Stowe Mountain Resort
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The Scene – This is the birthplace of New England skiing: enjoy a town that's over 200 years old with excellent dining, inns and lodges, lots of pubs and the full-fledged Currier & Ives outdoor winter experience. Unfortunately, that all comes with horrendous Route 108-style Mountain Road traffic. – – The Slopes – The former "ski capital of the East" creates tremendous variety for every skier, thanks to the huge natural bowl formed by Mount Mansfield. There's the legendary expert steeps and famed fun of Nose Dive and some of the best glade skiing in the East. Then…
04/15/08
Stowe, Vermont
by purplesage
I spent many school vacations at Stowe with my Aunt Linda and Uncle Charlie Lord. I was there when it was just beginning to become popular. I loved it then and still do even though I haven't been back for a few years. Getting a bit too old to travel now. It's a wonderful place. Unfortunately, I never learned to ski. Uncle Charlie didn't seem to have the patience for me. The town still needs a regular stop light at the beginning of the mountain road. That flashing red light isn't going to do it.
11/21/06
Great Town
by jb716
The town of Stowe is beautiful and it is nice to see that not only 25 year olds ski/board and go out at night!
But the skiing is certainly NOT anywhere NEAR the best. I really don't know how you could even begin ot say that. I was there for an afternoon and did the whole mountain. I went back to killington for the rest of my vacation. the lines for the gondola were very long and the lifts take forever. the terrain is mixed at best and there is very little of it.
Killington, Sunday river, attitash, bretton woods....they all clean stowe's clocks for skiing. But you can't beat the town and that is why I will return this year-just with very low expectations for skiing.
Oh and beware-moderate winds close the mountain. this was the case two our of three days when we should have been there-thank goodness we left and went to killington to ski!
- Pros: beautiful town
- Cons: every expensive lift ticket for long lines, slow lifts and mediocure terrain
01/17/06
Best in the East!
by jetson
Mt. Mansfield is full of character with terrain for all levels- Wonderful, long cruisers, good steeps, and quirky woods runs. They have a new snowmaking source, and a new quad over at Spruce, a part of the resort I have only recently skied and which has gorgeous, milder runs and full sun. There is in fact still a shuttle connecting the two mountains- not yet replaced with the lift as an older review stated, but it's pretty convenient. Pretty much everything at this resort is far better than at Killington: trails, snow, crowd-type, skiers, lodging, restaurants, town.
- Pros: Trail variety, Gondola, Great town
- Cons: crowded only on Sat.
The Details on Stowe Mountain Resort
Know Before You Go:
Daily: adults $56; juniors (6-12)/seniors (65 and over) $36. Holidays: add $2 to the price of ticket for adults; $1 more for juniors/seniors. Free for children 5 and under.
The Extras:
Lessons, snowboarding, cross-country, day care, on-site lodging.
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