the Toll Road ski trail where four or

It’s Derby Time!

fi ve racers are sent o" at once with a 45-second or so gap between each set of racers. After that, it’s a mad scramble to get inside on the twisting turns, to avoid crashing on the narrow downhill into Ranch Camp and then to marshal the energy to slog uphill for a couple miles before the course fl attens out and joins the town Rec path with a gorgeous ski across numerous bridges to the center of town.

! e top skiers complete the course in under 45 minutes, and the rest? Well, some people even stop for a picnic lunch. Did we say this race is not all about winning?

photo by SkiPix.com

photo by SkiPix.com

Stowe Derby, Sunday, 8:30 a.m. start,

Feb. 27, Stowe, Vermont.Registration before Feb. 22: $50 long

course; $80 for Derby Meister (both courses); $30 for short course. Late registration (Feb. 22-26): $60, $90 and $35.

www.stowederby.com


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Stratton teams up with Red Cross on March 1STRATTON, Vt. – Stratton’s Health and Wellness committee has teamed up with

the American Red Cross to host a community blood drive on Monday, March 1 at the Stratton Mountain Resort Base Lodge.

Donor hours are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m and anyone who is at least 17 years old and weighs at least 110 pounds may be eligible to donate. Door prizes will be given away at the event and are complements of the resort. All presenting donors will also automatically be entered in a drawing to win a pair of tickets to see the Boston Bruins take on the Carolina Hurricanes on April 10 at TD Garden.

The American Red Cross holds blood drives seven days a week across Northern New England so that blood is always available for patients in need. Blood is used for patients undergoing many surgical procedures, organ transplants, trauma and chemotherapy. For some patients, such as the victim of an automobile accident, the need for blood is sudden. For others, ongoing transfusions are needed to sustain medical treatment.

WARREN — Sugarbush Resort and the Moving Mountains Foundation will host

Parkinson’s Disease Research on Feb. 27. Based at Mount Ellen/Sugarbush North, the event will include a vertical foot

challenge, silent auction and an awards ceremony. In the vertical foot challenge, skiers and snowboarders will raise money through pledges for the number of vertical feet traversed. All proceeds will go to aid in research and education about Parkinson’s Disease.

New this year, the resort is encouraging teams of four to compete for team prizes. The team that raises the most money will be awarded the prestigious Win Smith Cup.

Skiers and snowboarders who want to take part can register for the event online at www.movingmountainsfoundation.org or send email to info@ movingmountainsfoundation.org.

Volunteers are needed to track skier progress. Anyone wanting to participate can do so by contacting Gary Crosby at 802.496.7796 or e-mail at info@ movingmountainsfoundation.org.


in cardboard boxes, with dummies, or in crazy costumes. Miller featured Stump after Dick Barrymore filmed him for Vagabond Skiers.

What Stump took from these filmmaking pioneers was the humor, the hands on approach to filming and editing, and the ongoing search for new locations.

Stump pushed the limits by introducing new and popular music, sending skiers out of bounds, and featuring new skiers such as Glen Plake, who fit the image of extreme skiing. He created a “pop culture phenomenon.” He also set the stage for today’s filmmakers, who continue to test the definition of extreme and make movies with stories, personalities and music.

After meeting Stump, I again watched “!e Blizzard of Aahhs.” In his narration, Stump calls this film “ski escapism,” and says that his goal in the film is to help identify “believable ski heroes who ski the extreme.” I encourage every skier to go watch this movie again or for the first time. It puts into perspective how far what were then relatively new sports – snowboarding and freestyle – have come.

It is also di"cult to ignore this film as a tribute to 1980s material culture. It inspired me to look through the Museum’s collections for images and objects from that time. My search brought up a few images, many skis, and some great clothing. But compared to items from the 1940s-1960s, the Museum’s collection is small. While many of the fashions might be resurfacing, I thought I would remind readers that these skis, clothes and photos are needed by the Museum. What makes the Museum interesting and relevant is that it holds

materials from all eras of skiing. Please do not hesitate to contact the Museum before giving away clothes, skis, boots, and archival materials (posters, brochures postcards) or taking them to the dump.

In the spirit of collecting, why not upload your favorite picture of you and friends to the Museum’s Facebook page? How about a picture with some neon when you are channeling Greg Stump, Glen Plake or

Scot Schmidt? Pictured are two of my favorite

images from the Museum’s collection from the time period of “!e Blizzard of Aahhs.”

!e Vermont Ski Museum is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to collect, preserve and celebrate Vermont skiing history. !e museum is located at the corner of Vermont Routes 100 and 108 in the center of Stowe village and is open 12-5 daily, except for Tuesdays. For information on events or to become a member: visit www.vermontskimuseum.org.

