Stowe has many photo opportunities: covered bridges, hiking trails, a river winding through town, mountains and of course brilliant fall foliage. Nearby, Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory, Cabot Cheese Outlet and the Cold Hollow Cider Mill are on many people's lists of favorite stops.See Lift outside the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum
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It is easy to get around, and in the winter there is a free shuttle that runs frequently between the Village and the Mountain.
TLDR: they made us pay for 1/2 of a lesson that could not have happened because the weather was literally too cold and the mountain was closed.Most of the activity in Stowe is centered in the historic Village and along the Mountain Road (Route 108) that extends from the Village about 5 miles to the ski area. The lesson could not have happened because the mountain was literally closed for at least half of the scheduled time because of the dangerous temperatures. The reason given is that the teacher was still going to be there for the entire time and should be paid, fine, but he could not have been. We tried to reschedule (not cancel) and they said we would still have to pay for 1/2 the lesson because we canceled (despite their policy clearly stating cancellation fee, not rescheduling fee). Stowe has a strict 48 hour cancellation policy for lessons. In the morning we called and emailed to cancel because of the dangerous temperatures. Then, on the day of the lesson, it was going to be dangerously cold, so cold in fact that every mountain but Stowe never opened and Stowe never opened any lifts to the top of the mountain, closed all mid mountain lifts a few hours later and then closed the entire mountain at around 2 pm (an hour into the scheduled lesson). I scheduled a private lesson for my husband to learn to ski from 1-4pm. We had a great experience as a family here. Overall, I would not hesitate to come back to Stowe. And the bathrooms smelled terrible in that lodge.
The Spruce Lodge is very nice, but the Mansfield Lodge is old and outdated. They were exhausted at that point (and that happened to be the day the Gondola closed right when we got there!)Īlso, the Mansfield Lodge needs some updating. And from Sunrise or Four Runner Quad to the Gondola, our kids had to walk at least 5-10minutes. I saw a lot of people getting stuck going to Sunrise lift from any directions. For a snowboarder (and the little kids on skis) it was a bit frustrating. The only complaints about the mountain was that there were a lot of flat areas.
Even later when I had to stop by guest service for a question, she went above and beyond to help me.
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The one day I had to get a code for free parking (because we had 4 people in the car), the parking attendant stayed with me to make sure I entered everything in correctly. I asked one lady at the ticket counter and she was not helpful, but other employees offered as much info as they could. One day, most lifts were closed due to wind. But the lift operators, scanners were very nice. Maybe the Gondola twice took us about 10minutes to get on. Because we avoided weekends, we also avoided any terrible lines. Conditions were awesome! Views from the Gondola and Four Runner Quad were excellent on a sunny day. My family and I came here right after Stowe had a season record high snowfall.
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