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Mt Snow
ticket midweek/weekend $75/85)
is the southernmost of Vermont's big ski resorts. When the
snow melts, its lifts and trail system draw hikers and mountain bikers. The
Mt Snow Val-
ley Chamber of Commerce
( 877-887-6884, 802-464-8092;
www.visitvermont.com
; 21 W
Main St; 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-Wed, to 6pm Thu & Fri, 10am-4pm Sat & Sun)
has information
on accommodations and activities. Mt Snow is reached via Wilmington, midway between
Brattleboro and Bennington.
Bennington
A measure of how rural southern Vermont really is, cozy Bennington, with just 15,000 in-
habitants, ranks as the region's largest town. You'll find an interesting mix of cafes and
shops downtown along Main St, while the adjacent Old Bennington historic district boasts
age-old Colonial homes and a trio of covered bridges. A hilltop granite obelisk commem-
orating the 1777 Battle of Bennington towers above it all.
Sights
Old First Church
HISTORIC SITE
(cnr Monument Ave & VT 9)
Gracing the center of Old Bennington, this early 19th-century
church is best known for its churchyard, which holds the remains of five Vermont gov-
ernors, numerous American Revolutionary soldiers and Vermont's beloved 20th-century
poet Robert Frost (1874-1963).
Bennington Battle Monument
HISTORIC SITE
(
www.benningtonbattlemonument.com
; 15 Monument Circle; adult/child $3/1; 9am-5pm mid-
Apr-Oct)
Vermont's loftiest structure offers an unbeatable 360-degree view of the sur-
rounding countryside. An elevator whisks you painlessly to the top.
Bennington Museum
MUSEUM
( 802-447-1571;
www.benningtonmuseum.org
;
75 Main St; adult/child $10/free; 10am-5pm
daily, closed Jan, closed Wed Nov-Jun)
Between downtown and Old Bennington, this mu-
seum's outstanding early Americana collection includes furniture, glassware, Bennington
pottery, the world's oldest surviving American Revolutionary flag and works by American
folk artist 'Grandma Moses.'