Legendary filmmaker Greg Stump is perhaps best known for his film “!e Blizzard of Aahhs” (1988). Stump’s new film “!e Legend of Aahhs,” an interesting retrospective on ski film making composed of original interviews and film footage, had its East Coast premier at the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center in Stowe on Jan. 23 and I had the pleasure of

visiting with him for this column. A self-described “nut ball,” Stump remembers

his first day of skiing at age four, because it was his “first taste of real freedom.” He combined this quest for o#-the-wall adventure with the creativity needed for freestyle with a love of radio and music to make revolutionary ski movies.

Stump grew up in Maine and skied at a small mountain whose skiers embraced freestyle. He won the Junior National Freestyle Championships in 1978 and the North American Freestyle Championship in 1979. A small man, he excelled at moguls and ballet. His breakthrough into ski films came when Dick Barrymore found him freestyle skiing on revolving ski decks at Harry Leonard’s national ski shows.

!e first half of “!e Legend of Aahhs” acknowledges his inspirations – John Jay, Dick Barrymore, Roger Brown and Warren Miller. John Jay turned down a Rhodes Scholarship to enlist in the 10th Mountain Division, the ski troops trained in mountain warfare and sent to Italy in World War II. He started the trend of shooting and editing his own film and touring with it across the country. He made over 35 ski films, including Persian Powder in 1964 (the program is in the Museum’s collection along with programs for Jay films Catch a

Skiing Star featuring Stein Eriksen and Once Upon an Alp).

Stump appreciated Jay’s humor, and certainly Warren Miller capitalized on the comedic nature of ski bloopers. I recently watched a series of vintage Warren Miller films from the 1980s. Ever present were scenes of

people falling o# chair lifts, wearing very fashionable (yet very comic) clothes, and competing in silly races

JOHN JAY’S PERSIAN POWDER

ermontSki MuseumV BY MEREDITH SCOTT

MEREDITH SCOTT, ZOEY Irwin, and Greg Stump. THE NEXT RUN

Photo by Jerry LeBlond


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LOWELL — With the purchase of a new trail easement across the Hodgeman Property in Lowell, the Catamount Trail Association (CTA) has established a protected backcountry ski trail corridor from the top of the Lowell Mountains to the base of Hazen’s Notch that is over 6 miles in length. Jan Rozendaal, CTA chairman and trail chief for the Lowell section of the Catamount Trail was instrumental in initiating this easement and others in the Lowell area.

The new .85 mile trail easement across the

bridges that are key to crossing the Missisquoi River and connecting the Catamount Trail to the historic Bailey Hazen Road on the east side of Hazen’s Notch. The scenic easement corridor parallels the Missisquoi River through open meadows, crosses a brook on a pedestrian bridge built for the Catamount Trail by Rozendaal, and then follows an old

views of Hazen’s Notch. For generations, the Hodgeman family has

the Green Mountains, just east of Hazen’s Notch. “We choose to host the Catamount

the landscape we are fortunate to call home,” says landowner Kevin Hodgeman. “We are happy to have had the opportunity to work with the Catamount Trail Association to conserve the trail on our property, insuring backcountry skiers will have access to this resource for years to come.”

The Catamount Trail is a fully connected

300-mile public-access ski trail spanning Vermont from Massachusetts to Quebec. Because 165 miles of the 300-mile Catamount Trail cross private land (the other 135 miles are already conserved on public lands), development pressure and changing landowners threaten the trail’s integrity. To protect the trail, CTA works with landowners

to acquire permanent trail easements across their properties. Over 80 miles of the Catamount Trail are already permanently conserved on private land. Each year, with the support of families like the Hodgemans, CTA works to acquire additional easements and increase the number of trail miles that are protected. Ultimately, the CTA aims to reach

its goal of a fully conserved public-access ski trail that spans the length of Vermont.

on its own in April 1995. A variety of easement models have been developed and

while ensuring a high-quality and safe ski

CTA preserves .85 mile trail corridor in Lowell

The Catamount Trail Association, which has connected a 300-mile public access ski trail spanning Vermont from Massachusetts to Quebec, recently purchased the easement of a crucial corridor in southern Vermont.


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Mad River kids ruled the Castlerock

Junior Extreme competition in early

February at Sugarbush by taking 9 of

18 podium divisions. The top 15 kid

-

rock Extreme next month.

