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21 Tough Cookies We talk training and turns with some of the top athletes from the skiing and riding world, who all honed their skills on Sugarbush terrain. But here’s the real kicker: They’re all under 18. By Sarah Tuff

27 Greatest Hits of the ’90s home of the latest and greatest features, Sugarbush’s riemergasse Park certainly makes the scrappy beginnings of freestyle snowboarding look like a far and distant memory. But we show you just how relevant old school is here today with four modern features that pull inspiration from the early days of riding. By JeSSe huffman

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pubLIsher Jessica Kaiser

edItOrIaL editorial Director ryan Brandt

Managing editor Catherine Shane

12 research & Copy editor Joni Lacroix

editorial Coordinator DepartMentS Jackie Leavitt art & prOduCtIOn 8 InsIde LInes art Director One on one with Owner and President Win Smith. aimee Skidds Off the WIre 10 associate Designers a look at Sugarbush’s long-term effort to clean up four of its mountain streams. michele Keane, anna nadeau 12 MOuntaIn LIvIng associate ad Designer Inside what makes David and Lynn newton’s condo, located at The farms Liz metsch development in Warren, so family friendly. production Manager 14 suMMertIMe & photo editor Practicing tightrope walking, getting elbow-deep in the arts, and other aspects Jessica Crocker Sifferlen of area summer camps that blow traditional ones out of the water. advertIsIng 16 arts & CuLture Vice president of Sales a look at a few of the wares and specialty items found at the Waitsfield Joshua Weis farmers’ market. Sales Director 18 après Dyke Shaw Welcome to the Valley’s most novel bar and lounge settings. Did we mention Sales Manager the beanbag chairs? elizabeth Gallagher 34 sugarbush CLOse-up Valley essentials, mountain details, and the calendar of events to round out for advertising information, please contact your vacation. 650 Islington Street Portsmouth, nh 03801 603.610.0533 14 hawthornpublications.com

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12 research & Copy editor Joni Lacroix editorial Coordinator DepartMentS Jackie Leavitt art & prOduCtIOn 8 InsIde LInes art Director One on one with Owner and President Win Smith. aimee Skidds Off the WIre 10 associate Designers a look at Sugarbush’s long-term effort to clean up four of its mountain streams. michele Keane, anna nadeau 12 MOuntaIn LIvIng associate ad Designer Inside what makes David and Lynn newton’s condo, located at The farms Liz metsch development in Warren, so family friendly. production Manager 14 suMMertIMe & photo editor Practicing tightrope walking, getting elbow-deep in the arts, and other aspects Jessica Crocker Sifferlen of area summer camps that blow traditional ones out of the water. advertIsIng 16 arts & CuLture Vice president of Sales a look at a few of the wares and specialty items found at the Waitsfield Joshua Weis farmers’ market. Sales Director 18 après Dyke Shaw Welcome to the Valley’s most novel bar and lounge settings. Did we mention Sales Manager the beanbag chairs? elizabeth Gallagher 34 sugarbush CLOse-up Valley essentials, mountain details, and the calendar of events to round out for advertising information, please contact your vacation. 650 Islington Street Portsmouth, nh 03801 603.610.0533 14 hawthornpublications.com

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Welcome, friends:

September 2011 marks the 10-year anniversary of our ownership of Sugarbush resort. Since then, we have had countless powder days, watched our families grow, had great times with good friends, and welcomed new members into the Sugarbush community. While I would be hard-pressed to pull some of my favorite memories from the last decade, I can cite a few from this past season thanks to my blog – called “Win’s Word” – that I keep on Sugarbush.com. What follows is a brief snapshot of the past winter as conveyed through my regular (sometimes daily) postings.

Cheers,

Win not only celebrates 10 years at Sugarbush Resort in September, but his recent marriage Win Smith to wife, Lili, in August. Owner and President, Sugarbush resort

11/22 “I went up with John Hammond [VP of Mountain 3/1 “I was particularly pleased to ski on Sunday with two Operations] and two of our patrollers to check out the college classmates and show them around Lincoln Peak and snowmaking and make my first turns of the season. Mt. Ellen. They not only complimented our conditions, but The temperatures of the past three days really were also our friendly and helpful teammates.” favorable, and our snowmaking team did a great job… Happy Thanksgiving!” 4/5 “With 112 days now, I am really starting to get tired of skiing. It is time to wrap up the season, shut the lifts, and go 12/9 “We’re gearing up for a big weekend with open to the beach. Now if you believe that, I have a bridge to sell terrain for all abilities, the ribbon-cutting for our two new you. But this does seem like the Energizer Bunny winter, it Ski and Ride School buildings at Lincoln Peak, and all our just keeps snowing and snowing.” SugarBash festivities, including Pairing of the Passions, live music and dancing, and more. Come join us for an excellent 6/8 “The Green Mountain Opera Festival is now in full weekend of skiing, riding, and après excitement!” swing…Cast members are rehearsing in the Gate House Base Lodge and The Schoolhouse, and a number of their 1/12 “We were thrilled and honored that our new rehearsals are open to the public. In two weeks, we will governor, Peter Shumlin, decided to hold his Inaugural Ball be hosting our first-annual Solstice Brew-Grass Festival. here at Sugarbush last Friday, and we welcomed over a It is shaping up to be a great event with over 18 breweries thousand people from all around Vermont. Gate House Base and their beers available for tasting and four bands playing Lodge, Castlerock Pub, and Timbers Restaurant rocked into toe-tapping tunes.” the early hours of the morning.” 8/12 Ehendae quamus solor sedis rae cum volor res 2/3 “[Our] biggest storm of the season [logged] a new 21 doloribust ea que reptatiunt versperae quo beatectur ma inches at the peak over the last 24 hours. This morning, duci blaudant. Caectur moluptibus dolor sed quos mos the sun and blue skies are making a reappearance. There is magnia si quia aspitio te consequi dolores voloremquis only one word for yesterday, ‘Wow’; and two for today, ‘Even consed. Better’; and three for the weekend, ‘Better Be Here.’”

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Welcome, friends:

Cheers,

Win not only celebrates 10 years at Sugarbush Resort in September, but his recent marriage Win Smith to wife, Lili, in August. Owner and President, Sugarbush resort

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A Project that Twenty years in the making, Sugarbush’s Holdslongest-running Water environmental effort – to get four streams at the mountain off the EPA’s impaired list – sees its latest return in Rice Brook. By Jackie Leavitt

or Sugarbush, bugs are a big deal – and VhB had to get down to the nitty-gritty – especially when they’re living in the four pri- sampling aquatic ecology, monitoring sediment, Fmary brooks on the mountain. But they don’t assessing habitat, measuring water chemistry, Go FiGure have a negative connotation like a termite infesta- even evaluating the pebble count – before devel- breaking down the tion in your home. here, a larger amount of bugs oping a system for cleaning the water. Their first numbers associated with Sugarbush’s green efforts. translates to healthier water, the kind that is able solution was to regrade the gravel roads and park- 1 to support a diversity of life, like brook trout and ing lots and install state-of-the-art storm-water ⁄3 other native fish species. Some 20 years ago, as infrastructure, so that the water from rain and melt- Fraction of Sugarbush’s annual waste material that a result of storm-water runoff carrying gravel and ing snow now flows into pipes or open vegetated salt from roads and parking areas into the water, is diverted from traditional channels. This ensures that the sand and gravel in disposal – such as landfills or all four of the mountain streams were drastically the water won’t trickle into the streams; rather, the incineration – to be recycled, short on aquatic insects like mayflies and stone- pipes and channels lead the pollutants to one of composted, or reused. flies, causing them to rank on the environmental seven “settling basins” at the mountain’s base – 23 Protection agency’s (ePa) impaired waters list, essentially man-made ponds or wetland areas Tons in carbon dioxide below the state’s standards. that act as giant Brita filters, engineered to slowly emissions that the mountain That’s when the mountain got involved, part- reduces annually as a result release the water back into the brooks once all nering with environmental sciences consulting of switching all off-road diesel the pollutants have settled to the bottom. The final firm Vanasse hangen Brustlin (VhB) in 1996 to machinery to biodiesel fuel begin a long-term effort to clean up the streams. step is constant surveillance, with winter and sum- in 2005. The mountain was first rewarded in the late ’90s mer monitoring programs to provide an evaluation 5.6 when both Slide and Chase brooks came off the of both short- and long-term fluctuations in the Tons of food scraps that were impaired list, leaving Lincoln Peak’s rice and aquatic biodiversity. composted at Sugarbush during the 2010–11 Clay brooks still to be dealt with. Then, in late although the program tends to be one of ski season. June of 2011, the ePa officially delisted rice the more costly projects for the mountain (even Brook – a major landmark, says Sugarbush’s after all four are delisted, Sugarbush will continue 100 Director of Planning and regulatory Compliance to employ VhB to monitor the streams), “It’s not Percent of post-consumer recycled content that makes up an economical choice,” says Wade, “but it’s the margo Wade. all 8.5- by 11-inch office paper. While you may think assessing water quality one we’ve chosen because it’s the right thing for is as simple as “the clearer, the better,” Sugarbush the environment.” :

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My Mountain a handful of the newton’s favorite Sugarbush highlights.

