Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding
(2008 / 2009 note: This information has been provided by downhill and cross country skiers and snowboarders, workers at local inns, winter visitors to Vermont, and people we have met in town. The accuracy has not been verified. Driving times are estimated from the base of the Stratton Mountain access road. Prices are from current and previous years listings. If there are any mistakes you notice, please send them to strattoncondos@aol.com . Also please note: we are simply a personal website, not related to any of the ski areas in the southern Vermont mountains.)
Stratton Mountain
Stratton is the largest single mountain in Southern Vermont. It has over 90 trails with 580 acres of skiable terrain, 16 lifts (woops, now 15) including a summit gondola and 4 high speed six-passenger lifts, 90% snowmaking, 2003 feet of vertical drop and several long runs of about 3 miles. Stratton's peak elevation is 4003 feet (but by the gondola it might be 3900 feet). Snowboarding started at Stratton and it's superpipe and terrain parks are awesome. It has been listed as Ski Magazine's No. 1 in the east for grooming, lifts and terrain parks. Rentals and lessons are available. One day adult lift tickets are $59 midweek, $72 Saturday and Holidays and $69 on Sunday. If you plan to ski at Stratton for more than three days during the winter, please consider the express pass and multiple day discounts. Visit Stratton at www.stratton.com
Bromley Mountain
(Bromley is closest to Stratton and is 15 to 20 minutes away, just west on Rt. 30, up Rt. 11.) Bromley, known as Vermont's Sun Mountain (it faces south), is smaller and warmer than Stratton. Bromley has 43 trails, 80% snowmaking and 9 lifts including a high speed quad. It is a great family mountain with an excellent ski school for children. Rentals and lessons are available. One day adult lift tickets are $46 midweek and $52 weekends and holidays. Bromley now has valet parking at weekends and holidays. Visit Bromley at www.bromley.com
Magic Mountain
(Magic is about 25 minutes from Stratton, just up Rt. 100 and East on Rt. 11) Magic Mountain has, what locals concur, the most challenging runs in the area. Half of Magic's runs are blacks or double blacks. Magic has 33 trails, 4 lifts, 80% snowmaking, a vertical drop of 1,650 feet and a longest run of 1.6 miles. (Somehow we do not belive the 80% snowmaking claim.) Magic, once a favorite Sunday stop for us driving home from Killington and places north, is slowly coming back, after being abandoned for several years. And for something different, try snow tubing in the Ala Kazam tube park with its own lift. Lessons and rentals are available. One day adult lift tickets are $32 midweek and $42 weekend/holiday. Visit Magic Mountain at www.magicmtn.com
Mount Snow
(Mount Snow is about 45 minutes from Stratton, take Route 30 South, then down Rt. 100 South. There is a shorter way back past the Sunbowl to get to Route that takes about 40 minutes). Mount Snow has a variety of terrain, snowmaking and excellent skiing. Mt. Snow has 100 trails and 500 skiable acres. (Note: This has to be verified. Our old figures included Haystack.) Mount Snow's verticle is 1,700 feet with a peak elevation of 3,600 feet. Visit Mount Snow at www.mountsnow.com. (2009 note: Can someone fill me in on the correct Mount Snow details? and send them to strattoncondos@aol.com. Thanks.)
Okemo Mountain
(Okemo is 50 minutes from Stratton up Rt. 100.) Stratton and Okemo share some multi-day passes. It's worth a trip, up Rt. 100 to Ludlow, Vt. Okemo is now larger than ever with, the opening of Jackson Gore in 2003. Okemo has been run by the family of Dim and Diane Mueller. It has 16 lifts (including 4 high speed quads), 95% snowmaking, 106 trails over 562 acres of terrain, 2,150 of vertical drop and a longest run of 4.5 miles. Okemo's Peak elevation is 3,345 feet and Jackson Gore's is 2,750 feet. Ski Magazine's has rated Okemo No. 1 in the East for grooming. Rentals and lessons are available. One day adult lift tickets are $57 midweek and $62 weekend/holiday. We have also tried to compare Okemo and Stratton, two similar southern Vermont mountains. Visit Okemo at www.okemo.com
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