Pictured are: above in the 2-15 girls

age group, Olivia Cantamessa, left,

took 3rd; SJ Grundon of Sugarbush,

center, took 1st; Maya Kalkstein, 2nd,

at right; left, in the boys 9-11 age group,

Ely Kalkstein, left, took 2nd and Turner

12-15 boys group, Johnny Egan, at

left (skiing for Sugarbush), took third;

Ben Freidman, at right, took 2nd. The

blue hats are all the rage among MRG

club racers.

Photos submitted

Mad River kids rock


By Angelo LynnFAYSTON — With so much of the ski industry’s

innovation over the past decade coming from the free-style community, we checked in with Tony Chiuchiolo at the Mount Ellen terrain park at Sugarbush to snap a few photos and recall the passion free-ride skiers and boarders have for doing their own thing.

! irty-seven-year-old Tony Chiuchiolo, who has been riding since he was 14 and at Mt. Ellen since 1991, has grown up with the sport, now serves as Sug-arbush’s terrain park manager, and still loves the sport.

“I am as passionate about snowboarding today as I was when I fi rst started over 20 years ago and I love having the opportunity to be a positive infl uence on the next generation of riders,” he told us in a recent interview, adding that his mission at the terrain park is to “stay true to the roots of snowboarding and just have fun.”

He and his sta" have been doing that, he says, by “staying in touch with what our clientele want to ski and ride” and then trying to make that happen.

In the 1990s, he recalled, “the half-pipe was at the

height of its popularity and it became the focus of our Park de-velopment. ! en, in early 2000, the trend was bigger and better, so we focused on larger jumps and larger features.

“! e latest trends are a street infl uenced-fl ow to your parks… something we strive very hard in our design to achieve,” he said. “We’re focusing on street style ollie on rails and boxes and features incorporating skate-like banked landings and other urban set-ups.”

! at’s all being carried out at the base of Mount Ellen, which is served almost exclusively by the Sun-shine Double. ! e area uses its two freestyle terrain runs — Lower Crackerjack and Reimergasse for the terrain features, which has come a long way from the days of Mt. Ellen’s fi rst terrain park in 1998 located on Which Way.

Constant change and innovation are an inseparable part of the freestyle and snowboarding culture, which

makes it an exciting aspect of the industry to work in but also a challenge to stay on top of the latest trends.

While Chiuchiolo shies away from drawing com-parisons with others or touting strengths, he does say he and his sta" work hard to stay abreast of the latest trends with passion and keen insight.

“I would never compare anything we do to anyone else,” he says, “but I feel that our dedication to cus-tomer service is second to none. ! e Park sta" here at Mt. Ellen takes pride in putting out the best product for our users and that the park’s design, fl ow and main-tenance are always on point.”

It’s precisely that level of enthusiasm that has rein-vigorated the industry and keeps the sport exciting for each new generation.

Terrain park passion at Mount Ellen

Tony Chiuchiolo, terrain park manager

Photos by Curtis Savard


MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINSaprés ski calendarmusic through-out vermontmontpelier - LANGDON STREET CAFEFri, Feb 18 Rusty Belle at 9:30pmSat, Feb 19 Golden Dome Musicians

Collective CD Release Party Volume One at 8pm

Sun, Feb 20 CABIN FEVER MUSIC SERIES: Mason Porter at 3pm

Thurs, Feb 24 michela anne at 7:30 Antara at 8:30pmFri, Feb 25 Hudost at 9pmSat, Feb 26 Scrag Mountain Music -

Classical Residency at 7pmThurs, Mar 03 Lake Street Dive at 9pmFri, Mar 04 Chris Velan at 8pm Cinder Conk at 9:30pmSat, Mar 05 Satta Sounds: Conscious

Reggae Dancehall at 11pm Fuzz and Mac at 9pmWed, Mar 09 NOW ON 2ND

WEDNESDAY! Comedy Open Mic Night at 9pm (Sign up at 8pm)

Thurs, Mar 10 Communipaw - tbaFri, Mar 11 The Lumineers at 8pmWed, Mar 30 The Drenched Earth Tour at

8pm

middlebury - TWO BROTHER'S TAVERNFri, Feb 18 Kip de Moll at 10pmSat, Feb 19 Saturday Night Karaoke at

9pmTue, Feb 22 Two Brothers Dart Night at

7pm Monster Hits Karaoke at 9pmWed, Feb 23 Trivia Night! at 7pmThurs, Feb 24 DJ Jam Man at 10pmFri, Feb 25 Project Organ Trio at 10pmSat, Feb 26 Reggae Night with Selecta