: His & Her Trail Picks David likes intermediate Moon- shine and black-diamond Twist, which run parallel to each other on Gadd Peak, because they’re somewhat undiscovered; Lynn loves Lincoln Peak’s Ripcord because she can now ski the demanding double-black like a champ.

: PeTer’s FUNd racer Each March since 2000, the Family Matters Newtons host this NASTAR race on Sugarbush’s Spring Fling to David and Lynn Newton’s search for a second home was driven by David and Lynn Newton have been spending weekends at their 3,500-square-foot condo in Warren since benefit melanoma research in 2008; (opposite) the floor-to-ceiling windows, revealing views of Sugarbush, and the openness between memory of Peter Newton, David’s one thing and one thing only: family. By JaCKIe LeaVITT the living and dining rooms are two of the couple’s favorite features. brother and a former volunteer ski patroller. To date, they’ve raised close to a million dollars ($100,000 this past year alone) for research and care facilities (like ne of David and Lynn newton’s priori- passed away from melanoma in 1999. and with an island crafted from Vermont red maple and zone, so the kids can just go down there whenever,” the Melanoma Research Fund ties when looking for a second home in the 3,500-square-foot condo they bought in 2008, delicatus-style granite counters were also installed says David. at Massachusetts General) and the mad river Valley was that it had to located in Warren at The farms development, in the kitchen, not only for extra workspace, but to But again, it’s not about separation for the Sugarbush ski patrol. O petersfundracer.com meet a kid’s standards – kind of an odd concern as there’s no better place for embracing and honor- create places for people to linger and chat, possi- newtons, which is why they had a table specially the Boston couple doesn’t actually have any kids. ing family. bly lending a hand with preparing hors d’oeuvres or handcrafted by a local Vermont woodworker that : iNside edge “We’re very close with our nieces and nephews,” While the home was already able to host meals. “It’s never one person cooking in the kitchen; extends between the living and dining rooms and The Newtons also own a condo explains David. “We wanted the kids in our family to large numbers of people thanks to three floors, it’s always four or five,” says David, who plans to can expand to seat 20-plus people. The table at Clay Brook, which they rent have a good hangout.” four bedrooms (each with their own private bath- eventually retire here once his and Lynn’s days in comes in especially handy during their Thanksgiving out, but still take advantage of all It wasn’t entirely dependent upon the kids, room), and two separate decks, Lynn and David Boston are done. dinners, when both sides of the family visit from all the benefits of the Inside Edge program, which includes a ski however. The couple (she’s a landscape architect; wanted to open the interior up with a renovation Of course, the kids got their hangout, too: a corners of new england. (although, they typically valet, underground parking, a he’s a corporate bonds salesman) wanted a place that knocked down the kitchen’s walls to the dining finished above-ground basement. (David laughs host about 12 people during the weekends and private locker and boot storage, where they could easily reconnect with the entire and living rooms. David says the openness “is one when he uses the term “kids,” as the ages range vacation weeks, more come to visit during major the on-site fitness room, pool and family under one roof. In fact, family was the reason of the best features,” allowing people to easily float from 6 to 30.) Lynn and David finished the room holidays.) “We haven’t been here long enough to hot tubs,and more. the couple even first came to Sugarbush, visiting from room to room for mingling – all while in plain off with a big-screen TV and foosball table, and establish many traditions,” says David, “but I’d have sugarbush.com/clay-brook, 800-537-8427 almost every weekend after David’s brother, Peter view of Sugarbush, jutting upward across the valley, there’s a Jacuzzi located outside, off the patio area. to say that our Thanksgiving feast at that table is a newton, a former Sugarbush ski patrol volunteer, through the living room’s floor-to-ceiling windows. “The middle floor can kind of turn into an adult tradition in the making.” :

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My Mountain a handful of the newton’s favorite Sugarbush highlights.

