Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Mt Mansfield unfolding in the distance. Bike, walk, skate, ski and/or swim in one of the
swimming holes along the way.
Stowe Mountain Resort
SKIING
( 888-253-4849, 802-253-3000;
www.stowe.com
; 5781 Mountain Rd)
This venerable resort
encompasses two major mountains, Mt Mansfield (vertical drop 2360ft) and Spruce Peak
(1550ft). It offers 48 beautiful trails - 16% beginner, 59% intermediate and 25% for
hard-core backcountry skiers.
Umiak Outdoor Outfitters
OUTDOORS
( 802-253-2317;
www.umiak.com
;
849 S Main St; 9am-6pm)
Rents kayaks, snowshoes
and telemark skis, offers boating lessons and leads boating and moonlight snowshoe
tours.
AJ's Ski & Sports
EQUIPMENT RENTAL
(
800-226-6257, 802-253-4593;
www.stowesports.com
;
350 Mountain Rd;
10am-6pm)
Rents
bikes, kayaks, skiing and snowboarding equipment in the village center.
Sleeping
Smugglers Notch State Park
CAMPGROUND$
( 802-253-4014;
www.vtstateparks.com/htm/smugglers.htm
;
6443 Mountain Rd; tent & RV sites
$20, lean-tos $27; mid-May-mid-Oct)
This 35-acre park, 8 miles northwest of Stowe, is
perched on the mountainside, with 20 tent and trailer sites and 14 lean-tos.
Fiddler's Green Inn
INN$
( 800-882-5346, 802-253-8124;
www.fiddlersgreeninn.com
; 4859 Mountain Rd; r incl breakfast
midweek/weekend $90/125; )
A throwback to simpler times, this unembellished 1820s
farmhouse a mile below the ski lifts has rustic pine walls, a fieldstone fireplace and seven
humble guest rooms, the best of which overlook the river out back.
Stowe Motel & Snowdrift
MOTEL, APARTMENT$$$
( 800-829-7629, 802-253-7629;
www.stowemotel.com
; 2043 Mountain Rd; r $85-200, ste
$182-240, apt $162-250; )
With units ranging from simple to deluxe, this motel set
on 16 acres comes complete with a tennis court, hot tubs, lawn games and free bicycles
or snowshoes for use on the adjacent Stowe Recreation Path.