D-Ro at 10pm

51 MAINFri, Feb 18 Joshua Panda at 9pmSat, Feb 19 Mark Mandeville & Raianne

Richards at 9pmTue, Feb 22 From Away at 7pmThurs, Feb 24 Telling Point at 8pmFri, Feb 25 Jazz JamCD Release Party: Split

Tongue Crow at 9pmSat, Feb 26 Anthony Santor Jazz Group at

9pmThurs, Mar 3 MCAB Presents: Music & Drinks

at 9pmFri, Mar 4 Elise Hayes at 9pmSat, Mar 5 Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Party at

2pm Zephyr at 9pmWed, Mar 9 Una China Latina at 7pm

Fri, Mar 11 Jazz Jam at 6pm Second Friday/Verbal Onslaught

at 9pmSat, Mar 12

Wed, Mar 16 Blues Jam at 8pmFri, Mar 18 Dayve Huckett at 6pmSat, Mar 19 Dan Aaron at 6pm

Anthony Santor Jazz Group at 9pm

Fri, Mar 25 Jazz Jam at 6pm Left Eye Jump at 9pmSat, Mar 26 Cats Under the Stars at 9pmThur, Mar 31 Battle of the Bands at 6:30pm The Michele Fay Band at 8pm

killington areaPICKLE BARRELFri, Feb 18 BlockheadSat & SunFeb 18 & 19 The NerdsThurs, Feb 24 The Panic SwitchFri & SatFeb 25 & 26 Darik and the FunbagsFri & SatMar 4 & 5 Never in VegasFri & SatMar 11 & 12 Liquid AFri & SatMar 18 & 19 The BenjaminsThurs, Mar 24 TwiddleFri & SatMar 25 & 26 Radio RiotSun, Mar 27 Assembly of Dust

MCGRATHS IRISH PUBFeb 18 & 19 Donol O’ShaughnessyFeb 25 & 26 ShananagansMar 4 & 5 Tom O’CarrollMar 11 & 12 Ocean Valley BoysMar 17 - 19 TrinityMar 25 & 26 Extra Stout

strattonGREEN DOOR PUBSat, Feb 19 Spectris at 10pmSat, Feb 26 The Lustre Kings at 10pmSat, Mar 5 Erin Harp and the Delta

Swingers at 10pm

The Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge and Snoe.down at Killington last year. This event is held at the end of March. Go to www.killing-ton.com for more information. Photo by Chandler Burgess


MUSIC IN THE MOUNTAINSaprés ski calendarWed, Mar 9 Porno Tongue at 10pmThurs, Mar 10 DBLDN at 10pmFri, Mar 11 The Boardlords at 10pmSat, Mar 12 Barry and the Penetrators at

10pmThurs, Mar 17 St. Patrick’s Day Party at 10pmSat, Mar 19 Dr. Green at 10pmSun, Mar 20 End of Season Party - $2 Drafts

Free food! Win a snowboard in the Pool Tournament at 9 p.m.

RED FOX INNFri, Feb 18 Dinner & Music: Shady Mountain

FolkSat, Feb 19 Brother JoscephusFri, Feb 25 Dinner & Music: TilthSat, Feb 26 November RainTue, Mar 2 DumpstaphunkFri, Mar 4 Dinner & Music: Bob DunnSat, Mar 5 The Luster KingsFri, Mar 11 Dinner & Music: Dwight and

NicoleSat, Mar 12 BD LenzSat, Mar 19 LiftedSat, Mar 26 Glen David Andrews

PERFECT WIFEFri, Feb 18 The Mike McMann BandSat, Feb 19 The Kind BudsWed, Feb 23 Josh BrooksFri, Feb 25 Discordian SocietySat, Feb 26 Original ExpressWed, Mar 2 Tor KrautterThurs, Mar 3 OPEN MICFri, Mar 4 The GriftSat, Mar 5 Red Haired StrangersFri, Mar 11 SophistafunkSat, Mar 12 Amorphous BandWed, Mar 16 Mihali “Mickey” SavoulidisThurs, Mar 17 OPEN MICWed, Mar 23 Mihali “Mickey” SavoulidisThurs, Mar 31 OPEN MIC

stoweMATTERHORNFri, Feb 18 Natalie Stovall at 9pmSat, Feb 19 Natalie Stovall at 9pm Fri, Feb 25 The Cop Outs at 9pmSat, Feb 26 Funk Collection at 9pmFri, Mar 4 The X-Rays with Joe Moore at

9pm Sat, Mar 5 Mango Jam at 9pm Fri, Mar 11 7 Lbs of Pork at 9pm Sat, Mar 12 The Heavy Pets at 8pmWed, Mar 16 The Cheap Suits at 9pmThurs, Mar 17 St. Patricks Day Bash at 7pmFri, Mar 18 Resouled at 9pmSat, Mar 19 Jeff Pitchell at 9pm