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no matter the activity du jour, the group is always summer with this monday-through-friday art pro- Daddy’s treated to a gourmet lunch by the resort’s head gram, usually held at the fayston School the week all Grown up chef that includes anything from pizza with local after the fourth of July. While she tries to custom- You don’t have to be a kid to chanterelle mushrooms to pulled-pork quesadillas. ize the class based on what her first through fourth sign up for these area-based clinics and activities. Summer sugarbush.com, 800-537-8427 graders want to explore, favorite activities include plein-air watercolor painting out in the school’s gar- : golF cliNics [theater CaMp] Acting Their Age dens and making prints from leaves and flowers You get your pick of What’s one of the best ways to teach children collected from the fields that surround the school. three summer-long camps, public-speaking skills? have them use their imagi- starting in May: Ladies Night CAmP The results are one-of-a-kind keepsakes of which nation. “It’s easier for kids to play a character (Thursdays, 5:30–6:30 p.m.) and mom couldn’t be prouder. the Short Game or Full Swing clin- than it is to play themselves,” says Peter Boynton, Let them get their hands dirty faystonart.blogspot.com, 802-496-2139 ics (both held Wednesdays and artistic director of nonprofit art organization Thursdays, 10:15–11:30 a.m.) that with summertime kids’ programs The Commons Group. Boynton – a veteran Pick & Play include lunch and unlimited golf that showcase creative arts and of Broadway musicals, daytime television, and [sprIng hILL sChOOL CaMp] with cart for the remainder of the film – begins each of the mornings in this five- The three sessions for this monday-through- day. All camps are held on Sugar- outdoor activities in the area. bush’s 18-hole, Robert Trent, Sr.– day June program with circle time, when the Thursday program in June and July for preschoolers designed course and are taught by By JOnI LaCrOIx 6- to 12-year-olds practice storytelling. That’s live by the philosophy that hands-on experiences PGA professionals. No drop-ins; followed by one hour of stretching and warm-up are the primary tool for learning. Teachers plan pre-registration required. exercises, then voice lessons, and after lunch, they activities for the kids each day with educationally sugarbush.com, 800-537-8427 move on to acting, improvisation, and dancing. The inspired options, like gardening or learning about : New eNglaNd camp concludes with a 15-minute play, put on by the prisms and rainbows. Class takes place on the TeNNis Holidays 25 students on the upper floor of the restored 1891 Spring hill school grounds, with a meadow across Court strategy plus the essentials barn, which offers a breathtaking view of the Valley. the street and fenced-in “foster forest” filled with on everything from serving to vol- leying are a part of this five-hour, theskinnerbarn.com, 802-496-4422 towering pine trees and a babbling brook that, with daily boot camp (9 a.m.–3 p.m.) just a touch of imagination, transforms it into a with video analysis. Sign up in [art CaMp] Creation Session magic kingdom. advance for a two-, three-, or five- nora mcDonough, an art teacher at two local 802-496-2139 : day session that includes lodging elementary schools, extends her classes into the at Clay Brook Hotel & Residences, May through October. netennisholidays.com, 800-869-0949 : gUided kayak ToUrs You and your group (from 4 to 25 people) head down one of two Easy Riders learn the fine art of clowning, like how to juggle and rivers in these five-hour excursions walk on wires and balance beams at the Waitsfield with Clearwater Sports. The Mad [MOuntaIn bIke CaMp] River takes you from Lareau It’s not all mountain biking along the 20 miles elementary School. no prior gymnastics or athletic swimming hole to Meadow Road, of downhill and cross-country trails that weave experience required; in fact, children with physical 6.5 miles down the river; the throughout Sugarbush’s Lincoln Peak in these and mental disabilities are encouraged to enroll to Winooski River brings you to a help build their confidence and fine motor skills. secluded spot on Junkyard Rapids, five-day camps.r unning for nine weeks from where you break for lunch while June to august, the program includes challenging circusminimus.com, 802-496-5547 the kids jump off the rocks. mountain hikes, afternoon fly-fishing adventures, Mixing It Up clearwatersports.com, 802-496-2708 and outdoor survival skill training like how to [adventure CaMps] : BUrNT rock MoUNTaiN maintain your bike in tough conditions and which The mountain becomes a kid’s ultimate playground Part of the Monroe Skyline (a 15- mushrooms are safe to eat. an overnight hiking mile stretch of the 272-mile Long during these five-day summer-long programs, excursion to the mid-mountain allyn’s Lodge is an Trail that traces the spine of the with free reign of outdoor activity options, like disc Green Mountains), this steep five- option on select Thursdays throughout the summer. golf on the 18-hole course, rock-climbing at the mile round-trip hike takes you up sugarbush.com, 800-537-8427 Sugarbush health and racquet Club, zip-lining, to this 3,156-foot summit via the densely wooded Hedgehog Brook Clowning Around and tennis. 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he Waitsfield farmers’ market may Woody Jackson feel like your typical farmers’ market, [COW art] Tespecially when walking through If you eat Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, chances the rows of local produce with squash and are you’ve seen Woody Jackson’s cow art. beets from hartshorn’s Santa Davida farm; It all started with one cow painting he did chicken, pork, and fresh eggs from Gaylord at age 23 while living on a dairy farm in farm; and organic raspberries, blueberries, 1972. “I painted the cows in different places, and blackberries from Sunshine Valley Berry like in apple orchards, new mexico, even farm. But beyond those plump heirloom cityscapes,” says Jackson, who now lives in tomatoes and cuts of grass-fed beef is a Cornwall. Then in 1983, Ben & Jerry’s con- slew of artisans, offering everything from tacted him, hoping they could use his cows glass suncatchers by Circle of Stones Glass on a billboard. Thus, the animals became Studio to adirondack ski chairs by Green the face of the ice cream, with the product mountain Ski furniture to antler art (chan- snowballing into T-shirts, mugs, totes and deliers, table lamps, wine holders and racks bags, and other collectibles – all of which – all made from antlers that were naturally you can find at the market. “Why cows?” shed by moose, elk, and deer) by mad river poses Jackson, who recently unveiled a antler. here, we meet a few of those long- commissioned cow painting in Sugarbush’s time artisans, who set up shop in the mad new kids building, The Schoolhouse. “Black river Green every Saturday morning from and white in a crazy scheme of color is may to October, with wares that visitors an arresting image. Plus, they’ve got a fun line up for her simple, organic-looking have been coming to see for years. sense of humor to them.” creations. “It’s amazing when a piece just instantly matches a person’s style,” says Sheri Deflavio Deflavio. “It’s instant gratification for them [JeWeLry and for me.” desIgn] after taking a class in Larry & Linda Faillace metalworking six years [CheeseMakers] ago, Sheri Deflavio went you won’t find Three Shepherds’ farm’s out and bought pliers, cow, goat, and sheep milk cheese in the files, a saw, a hammer, dairy aisle of your local Shaw’s. you’ve got and a blow torch to try to either head to owners Linda and Larry experimenting in jewelry faillace’s east Warren farm, the Warren design in her Waitsfield Store, or the farmers’ market to try their home. Sure, there was 10 regularly offered varieties, including some trial and error Spressa, Vermont Brabander, and their while learning the art soft-ripened cheese called Cosmos, which of hammering silver is like a soft cheese, but covered in olive oil, and melting gold grains organic herbs, and anaheim pepper. But Woody Jackson’s iconic cows have been the face of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream since the to create handmade that doesn’t mean they won’t take special 1980s; (right) the product of taking a single metalworking class six years ago, Sheri cksonart.com a Deflavio’s silver and gold jewelry designs are always in high-demand at the market. chains, but it all paid off; requests. “Once,” says Linda, “we made a at the market, people cheese-loving bride a cake of cheeses." :

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MARkET freshNot your sleepy Sunday-morning market, the Waitsfield Farmers’ Market mixes things up with 65 unique vendors who display everything from woodwork and jewelry to handbags and pottery. By CaTherIne Shane he Waitsfield farmers’ market may Woody Jackson feel like your typical farmers’ market, [COW art] Tespecially when walking through If you eat Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, chances the rows of local produce with squash and are you’ve seen Woody Jackson’s cow art. beets from hartshorn’s Santa Davida farm; It all started with one cow painting he did chicken, pork, and fresh eggs from Gaylord at age 23 while living on a dairy farm in farm; and organic raspberries, blueberries, 1972. “I painted the cows in different places, and blackberries from Sunshine Valley Berry like in apple orchards, new mexico, even farm. But beyond those plump heirloom cityscapes,” says Jackson, who now lives in tomatoes and cuts of grass-fed beef is a Cornwall. Then in 1983, Ben & Jerry’s con- slew of artisans, offering everything from tacted him, hoping they could use his cows glass suncatchers by Circle of Stones Glass on a billboard. Thus, the animals became Studio to adirondack ski chairs by Green the face of the ice cream, with the product mountain Ski furniture to antler art (chan- snowballing into T-shirts, mugs, totes and deliers, table lamps, wine holders and racks bags, and other collectibles – all of which – all made from antlers that were naturally you can find at the market. “Why cows?” shed by moose, elk, and deer) by mad river poses Jackson, who recently unveiled a antler. here, we meet a few of those long- commissioned cow painting in Sugarbush’s time artisans, who set up shop in the mad new kids building, The Schoolhouse. “Black river Green every Saturday morning from and white in a crazy scheme of color is may to October, with wares that visitors an arresting image. Plus, they’ve got a fun line up for her simple, organic-looking have been coming to see for years. sense of humor to them.” creations. “It’s amazing when a piece just instantly matches a person’s style,” says Sheri Deflavio Deflavio. “It’s instant gratification for them [JeWeLry and for me.” desIgn] after taking a class in Larry & Linda Faillace metalworking six years [CheeseMakers] ago, Sheri Deflavio went you won’t find Three Shepherds’ farm’s out and bought pliers, cow, goat, and sheep milk cheese in the files, a saw, a hammer, dairy aisle of your local Shaw’s. you’ve got and a blow torch to try to either head to owners Linda and Larry experimenting in jewelry faillace’s east Warren farm, the Warren design in her Waitsfield Store, or the farmers’ market to try their home. Sure, there was 10 regularly offered varieties, including some trial and error Spressa, Vermont Brabander, and their while learning the art soft-ripened cheese called Cosmos, which of hammering silver is like a soft cheese, but covered in olive oil, and melting gold grains organic herbs, and anaheim pepper. But Woody Jackson’s iconic cows have been the face of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream since the to create handmade that doesn’t mean they won’t take special 1980s; (right) the product of taking a single metalworking class six years ago, Sheri cksonart.com a Deflavio’s silver and gold jewelry designs are always in high-demand at the market. chains, but it all paid off; requests. “Once,” says Linda, “we made a at the market, people cheese-loving bride a cake of cheeses." :

