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Skippress - US Vol. 7 No. 2 - Index

Photo: Courtesy of Stowe Mountain Resort
Smugg’s: family central
Smugglers’ Notch: Family Magic
Talk about your dynasty — Smugglers’ Notch has been recognized as the best
place to play in winter with your family for nearly a decade. SKI Magazine
recently named Smuggs’ its #1 Resort in North America for Family Programs
for the 8 th year. That’s just one award among many.
This year, “Little Skiers” can take their fi rst swing down a slope at the ripe age
of 2 1/2 in the Little Rascals on Snow program. Parents envious of their kids
getting all the special attention can take the four-day Mountain Experience with
expert guides and intimate class sizes to ensure their game improvement strategy
gets a well-toned workout. And the whole family gets together for special
events beginning with free hot chocolate right on the hill, when and where they
(you) most need it.
Stowe: Winter’s New Nest
Sometimes the way you frame something can make you feel as if until now,
you’ve never really seen it from the perfect vantage point. Such is the case with
the new Stowe Mountain Lodge at the base of Spruce Peak.
Equal parts elegance and environment, the 139-room luxury resort hotel that
gazes out on Mansfi eld, Vermont’s iconic mountain, is among the most exciting
ski development news in northern Vermont. Already a must-stay since the
Stowe Mountain Golf Club opened earlier this summer, Stowe Mountain
Resort’s entire new base-area development earned an Audubon Green Community
Award — the fi rst in the US to do so — for how well it merged its new
alpine escape with the mountain environment. Mix your ambiance and adrenaline
there this winter, before everyone else says they discovered it.
6 EASTERN SECTION
Photo: Courtesy of Smugglers’ Notch
Stowe’s new nest
Coming Up :
SUGARBUSH: THE BEST STEP FORWARD
Next Issue: Peggy Shinn looks at how the new Lincoln
Park Village at Sugarbush has transformed one of
America’s great family ski hills into one of America’s
great family resorts.
And, for those of you who can’t wait for Vermont’s two
Super Bowls of snowboarding to get started again, here’s
the latest info — mark your calendar (for the 200th time).
SNOWBOARD GRAND PRIX: The world’s best snowboarders
descend upon Killington Resort’s Bear Mountain
for the Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Finals March
15-16, including the Saturday
evening Superpipe Finals and
concert under the lights.
BURTON US OPEN:
Snowboarding’s biggest and
best reunion, ride-a-thon and
biggest names in the sport
rivalry begins again, as snowboarding
blows its top for
26th straight year. It’s all at
Stratton, where it’s always
been, March 17th to the 23rd .
Photo: Courtesy of Killington
Killington Resort’s Bear Mountain will
host the US Snowboard Grand Prix
March 15-16, 2008