RUSTY NAILFri, Feb 18 Bus DriversSat, Feb 19 NOMAD

Sat, Feb 26 Last Kid PickedSat, Mar 5 Rumor Has ItSat, Mar 12 Pleasure DomeFri, Mar 18 Dr. GreenSat, Mar 19 NOMADSat, Mar 26 Last Kid Picked

BEE’S KNEESFri, Feb 18 Z-JazSat, Feb 19 Cosa BuenaSun, Feb 20 Alan Greenleaf & The DoctorTue, Feb 22 ButterbeansWed, Feb 23 Matt BoltonThu, Feb 24 Mark StruhsackerFri, Feb 25 Dan Liptakís Casimir EffectSat, Feb 26 Open MicSun, Feb 27 Birchwood Coupe

SPRUCE PEAK PERFORMING ARTS CENTERFri, Feb 18 Ski Movie ExtravaganzaSat, Feb 19 TeatroSun, Feb 20 Ski Movie ExtravaganzaThurs, Feb 24 Mad Science presents Star Trek

LiveWed, Mar 2 The Robert Cray Band at 8pmThurs, Mar 3 Celtic Crossroads at 7pmSun, Mar 6 Ed Kowalczyk of Live, Emerson

Hart of Tonic, Leigh Nash of Sixpence, none The Richer

Wed, Mar 9 Angela Au at 7:30pmFri, Mar 11 Machomer starring Rick MillerMon, Mar 14 Einstein: The Practical BohemianFri, Mar 18 Alex Degrassi at 8pmFri, Mar 25 Fred Garbo Theatre Co.

at 7:30pmSun, Mar 27 Juan De Marcos and the Afro-

Cuban All Stars at 7pm

mount snow areaSNOWBARNFri, Feb 18 Groove WagonSat, Feb 19 LiveSun, Feb 20 The ConstellationsWed, Feb 23 Nathan Brady CrainFri, Feb 25 Playin’ DeadSat, Feb 26 MagnusFri, Mar 4 Love In Stockholm Sat, Mar 5 Soul AmbitionFri, Mar 11 The GriftSat, Mar 12 Enter The HaggisThurs, Mar 17 Bud Light St. Patrick’s Day -

Special Afternoon Outdoor Concert with The Gobshites

Sat, Mar 19 The ComplaintsFri-SunMar 25-27 The Bud Light Reggaefest

presented by WEQX SCHEDULE: Mar 25 - Dub is

a Weapon supported by ILa Mawana@ The Snow Barn

Mar 26 - Ila Mawana supported by Dj Big Dog on Cuzzin’s Deck at 12 Noon.

Mar 26 - Easy Star All-Stars supported by Pulse Prophets @ The Snow Barn

Mar 27 - The Pulse Prophets supported by Selectah Niko on Cuzzin’s Deck 12pm

WEATHERVANESun, Feb 20 Open Mic night at 9:30pmTues, Feb 22 Karaoke night! at 9pmWed, Feb 23 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Feb 24 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pmSun, Feb 27 Open Mic night at 9:30pmWed, Mar 2 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Mar 3 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pmSun, Mar 6

Open Mic night at 9pmTues, Mar 8 Karaoke night! at 9pmWed, Mar 9 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Mar 10 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pmSun, Mar 13 Open Mic night at 9:30pmWed, Mar 16 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Mar 17 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pmSun, Mar 20 Open Mic night at 9:30pmTues, Mar 22 Karaoke night! at 9pmWed, Mar 23 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Mar 24 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pmSun, Mar 27 Open Mic night at 9:30pmWed, Mar 30 DJ Forcefed at 9pmThurs, Mar 31 DJ Lady Barahona & guests at

9pm

mad river glenMRG & GENERAL STARK'S PUBSat, Feb 19 Starline Rhythm Boys at 4pm in

General Stark’s PubSat, Feb 26 The Grift at 4pm in General

Stark’s PubSun, Mar 13 Mad Mtn Scramblers Rock the

Telefest! At 4pm on the 3rd Floor of the Basebox

SLIDE BROOK LODGEFri, Feb 18 THE MACROTONES at 9pmSat, Feb 19 IRA FREIDMAN TRIO at 9pmSun, Feb 20 OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS at

8pmishFri, Feb 25 COUGAR at 9pmSat, Feb 26 JATOBA at 9pm

Fans enjoy an outdoor concert at last years Dew Tour. Photo courtesy Mount Snow

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