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Hostel Tevere [Warren] earth, Cotillion, Lift Line, and Castlerock Pairing to try Jalapeño Poppers + urban While this hostel has bunk beds on its run). But if your favorite run, ahem, booth, riesling 2008: These poppers, filled with second floor similar to its european coun- is already taken, a couch with side tables cheddar and cream cheese, are super terparts, its first floor is out of this world: for parking your beer is located in front of spicy because they are homemade by Chef Beanbag chairs hang like swings from the the room’s stone fireplace.Pairing to try amanda astheimer, who purposely leaves common room ceilings; the walls of the Steak Sandwich + Pabst Blue ribbon: the majority of the jalapeños’ seeds in. a bright lime green kitchen and the blue and This heaping portion of shaved steak, little too hot? The sweetness in this German yellow entry are peppered with pop art; veggies, and cheese piled into a grilled riesling helps tone down the heat a bit. bigpicturetheater.info, 802-496-8994 the bar, lined by Christmas lights, offers a baguette has the nickname “the belly casual seating space; and funky abstract bomb,” so if you plan on heading back to Timbers Restaurant benches, shelves, and side tables (made the slopes, the only way you might make [SugarBuSh] by students of yestermorrow Design/ it is to pair it with something light and less an enclosed entrance decorated with Build School) are tucked throughout. filling. sugarbush.com, 802-583-6594 landscape shots by local roxbury Pairing to try Suppli + Fuedo arancio Big Picture Theater photographer Josh axelrod gives way to nero d’avola 2009: This medium-bodied the interior of this restaurant, built in the [WaitSFieLd] red wine from Sicily nicely cuts the acidity of & Café fashion of a round barn. fifty-five-foot-tall Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is the tomato sauce in the suppli (mozzarella ceilings, timber-frame architecture, and a just a movie house with a dinky chalk- balls rolled in sauce and risotto, then fried). nine-foot-tall stone fireplace surrounded board menu. The building – modeled hosteltevere.com, 802-496-9222 by single-seat leather chairs make up the after a ‘50s diner with chunky white cof- main room, while four french doors lead to Castlerock Pub [SugarBuSh] fee cups, an old-fashioned soda fountain, the outdoor patio overlooking the bumps of Location has nothing to do with what makes and other glass and steel elements – is Stein’s run. Pairing to try grilled vermont one of the five booths in this downstairs home to two theaters, a bar lounge, a café yak Sausage + Switchback ale: The bold Gate house Base Lodge bar a local’s with 13 tables (all with full menus), and a flavor of this unfiltered amber ale (brewed favorite; rather, it’s all about the trail name bakery. Come summertime, the fenced-in in Vermont) stands up well to the richness and photo that is mounted above each of outside patio offers picnic- and café-table in this beer-infused, locally raised yak the booths, representing five of Castlerock seating underneath bright red umbrellas. meat served over mustard-cabbage slaw. Peak’s most epic runs (rumble, middle an adjacent playground keeps kids busy. sugarbush.com, 802-583-6800 :

Take a Free ride no one stepping up to drive tonight? The Green mountain Transit agency offers free transportation on The mad Bus within the towns of the mad river Valley, including Sugarbush, Warren, and Waitsfield, so you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. gmtaride.org, 802-223-7287

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20 k 21 SugarbuSh Magazine s 2011 2012 ( Dylan Dipentima This 16-year-old knows a thing or two about how to show off a 3:49.34 little during the Gravity East Series stop at Lincoln Peak. Top time that 16-year-old Logan Mulally of West “I just kind of ride and see what happens,” says 16-year-old Dylan Dipentima of his Lawn, Pennsylvania, downhill mountain biking strategy, which he employed while competing in the Gravity grabbed for his class East Series at Lincoln Peak (one of nine stops during the annual tour) for the third time (men 18 and under) at the 2010 Sugarbush 1 Question in 2011. And although he might not be the competitive type, he does have a bit of an stop – only 12 seconds extra edge on the course. How? He has become pretty familiar with it while working at With... shy of the top rider for Sugarbush’s Adventure Camps for the last two summers. Jon “smitty” smith Pro Men that year. “I had ridden [Sugarbush] a couple times before,” says the Middlebury local, “but [with The Diamond the camps] I was on it with the kids pretty often.” Dogs Head Coach As a result, he did pretty well for his class (category two, men 18 and under), placing and Program first at Sugarbush (out of nine riders). He also attributes that to having some good Director, who informal coaches (mostly friends of his father) who raced for the pro class in the series. has been at the “I get good pointers from them, so I know what to expect.” Sugarbush for And he knows how to flaunt it, too. One of his favorite parts of the course is the race’s eight years last stretch, where the woods open up to the trail lined by spectators – ideal for wowing the crowd. “I like the berms and jumps [along this stretch],” he says. “I prefer catching Q: Is it hard for parents to let air to going over the really bumpy stuff really fast.” their kids go into a egan’s advice freestyle program? Sure, he’s an extreme “We do hear skiing legend, but concerns, but we also get a lot of, John egan, founder ‘Oh, jeez, my son or of Sugarbush’s daughter is going Adventure Learning in the park and Center, also mountain going off these bikes. Here, he gives a jumps, and I want to make sure [he or few how-tos to coach she] knows what kids through to do, so I want to edgy adventures. get some coaching.’ When there’s an • Make sure the kids are sam greshin inevitability that dressed for the worst their kids are going conditions possible, Competing with the Diamond Dogs, Sugarbush’s freestyle team, for the last six to be hitting jumps, in layers: moisture- years, this 16-year-old has become something of a mogul master. a lot of parents are wicking clothes, actually relieved motocross pants, waterproof shoes While most kids who regularly compete in freestyle or alpine racing usually attend a ski academy, Sam when they get with toe boxes, and a Greshin, who competes in five or six freestyle events a year, does not. “He elected to not go to ski acad- their kids in full facial helmet. emy, in large part, because he didn’t want to go away to school,” says his father, Adam Greshin. Instead, this program.” • Ride just one level given that he lives at the foot of the mountain (behind the Sugarbush Inn), Sam has been able to feed above their level, his competitive fire since he was 10 with the Diamond Dogs. As Sugarbush’s freestyle team, the Dogs making sure each includes around 40 skiers and snowboarders, ages 9 to 18, who represent the mountain both regionally and every move is and nationally. easily identifiable and slightly exaggerated. Now 16 years old, he has competed all around the east and even headed to the Junior Olympics at If they’re going over a Steamboat last season. His favorite discipline: moguls. “He’s good at the jumps and tricks [in mogul com- one-foot drop, I’ll do petitions],” says Adam, “but he’s phenomenal in those bumps. He’s amazingly powerful.” So much so that it first, then maybe it helped him grab 2009 USSA Eastern Freestyle Rookie of the Year, finishing among the top 10 freeskiers 4,083 Height in feet of go over a two-footer. in the East for his age group. Mt. Ellen, the third Or I’ll take a faster, more advanced line And while his training schedule might look rigorous to you and me (he’s on the mountain training in full-day highest summit in to show them how to sessions on the weekends, then half-day sessions three times during the school week), it’s considerably Vermont, where handle that speed. less than what he would encounter at an academy. “Coach [Jon] ‘Smitty’ [Smith] is just that good,” says the Diamond • Once in a while, step Adam. “He’s a real pro; he’s the best you’ll get.” It also can’t hurt that Sam seems to have an innate talent for Dogs train on a permanent mogul out and show off a this type of skiing. “We’re definitely not a groomer family,” adds his father. “We like the rough and tumble.” course, in the park, bit, so they can see plus trees, steeps, what they can aspire ylov r and groomers. k to as a rider. gene

