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The view from Mt. Mansfield, Vermont's tallest peak. The mountain draws nearly 40,000 visitors walking its upper
reaches each year.
16.
Stowe
Likeasnow-whitelanceaimedskyward,theloftyandnarrowspireofStowe'sCommunity
ChurchidentifiesthismostfamousofRte.100'slongskeinofcountryvillages.Stowe—the
town, the resort, and the mystique—seems to gather strength throughout the 10-mile drive
north from Waterbury. Inns and ski shops tell the story, but none more strikingly than the
great looming profile of Mt. Mansfield. At 4,393 feet, it is Vermont's highest peak.
For generations of skiers, the sport has been synonymous with this 241-year-old town.
Vermont skiing didn't get its start here, but once Mansfield's first trails were cut in
the1930s,thelegendwaslaunched.Stowe'salpinecachetwashelpedimmenselybythear-
rival, more than half a century ago, of an Austrian family named Von Trapp—the real-life
inspiration behind the popular musical
The Sound of Music.
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