TIMELINE 1958 SUGARBUSH VALLEY Damon and Sara Gadd, along with Jack Murphy and Lixi Fortna, open Sugarbush Resort. Thanks to its three- person, top-to-bottom Carlevaro-Savio gondola, Sugarbush boasts the 1963 “greatest vertical rise in the East.” SUGARBUSH VALLEY & GLEN ELLEN Walt Elliott opens the Glen Ellen Ski Area. Complete with Scottish-themed trail names, 1959 Glen Ellen claims “the greatest vertical The resort installs a double , opening descent in the East,” with its tiered lifts to up the legendary Castlerock area. This area the 4,083-foot summit of is immediately known for its expert ski Mt. Ellen. The Gate House 1977–79 terrain. That reputation continues today. area at SUGARBUSH VALLEY— (Sugarbush Valley) opens SUGARBUSH SOUTH & SUGARBUSH with a new double chair. NORTH Roy Cohen purchases Sugarbush (in 1977) and Glen Ellen (in 1979). The two areas join 1963–66 under the Sugarbush name. Glen Ellen is Olympic Gold Medalist renamed Sugarbush North to reflect the Stein Eriksen serves as union. (In 1995, it is renamed Mt. Ellen.) director of the Sugarbush Ski School. Most afternoons he performs his signature flip on 1960 skis in the base area. 1978 With a rebuilt access road and the addition of Sugarbush is featured the Valley House chairlift, Sugarbush begins in Warren Miller’s film attracting throngs of New York glitterati. 1964 Ski a la Carte. Vogue dubs Sugarbush “Mascara Mountain” Chez Henri, a Parisian-style because of its glamorous guest list, bistrot, opens in Sugarbush including actress Kim Novak, the Kennedy Village. clan, musician Skitch Henderson, and The Green Mountain Valley fashion designer Oleg Cassini. Sugarbush School establishes its ski is featured in its first Warren Miller movie, race training site, now Swingin' Skis. recognized as a U.S. Ski Team Development Site, at Mt. Ellen. 1983 Roy Cohen sells Sugarbush to ARA Services. ARA removes the gondola. Super Bravo and Heaven’s Gate chairs are installed, and uphill capacity increases fourfold.

Jack Murphy is posthumously given the Sherman Adams Award by the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), marking his significant influence on the eastern U.S. ski industry. 64 SUGARBUSH MAGAZINE 2008 Al Hobart, founder of the Green Mountain Valley School, is inducted into the Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.

1996 2010 Warren Miller films local The Schoolhouse (the base of children’s legends John Egan, Doug day programs) and the Farmhouse (with a Lewis, Jesse Murphy, season pass/ticket office, rentals and repair, Sally Knight, and Seth and a café) open at Lincoln Peak Village. Miller at Sugarbush for the film Snowriders. 2013 Construction is completed on Rice Brook 2001 Residences, private homes linking Lincoln 1984 Peak Village to historic Sugarbush Village. With a plan to operate a four-season resort, Claneil Enterprises purchases the mountain, Sugarbush Inn, the racquet club, 2015 the golf course, and additional land for The original Valley House lift is replaced future development. with a fixed-grip quad, more than doubling its uphill capacity. SUGARBUSH RESORT 1990 Win Smith and Joe Riemer form Summit Three new are installed at Mt. Ventures to purchase Sugarbush. After 2016 Ellen—including the Green Mountain Express, Riemer’s death, a handful of minority Construction is completed on Gadd Brook at that time the fastest quad in the world, investors join Smith. He begins to lay the Slopeside, sixteen private homes at the base transporting skiers at 1,100 feet per minute. groundwork for a new master plan for the of Lincoln Peak named after the resort’s resort that closely reflects the values and founding family. philosophies of the original owners, as well 1993 as the character and style of the Mad River John Egan is voted into the Ski and Sugarbush is featured in Warren Miller’s Black Valley and Vermont. Snowboard Hall of Fame. Diamond Rush, starring local skiers John and Dan Egan, and Kelley and Doug Lewis. 2017 The Village Double 1994 and Sunshine Double chairlifts are replaced with fixed-grip quad lifts, GADD BROOK SLOPESIDE and RFID gates are installed in lift lines. SUGARBUSH & MT. ELLEN Les Otten purchases Sugarbush and makes 2018 major infrastructure investments, including Sugarbush celebrates its sixtieth anniversary. the installation of seven new lifts, three of which are detachable quads. The Slide Brook 2006 Express ferries skiers back and forth to Mt. Lincoln Peak Village opens to the public. Ellen. improvements include The new facilities include Gate House a new twenty-five-million-gallon pond Lodge, Clay Brook Hotel & Residences, and miles of pipe. Soon, Otten creates the and Timbers Restaurant (now Rumble’s American Skiing Company with Sugarbush Kitchen). The new village is modeled on the as one of its several holdings. traditional style of Vermont farmhouses, barns, and schoolhouses. DIAMOND JUBILEE ISSUE 2018/19 65