SugarbuSh 22 Magazine u 2011 23 2012 e macys sandy Dylan Dipentima This 16-year-old knows a thing or two about how to show off a 3:49.34 little during the Gravity East Series stop at Lincoln Peak. Top time that 16-year-old Logan Mulally of West “I just kind of ride and see what happens,” says 16-year-old Dylan Dipentima of his Lawn, Pennsylvania, downhill mountain biking strategy, which he employed while competing in the Gravity grabbed for his class East Series at Lincoln Peak (one of nine stops during the annual tour) for the third time (men 18 and under) at the 2010 Sugarbush 1 Question in 2011. And although he might not be the competitive type, he does have a bit of an stop – only 12 seconds extra edge on the course. How? He has become pretty familiar with it while working at With... shy of the top rider for Sugarbush’s Adventure Camps for the last two summers. Jon “smitty” smith Pro Men that year. “I had ridden [Sugarbush] a couple times before,” says the Middlebury local, “but [with The Diamond the camps] I was on it with the kids pretty often.” Dogs Head Coach As a result, he did pretty well for his class (category two, men 18 and under), placing and Program first at Sugarbush (out of nine riders). He also attributes that to having some good Director, who informal coaches (mostly friends of his father) who raced for the pro class in the series. has been at the “I get good pointers from them, so I know what to expect.” Sugarbush for And he knows how to flaunt it, too. One of his favorite parts of the course is the race’s eight years last stretch, where the woods open up to the trail lined by spectators – ideal for wowing the crowd. “I like the berms and jumps [along this stretch],” he says. “I prefer catching Q: Is it hard for parents to let air to going over the really bumpy stuff really fast.” their kids go into a egan’s advice freestyle program? Sure, he’s an extreme “We do hear skiing legend, but concerns, but we also get a lot of, John egan, founder ‘Oh, jeez, my son or of Sugarbush’s daughter is going Adventure Learning in the park and Center, also mountain going off these bikes. Here, he gives a jumps, and I want to make sure [he or few how-tos to coach she] knows what kids through to do, so I want to edgy adventures. get some coaching.’ When there’s an • Make sure the kids are sam greshin inevitability that dressed for the worst their kids are going conditions possible, Competing with the Diamond Dogs, Sugarbush’s freestyle team, for the last six to be hitting jumps, in layers: moisture- years, this 16-year-old has become something of a mogul master. a lot of parents are wicking clothes, actually relieved motocross pants, waterproof shoes While most kids who regularly compete in freestyle or alpine racing usually attend a ski academy, Sam when they get with toe boxes, and a Greshin, who competes in five or six freestyle events a year, does not. “He elected to not go to ski acad- their kids in full facial helmet. emy, in large part, because he didn’t want to go away to school,” says his father, Adam Greshin. Instead, this program.” • Ride just one level given that he lives at the foot of the mountain (behind the Sugarbush Inn), Sam has been able to feed above their level, his competitive fire since he was 10 with the Diamond Dogs. As Sugarbush’s freestyle team, the Dogs making sure each includes around 40 skiers and snowboarders, ages 9 to 18, who represent the mountain both regionally and every move is and nationally. easily identifiable and slightly exaggerated. Now 16 years old, he has competed all around the east and even headed to the Junior Olympics at If they’re going over a Steamboat last season. His favorite discipline: moguls. “He’s good at the jumps and tricks [in mogul com- one-foot drop, I’ll do petitions],” says Adam, “but he’s phenomenal in those bumps. He’s amazingly powerful.” So much so that it first, then maybe it helped him grab 2009 USSA Eastern Freestyle Rookie of the Year, finishing among the top 10 freeskiers 4,083 Height in feet of go over a two-footer. in the East for his age group. Mt. Ellen, the third Or I’ll take a faster, more advanced line And while his training schedule might look rigorous to you and me (he’s on the mountain training in full-day highest summit in to show them how to sessions on the weekends, then half-day sessions three times during the school week), it’s considerably Vermont, where handle that speed. less than what he would encounter at an academy. “Coach [Jon] ‘Smitty’ [Smith] is just that good,” says the Diamond • Once in a while, step Adam. “He’s a real pro; he’s the best you’ll get.” It also can’t hurt that Sam seems to have an innate talent for Dogs train on a permanent mogul out and show off a this type of skiing. “We’re definitely not a groomer family,” adds his father. “We like the rough and tumble.” course, in the park, bit, so they can see plus trees, steeps, what they can aspire ylov r and groomers. k to as a rider. gene

SugarbuSh 22 Magazine u 2011 23 2012 e macys sandy 1958 a typical The year that Sugarbush opened day at Castlerock Peak. gmvs Today, it’s one of ...or, we should the most famous say, lack thereof. mountains to ski in Vermont because Here, we break there’s still no down a day’s snowmaking or routine that is far grooming there from the high- – just the natural, school norm. challenging bumps, jumps, and cliffs. 7 a.m. Rise and shine! Breakfast time for boarding Danny and Drew Duffy students. 7:40 a.m. First class There’s no sibling rivalry between these two brothers who race for the Green of the day. Mountain Valley School (GMVS). In fact, 16-year-old Drew (below) and 8:45 a.m. Recess 17-year-old Danny (above) have helped each other become standouts on the already? Not alpine circuit. quite. Pile into Joining vans headed to Danny Duffy wasn’t technically born with skis on, but it was close. “A pair of the smallest Hart skis Sugarbush and the Forces Trapp Family Lodge. A look at the Ski you ever saw were brought to the hospital as a gift from his grandparents,” says Danny’s mom, Betsy Duffy. Fourteen months later, Drew arrived, and soon, the preschool-aged Duffy brothers were tearing the east Freeride 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. up the slopes at Burke and Mad River Glen. Then, when Mad River coach Sally Utter recommended Alpine and Nordic Tour’s origins. GMVS to Danny and Drew, each boy enrolled in the school when he reached seventh grade – moving training on snow. In 2010, the folks up from Medfield, Massachusetts, to Warren, Vermont. behind the online 1 p.m. Lunch. community Ski the Only a year apart in school and with a similar focus on alpine racing, they don’t display the sibling 1:30 p.m. Classes East looked around rivalry you’d imagine. They work together, says Betsy – when they travel to Chile or Mt. Hood in resume. and noticed that Oregon, Danny is the airport navigator, and Drew the expert ski tuner. They also motivate one another, four competitions – 6 p.m. Dinner for pushing each other during their almost-daily training sessions (“Mondays are all academics,” says boarding students; at Mad River Glen, sJ grundon Danny) on Sugarbush’s Mt. Ellen, where they practice their turns for three to four hours in the morning day students head Magic Mountain, on Inverness. Sugarbush, and Nobody better embodies “girl power” on the slopes than this 14-year-old, home. Jay Peak – were who took on the Junior Castlerock Extreme Challenge and won it for the That kind of motivation has paid off: In March 2011, Danny won the national giant slalom title for his age 6:45 p.m. Study, chill remarkably similar group, while Drew finished seventh. “I think I get almost as nervous watching Danny race than when out, tune skis. in the way they women’s division. I am standing in the start gate myself,” says Drew. “I think it’s the same for him, too – we just want to Lights out. tasked skiers with 10 p.m. see each other succeed.” Dream of glory. extreme terrain. So How many 14-year-olds do you know who are able to take on a gnarly run – littered with bumps, the four, including jumps, and plenty of cliffs – and ride it better than someone with decades of experience? Let us Sugarbush’s introduce you to 14-year-old SJ Grundon of Lincoln, who placed first for the women’s division in the Castlerock Extreme, 2011 Sugarbush Junior Castlerock Extreme Challenge, the annual March event that sends competi- became one season- tors down the steep, narrow, and ungroomed Lift Line. long comp: The Ski the East Freeride “I love hucking cliffs,” she says of what attracted her to this event that officially created a junior divi- Tour. Though sion in 2011 for riders younger than 14 years old who qualify. “After I huck a 10-foot cliff and land it… it’s modeled on it’s just like, ‘Whoa.’ It just feels great. I live for that.” Western freeskiing She usually gets her fill of cliffs from competing all around New England for the Diamond Dogs, 50 competitions, the Number of East’s beast has its Sugarbush’s freestyle team. “I love that program, but balancing ski and homework can be challenging,” she admits of her daily training schedule. graduates from own Yankee appeal. GMVS who have Case in point: The But she manages. After taming Castlerock, she went on to claim overall first place in the Ski the gone on to some East provides East tour, which is the umbrella event (see “Joining Forces,” left) that the Castlerock Extreme sort of National the best training falls under. “I’m the ‘Ski the East Queen,’” she jokes when asked what her official title was. (It’s Team (U.S. Ski grounds with steep, Team, Deaflympics, rocky, and narrow Ski the East Freeride Tour Champion, SJ.) So what’s her secret? “It’s all about keeping that confidence,” she says. “When I feel confident and stay confident, it’s easier to stomp a landing and and Paralympics), terrain that prepares including Doug have a good run.” skiers for anything Lewis ’82, A.J. Kitt out West or around ’86, and Daron

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SugarbuSh 24 Magazine 2011 25 2012 sandy macys sandy (bot H 1958 a typical The year that Sugarbush opened day at Castlerock Peak. gmvs Today, it’s one of ...or, we should the most famous say, lack thereof. mountains to ski in Vermont because Here, we break there’s still no down a day’s snowmaking or routine that is far grooming there from the high- – just the natural, school norm. challenging bumps, jumps, and cliffs. 7 a.m. Rise and shine! Breakfast time for boarding Danny and Drew Duffy students. 7:40 a.m. First class There’s no sibling rivalry between these two brothers who race for the Green of the day. Mountain Valley School (GMVS). In fact, 16-year-old Drew (below) and 8:45 a.m. Recess 17-year-old Danny (above) have helped each other become standouts on the already? Not alpine circuit. quite. Pile into Joining vans headed to Danny Duffy wasn’t technically born with skis on, but it was close. “A pair of the smallest Hart skis Sugarbush and the Forces Trapp Family Lodge. A look at the Ski you ever saw were brought to the hospital as a gift from his grandparents,” says Danny’s mom, Betsy Duffy. Fourteen months later, Drew arrived, and soon, the preschool-aged Duffy brothers were tearing the east Freeride 9 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. up the slopes at Burke and Mad River Glen. Then, when Mad River coach Sally Utter recommended Alpine and Nordic Tour’s origins. GMVS to Danny and Drew, each boy enrolled in the school when he reached seventh grade – moving training on snow. In 2010, the folks up from Medfield, Massachusetts, to Warren, Vermont. behind the online 1 p.m. Lunch. community Ski the Only a year apart in school and with a similar focus on alpine racing, they don’t display the sibling 1:30 p.m. Classes East looked around rivalry you’d imagine. They work together, says Betsy – when they travel to Chile or Mt. Hood in resume. and noticed that Oregon, Danny is the airport navigator, and Drew the expert ski tuner. They also motivate one another, four competitions – 6 p.m. Dinner for pushing each other during their almost-daily training sessions (“Mondays are all academics,” says boarding students; at Mad River Glen, sJ grundon Danny) on Sugarbush’s Mt. Ellen, where they practice their turns for three to four hours in the morning day students head Magic Mountain, on Inverness. Sugarbush, and Nobody better embodies “girl power” on the slopes than this 14-year-old, home. Jay Peak – were who took on the Junior Castlerock Extreme Challenge and won it for the That kind of motivation has paid off: In March 2011, Danny won the national giant slalom title for his age 6:45 p.m. Study, chill remarkably similar group, while Drew finished seventh. “I think I get almost as nervous watching Danny race than when out, tune skis. in the way they women’s division. I am standing in the start gate myself,” says Drew. “I think it’s the same for him, too – we just want to Lights out. tasked skiers with 10 p.m. see each other succeed.” Dream of glory. extreme terrain. So How many 14-year-olds do you know who are able to take on a gnarly run – littered with bumps, the four, including jumps, and plenty of cliffs – and ride it better than someone with decades of experience? Let us Sugarbush’s introduce you to 14-year-old SJ Grundon of Lincoln, who placed first for the women’s division in the Castlerock Extreme, 2011 Sugarbush Junior Castlerock Extreme Challenge, the annual March event that sends competi- became one season- tors down the steep, narrow, and ungroomed Lift Line. long comp: The Ski the East Freeride “I love hucking cliffs,” she says of what attracted her to this event that officially created a junior divi- Tour. Though sion in 2011 for riders younger than 14 years old who qualify. “After I huck a 10-foot cliff and land it… it’s modeled on it’s just like, ‘Whoa.’ It just feels great. I live for that.” Western freeskiing She usually gets her fill of cliffs from competing all around New England for the Diamond Dogs, 50 competitions, the Number of East’s beast has its Sugarbush’s freestyle team. “I love that program, but balancing ski and homework can be challenging,” she admits of her daily training schedule. graduates from own Yankee appeal. GMVS who have Case in point: The But she manages. After taming Castlerock, she went on to claim overall first place in the Ski the gone on to some East provides East tour, which is the umbrella event (see “Joining Forces,” left) that the Castlerock Extreme sort of National the best training falls under. “I’m the ‘Ski the East Queen,’” she jokes when asked what her official title was. (It’s Team (U.S. Ski grounds with steep, Team, Deaflympics, rocky, and narrow Ski the East Freeride Tour Champion, SJ.) So what’s her secret? “It’s all about keeping that confidence,” she says. “When I feel confident and stay confident, it’s easier to stomp a landing and and Paralympics), terrain that prepares including Doug have a good run.” skiers for anything Lewis ’82, A.J. Kitt out West or around ’86, and Daron the world. tos) doug williams o Rahlves ’91. H p

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there’d be no new school without n the surface, Mt. ellen’s riemergasse Park is certainly the ultimate showcase of modern riding, with the old school, and no place honors innovative rail features, consistent jump lines, and a beginner-intermediate section. But dig a bit deeper, that better than Sugarbush’s Oand you’ll also find a pedigree dating back to the riemergasse park. scrappy beginnings of freestyle snowboarding, when most “parks” consisted of plastic barrel bonks and crude hand-shaped jumps. by Jesse huffman and while the terrain under riders’ boards and skis may seem a world apart today, the vibe is decidedly similar to that bygone era – something Sugarbush Parks director tony chiuchiolo has taken a serious effort to maintain.

“i’m very familiar with the freestyle roots of Sugarbush, and what i tried to do is bring that old-school feeling back,” says chiuchiolo, a pro rider for the resort from 1994 to ’99 (who also saw Sugarbush become one of the first resorts to use snowcats to build dedicated freestyle features in the early ’90s). “i wanted to create an atmo- sphere where people can be comfortable, have fun, progress, and not worry about being judged,” he adds.

Judged or not, riders still want to look good when it comes to hitting the park, so, here, chiuchiolo and a few of Sugarbush’s Pro team riders reveal their secrets to mastering four of the park’s staple features that represent the essence of old school.

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SugarbuSh 26 Magazine The Rail Line Wallride Old-School Influence in this series of 10 beginner and your board parallel, and simply ride like you would on snow. Old-School Influence the goal was to “include some- Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip Once you can ride across intermediate features blended down graduation (a trail adjacent to thing influenced by the skateboard scene,” chiuchiolo says about some stretch of it, you can start riding all the way up to the box-like riemergasse), the rail is the signature element – inspired by the Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip after 50-50s, the next step this 8- by 20-foot-tall wallride, a feature long employed in skate top edge. “imagine you’re riding a skateboard in a half-pipe,” says stair handrails skateboarders have been grinding since the mid- is the boardslide, where your board rides perpendicular on the rail parks. essentially, it’s a short ramp transition to a vertical wall. deforge. to start, come in slower than normal to do a simple stall ’70s, before translating to the first terrain park in the ’90s.i n its with your back facing uphill. Start with the ollie, but instead of stay- (balancing on the top edge for a moment before riding back down) simplest form, the rail is one of the first freestyle features riders ing in the parallel 50-50, quickly twist your board 90 degrees (with Key Tip to Hit approaching with speed, explains Pro team and work your way up to the more technical boardslide (with the need to master before moving up to larger and more complex ele- your front foot leading the turn) as you come down over the rail. rider Luke haddock, is essential to just getting on this steep fea- snowboard grinding perpendicularly across the top edge). always ments. here, they come lined one after the other, so riders get a to keep from catching an edge and falling forward, lean slightly ture, let alone riding it out. come in parallel with the feature, so the make sure you land flat-based on the wall’s hard, slippery surface. consistent flow. back as you ride downhill. keep your eyes locked on the end of the transition onto the wall’s base ramp is as smooth as possible to feature, says Sugarbush Pro team rider Jeff deforge; it keeps you maintain momentum and propel yourself up and horizontally across Added Bonus “the surprise is that given its sheer size, [a lot Key Tip to Hit Perfecting the ollie is critical to nailing your first balanced and on track to slide the whole rail. its near-vertical surface (that’s right newbies; you won’t be riding of levels of] park riders can hit it,” says chiuchiolo. “you can hit it basic 50-50 grind (where your board is parallel over the feature) on straight up it, but across, the nose of your board leading the way, really low, or, if you’re a seasoned rider, you can go right to the top this series. to do so, stand square and balanced, bend your knees, Added Bonus as the name implies, this rail line is all about tak- as if you were surfing in a wave). it’s a wild sensation, with your feet and do a hand-plant or boardslide.” and shift your weight to your back foot to put pressure on the tail of ing what riders know to the next level with features that run downhill almost level with your head, but once you get it dialed in, it’s a blast. the board, creating a flex that will act as your spring. Quickly, begin from smaller to bigger. “What surprises people is that by the time the jump off that spring, lifting your front and then your rear foot. they get to the bigger boxes or rails, they’re confident enough to hit Land how you started: square and balanced. Once you’ve got this them,” says chiuchiolo. “When you’ve got a flow going, it actually down, to do a 50-50, all you need is to ollie onto the feature, keep becomes easier for you to transition to the bigger stuff.”

SugarbuSh 28 Magazine 2011 29 2012 sandy macys sandy aaron blatt The Rail Line Wallride Old-School Influence in this series of 10 beginner and your board parallel, and simply ride like you would on snow. Old-School Influence the goal was to “include some- Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip Once you can ride across intermediate features blended down graduation (a trail adjacent to thing influenced by the skateboard scene,” chiuchiolo says about some stretch of it, you can start riding all the way up to the box-like riemergasse), the rail is the signature element – inspired by the Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip after 50-50s, the next step this 8- by 20-foot-tall wallride, a feature long employed in skate top edge. “imagine you’re riding a skateboard in a half-pipe,” says stair handrails skateboarders have been grinding since the mid- is the boardslide, where your board rides perpendicular on the rail parks. essentially, it’s a short ramp transition to a vertical wall. deforge. to start, come in slower than normal to do a simple stall ’70s, before translating to the first terrain park in the ’90s.i n its with your back facing uphill. Start with the ollie, but instead of stay- (balancing on the top edge for a moment before riding back down) simplest form, the rail is one of the first freestyle features riders ing in the parallel 50-50, quickly twist your board 90 degrees (with Key Tip to Hit approaching with speed, explains Pro team and work your way up to the more technical boardslide (with the need to master before moving up to larger and more complex ele- your front foot leading the turn) as you come down over the rail. rider Luke haddock, is essential to just getting on this steep fea- snowboard grinding perpendicularly across the top edge). always ments. here, they come lined one after the other, so riders get a to keep from catching an edge and falling forward, lean slightly ture, let alone riding it out. come in parallel with the feature, so the make sure you land flat-based on the wall’s hard, slippery surface. consistent flow. back as you ride downhill. keep your eyes locked on the end of the transition onto the wall’s base ramp is as smooth as possible to feature, says Sugarbush Pro team rider Jeff deforge; it keeps you maintain momentum and propel yourself up and horizontally across Added Bonus “the surprise is that given its sheer size, [a lot Key Tip to Hit Perfecting the ollie is critical to nailing your first balanced and on track to slide the whole rail. its near-vertical surface (that’s right newbies; you won’t be riding of levels of] park riders can hit it,” says chiuchiolo. “you can hit it basic 50-50 grind (where your board is parallel over the feature) on straight up it, but across, the nose of your board leading the way, really low, or, if you’re a seasoned rider, you can go right to the top this series. to do so, stand square and balanced, bend your knees, Added Bonus as the name implies, this rail line is all about tak- as if you were surfing in a wave). it’s a wild sensation, with your feet and do a hand-plant or boardslide.” and shift your weight to your back foot to put pressure on the tail of ing what riders know to the next level with features that run downhill almost level with your head, but once you get it dialed in, it’s a blast. the board, creating a flex that will act as your spring. Quickly, begin from smaller to bigger. “What surprises people is that by the time the jump off that spring, lifting your front and then your rear foot. they get to the bigger boxes or rails, they’re confident enough to hit Land how you started: square and balanced. Once you’ve got this them,” says chiuchiolo. “When you’ve got a flow going, it actually down, to do a 50-50, all you need is to ollie onto the feature, keep becomes easier for you to transition to the bigger stuff.”

SugarbuSh 28 Magazine 2011 29 2012 sandy macys sandy aaron blatt Cabot Rainbow Box Old-School Influence this 26-foot-long, two-foot-wide, the whole thing without stopping. But haddock stresses that you and six-foot-tall (at its apex) rainbow box (shaped like a “c” on its really must have the right speed, otherwise, if too fast, “you might side) owes a lot to early boarders who rode the curved boughs blast off the top of that daddy!” of trees weighed down by deep snow. “the cabot box takes the natural rainbow tree jibs that were popular in the mid-’90s and Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip Once you get the feel for transfers that to a park feature that is accessible to the public,” this element, deforge suggests jumping from the side up to the says chiuchiolo. top into a straight 50-50 grind or boardslide. Or use the “rainbow” transition like a jump, riding on with speed and then catching air off Key Tip to Hit you’ll need to first get comfortable with this the highest point. feature’s up-then-down curve by figuring out the speed with which you’ll need to approach it. come in slow with the basic 50-50 and Added Bonus Once you master balance, grinds, and board- – keeping your knees bent and your body centered over the board slides on this rainbow box, all the regular flat-boxes and rails will to maintain balance – ride the box just up to its peak, then jump off seem like a breeze. it also preps you for bigger, more complicated the side. the next time you stop at its apex, let yourself slide the ones, like the roller coaster rails, which have the same sort of rise downward curve. Once you get a sense of the curve, attempt riding and fall as the rainbow. atkinson n H

SugarbuSh 30 Magazine o 2011 31 2012 J Cabot Rainbow Box Old-School Influence this 26-foot-long, two-foot-wide, the whole thing without stopping. But haddock stresses that you and six-foot-tall (at its apex) rainbow box (shaped like a “c” on its really must have the right speed, otherwise, if too fast, “you might side) owes a lot to early boarders who rode the curved boughs blast off the top of that daddy!” of trees weighed down by deep snow. “the cabot box takes the natural rainbow tree jibs that were popular in the mid-’90s and Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip Once you get the feel for transfers that to a park feature that is accessible to the public,” this element, deforge suggests jumping from the side up to the says chiuchiolo. top into a straight 50-50 grind or boardslide. Or use the “rainbow” transition like a jump, riding on with speed and then catching air off Key Tip to Hit you’ll need to first get comfortable with this the highest point. feature’s up-then-down curve by figuring out the speed with which you’ll need to approach it. come in slow with the basic 50-50 and Added Bonus Once you master balance, grinds, and board- – keeping your knees bent and your body centered over the board slides on this rainbow box, all the regular flat-boxes and rails will to maintain balance – ride the box just up to its peak, then jump off seem like a breeze. it also preps you for bigger, more complicated the side. the next time you stop at its apex, let yourself slide the ones, like the roller coaster rails, which have the same sort of rise downward curve. Once you get a sense of the curve, attempt riding and fall as the rainbow. atkinson n H

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Barrel Bonk Old-School Influence Part of a recent movement to hard; it could throw off your balance and make you crash. incorporate big, non-traditional objects into the park, this 11-foot- tall water tank brings in more skateboard influence – particularly the Pro Rider’s Next-Level Tip after dialing in a regular early ’90s obsession with jumping over objects and giving them a bonk and the backside 360 on a regular jump, combine them on quick tap in the air. Set upright in between a jump and landing, rid- this feature. “ride up to the takeoff, ready to pop up and over the ers fly over the gap and give the barrel a satisfying bonk in between. barrel,” explains deforge. “Pop and rotate off your toe edge, timing the first 180 right when you dip your nose down to tap the bonk, Key Tip to Hit Before actually attempting to tail bonk the continue your rotation the next 180, and open up your shoulders to barrel, first practice clearing it cleanly. then try airing in closer and prepare for the landing.” Land with both feet flat and get ready for closer, pulling both your feet up so that your knees almost bend the next feature. at a 90-degree angle. this will minimize the distance you’ll have to extend your board to make contact. Once you feel confident airing Added Bonus With a little work from the staff, the barrel bonk over, you can simply extend your back foot slightly, but make sure becomes several different features throughout the season. Laying the height and moment are just right: you should be about a foot the full length of the barrel down on the snow creates a long surface above the barrel and your board should be parallel to the surface for sliding, while burying it in the snow exposes a low-to-the-ground, you intend to tap. But don’t put any weight on the barrel or tap too rounded dome for beginners to practice on. : ndy macys ndy

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n the mid-1950s, when Sugarbush cofounder Damon Gadd first gazed upon these mountain peaks, he knew he was onto something special. If treated with respect, I this area would provide timeless inspiration and recreation for all. On Christmas Day in 1958, under the management of other founder Jack murphy, Sugarbush opened with two lifts – the gondola and the T-bar – and 10 trails. Castlerock Peak opened in 1959, and by the mid-’60s, the sophisticated manhattan crowd of architects, fashion models, and high society who frequented the resort influenced Vogue Magazine to nickname Sugarbush “mascara mountain.” Then the 1979 acquisition of mt. ellen nearly doubled the size of Sugarbush. finally, in 2001, Win Smith and the late Joe riemer purchased the resort and started making Sugarbush what it is today: a customer-focused four-season resort that treats the outdoors as a gift to be passed along to generations to come. LOCaLLy OWned you don’t have to look far to find the owners – President Win Smith and fellow investor adam Greshin live right here in Warren. after a career on Wall Street, Smith joined the ski industry in 2001 and now oversees daily operations, while logging as many as 125 days on the hill (as he did last winter). he loves to swap powder stories, listen to ideas on how to make the resort better, and show you a secret stash. The same goes for Greshin, a former research analyst at Boston’s Scudder, Stevens & Clark Inc., an avid skier and mountain biker, and father of three teenagers. When adam’s not on the mountain, he’s in montpelier as a Washington District representative. Between these two, Sugarbush is in good hands.

a neW LInCOLn tree skIIng peak vILLage When the powder’s falling, the trees are a-calling, and at Sugarbush, skiing and riding In 2006, a “barn raising” ushered in the opening of the lines between the trunks is engrained into the culture. The resort boasts more Clay Brook hotel & residences and the new Gate than 2,000 acres of wooded terrain in the remote backcountry of Slide Brook Basin house Base Lodge – the beginning of the Lincoln alone (not including the 20 marked inbounds areas for beginner to advanced tree ski- Peak Village. Last season, with the introduction of ers). Kids learn young through the Ski and ride School’s Blazer Program, and it’s not The farmhouse and The Schoolhouse, the Village uncommon to see them leading their parents into a new line. But remember to stay feels complete and personifies the marriage of safe: The resort’s outback guides – including the legendary John egan – can show modern amenities and nineteenth-century Vermont you around the backcountry, and there are tree-skiing lessons available through the architecture. The Schoolhouse – adorned with wall adventure Learning Center. murals by local artists like Woody Jackson (his are

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ral) 64-year-old Paul Sickorez from amesbury, massachusetts, who, last winter, skied 20

u areas like the “Beaver Den.” across the courtyard, The farmhouse houses a complete lineup of rental days during his first season. for just $255, participants get the first-Timer to Life-Timer

are; ( m three-day beginner lesson that includes lift access and rental equipment. and when the

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u areas like the “Beaver Den.” across the courtyard, The farmhouse houses a complete lineup of rental days during his first season. for just $255, participants get the first-Timer to Life-Timer

are; ( m three-day beginner lesson that includes lift access and rental equipment. and when the

e gear, top-of-the-line Wintersteiger tuning equip- t ment, adult ski and ride programs, the Sunrise Café, lesson is over, Sugarbush gives you a free unrestricted season pass for the rest of the san u season, so you can keep improving. It seems to be working; since the lesson’s inception s and the resort real estate office. Lastly, The General n) in 2009–10, Sugarbush has graduated 316 skiers and riders, and the program has seen g i Store is home to artisan crafts, provisions (like beer, wine, and ice cream), and kids’ games. a 77 percent growth each year. Come summertime, a version of the first-Timer to Life- cys; ( s Timer program is offered for lift-served mountain biking, as well. a m ndy ndy a s er) i k 35 s 2011 2012 ( SugarbuSh close-up

LOdgIng frOM farM tO pLate from slope-side luxury to quaint country living, the Sugarbush Cabin vacation team a visit to the Valley isn’t complete without discov- will find something to suit your family. The slope-side Clay Brook hotel & residences ering one of the many farms that bring food to offers 61 units, ranging from studios to five-bedroom suites, and features ski-in/ski-out local tables. Kingsbury farm in Waitsfield, owned access, full valet service, a year-round outdoor heated pool and hot tubs, a fitness center, by Vermont foodbank, provides fresh produce and Timbers restaurant. Down the road is the 42-room Sugarbush Inn, open all winter for the Kingsbury market Garden, as well as and for private groups in the summer. The inn – with a restaurant in the winter, nooks regional food shelves. Lareau farm, just on the for reading, and a parlor with an adjoining tap room – has the cozy charm of a Vermont other side of the river, is the unsuspecting home country inn with all the services of a resort. additional lodging throughout the Valley can of american flatbread’s gourmet wood-fired pizzas be found on Sugarbush’s website and booked online. that are loaded with home-grown vegetables. The Vermont yak Company and Von Trapp farmstead transpOrtatIOn (yes, as in The Sound of Music) provide fresh (garden) sandy macys (garden) sandy The Burlington International airport is just 44 miles from Sugarbush, with daily flights arriv- meats and cheeses to Valley homes and restau- ; ing from new york, Boston, and other metropolitan areas. amtrak runs trains from major rants. and Sugarbush’s own locavore gardens eastern cities into rutland (one hour south of Sugarbush) and Waterbury (30 minutes – spread throughout the premises – produce corn, north). and once you’ve arrived, Green mountain Transit offers free public transportation beans, greens, and strawberries that are served at services in the winter season within the mad river Valley region via the mad Bus.

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MOuntaIn statIstICs Skiable acres: 578 miles of trails: 53 Tree-skiing areas: 20 Summit elevation: 4,083 feet Base elevation: 1,483 feet Vertical drop: 2,600 feet average annual snowfall: 269 inches Terrain parks: 3

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10/8 Community Day dining celebration in Timbers 3/10 Castlerock Extreme 4/8 Easter Sunday Celebrate Celebration a family celebration restaurant, and the annual torch- This longstanding Sugarbush easter with a sunrise service at that brings together the Sugarbush light parade and fireworks. event challenges the top skiers allyn’s Lodge, egg hunts, and a community for Win’s update on the 1/14–16 Martin Luther to take on Castlerock Peak’s brunch at Timbers restaurant. resort, a harvest-time barbecue, King Jr. Weekend This long famous Lift Line run. 4/14–15 Sugarbush free kids’ bike clinics, a dog- weekend is perfect for a quick 3/18 Vermont Teddy Bear Adventure Games This friendly family hike, crafts, live ski-and-ride vacation that Race There’s no better way to weekend of running, paddling, bik- music, and more. includes fireworks, a mini–farm- introduce your children to racing ing, and skiing through the Valley 11/19 Big Kicker at the Big ers’ market, parents’ night out, than with this event that features includes the popular Kids’ Triathlon Picture mad river Glen and and a kids’ movie. a visit from Vermont Teddy Bear. on Saturday and then the four- Sugarbush team up to kick off the event triathlon on Sunday (open 2/4 Junior Castlerock 3/24 Sugaring Time ski-and-ride season at the Valley’s to men, women, corporate groups, Extreme young skiers take Festival This day of spring ski- community gathering spot: the Big on Sugarbush’s famed peak – and teams of family and friends). Picture Theater & Café. festivities ing comes accompanied with a Castlerock – in this second annual 5/28–6/17 Green include a ski-and-ride movie show- heaping helping of maple syrup, junior version of the Castlerock Mountain Opera Festival ing, a photography exhibit, music, including a maple-doughnut extreme, with winners progressing Bringing international talent to and drink specials. eating contest for kids, sugar-on- to the adult competition (scheduled snow sampling, a mountain-wide the Valley, this festival offers free 12/12–16 Valley Ski and for 3/10). But remember to sign scavenger hunt, a barbecuing open rehearsals at Lincoln Peak, Ride Week Get ready for the up early – this competition sells competition, and live music. affordable family-friendly outdoor season with these five days out fast. performances, an Opera Brunch of coaching from Sugarbush’s 3/25 Dummy Big Air 2/5 Mount Hardwear at Timbers restaurant, and finale adventure Learning Center experts Design and build a dummy and Randonnee Race Top back- performances in the Valley and at and pre- and après social events. launch it off a giant jump to country racers – as well as expert the Barre Opera house. the cheers of the crowd. Prizes 12/24 Christmas Eve recreational skiers – converge in 6/16 Solstice Brew-Grass are awarded for “most original Service The nondenominational the mad river Valley for this endur- Festival Celebrate summer with dummy” and “best crash.” service kicks off at 5 p.m. at the ance race that starts at mad river live music and a wide selection of Gate house Base Lodge. Glen and ends at Sugarbush’s 3/31 Pond Skimming local beers. Last year was a sellout, 12/30 Tour the Moon This Lincoln Peak. The water can’t be any colder so get your tickets early. than it was last season! Show evening event includes a guided 2/18–26 President’s Week 7/4 Fourth of July everyone what you’re made of skin up mt. ellen to the Glen Celebration Check out this Celebration fourth of July during this 40-plus-year tradition house for a cozy casual dinner, marathon of mountain fun that in the Valley is like no other. that tasks skiers and riders to followed by a moonlit ski down. includes a family-style dinner, Check out the famous parade skim across the pond. 12/31 New Year’s Eve the annual torchlight parade and (a party that lasts long after the Celebration ring in the new fireworks, parents’ night out, teen 4/1 Spring Mogul In this floats disappear), the air show,

year with a family-style dinner and night, Tour the moon (see descrip- spring rite of passage, skiers local food events, live music, and cys a entertainment in the Gate house tion for 12/30 event), a family show off their moves in the Sugarbush’s biggest fireworks m ndy ndy

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