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Plus: Kauff’s philosophy on learning. BY PETER OLIVER 29 Valley Exposure The seasons of Sugarbush captured by local photographers. 35 The Early Years of Glen Ellen On the fiftieth anniversary of the development of Mt. Ellen, a look back at the carefree early days of a family mountain (with a few adult traditions). BY CANDICE WHITE 43 Top-Shelf Golf on the Side of a Mountain The course at Sugarbush Resort Golf Club, designed by the famed Robert Trent Jones Sr., challenges golfers with the variables of a beautiful mountain setting. Plus: Tips from Sugarbush’s head golf pro, R. J. Austin. BY PETER OLIVER The sun sets over Mt. Ellen as she celebrates her fiftieth anniversary in December 2013. PHOTOGRAPHER: JOHN ATKINSON SUGARBUSH 8 12 MAGAZINE EDITOR Candice White 10 MANAGING Editor Katie Bacon PRODUCTION Editor Amy Stackhouse Art DIRECtor Audrey Huffman PHoto editor 6 Inside Lines 20 Wayfinder Mary Simmons One on one with Win Smith, owner and Meet James Niehues, the artist president of Sugarbush Resort. behind the trail map of Sugarbush— ATIDVER SING DIRECTOR and just about all the other big Kyler Turnbull 8 Community mountain resorts in the U.S. Bragg Farm, a longtime symbol of the ATIDVER SING DESIGN beauty and productivity of the Valley’s 40 Style Tara Gordon working landscape, has a new lease Fashionable finds from the Mad on life. River Valley. CONTRIBUtorS John Bleh 10 Arts & Culture 48 Timeline Patrick Brown Some of the world’s top-rated craft A quick history of Sugarbush. Chris Enman Peter Oliver beers are produced right here in Vermont. How did we get so lucky? 50 Environment Initiatives to make Sugarbush For advertising information, 12 Summertime ever-greener. please contact: The Mad River Valley is known for having SUGARBUSH RESORT 1840 Sugarbush Access Road some of the most spectacular biking in 52 Sugar-Kids New England. Former mountain bike Family-friendly festivals, kids pizza Warren, VT 05674 800.53.SUGAR pro Audrey Huffman shares some of her and movie nights, and torchlight sugarbush.com favorite on- and off-road routes. parades—there’s a lot to make kids happy at Sugarbush. 14 Sugarbusher Plus: Have fun with Murphy Moose’s ON THE COVER Longtime Sugarbush pass holder word scramble and word search. WINTER: Gerry Cayne speaks with us about Candi Chase embraces elegance the early years of gondolas, celebrities, 54 Local Bargains and fun on the slopes of and dancing on the rafters at Orsini’s. From $2 tacos to $30 Thursdays: Glen Ellen in the early years. Photographer: Sandy Macys a guide to some of the best deals 16 Training Grounds in the Valley. SUMMER: The alpine program director at Music, friends, family, and craft beer Green Mountain Valley School offers 60 Sugarbush Close-Up at the Sugarbush Brew-Grass an expert perspective on the Sochi The Mad River Valley offers something Festival, June 2013. Olympic Games—and what it takes for everyone—in all seasons. Photographer: John Atkinson to get there. 64 Events Calendar 18 Behind the Scenes Mt. Ellen’s fiftieth-birthday bash, The art and science behind calling mogul competitions, and maple- a wind-hold. sugaring festivals—entertaining events around the Valley. 4 SUGARBUSH MAGAZINE Get to the most popular destinations in the Mad River Valley for FREE.* MAD BUS ROUTES: Valley Floor Valley Evening Service Mount Ellen Snowcap Commuter Mountain Condos Harwood Freerider Access Road Mad River Glen * All routes are free, except for Snowcap Commuter Call 802-223-7287 or visit gmtaride.org for more info. INSIDE LINES macys sandy This is a meaningful year for my family. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, where my father was a founding partner and where I worked for twenty-eight years, turns 100. Sugarbush, founded by the Gadd family, celebrates its fifty-fifth year. And Glen Ellen, founded by the Elliott family and a part of Sugarbush since 1979, turns fifty. People often say to me, “Owning a ski resort must be so different than your previous life.” Yes, in some ways it is. But in many ways, the values Win with his Blazer grandkids and their parents. that my father and his partners practiced, that the Gadds and Elliotts taught, and that my team at Sugarbush now aims for, are all quite similar. All of us have believed that for an organization to run well, it has to be well run. And to be well run, it has to embody a set of values and principles that create a culture that can endure. Principles like making sure the customer’s interest is placed first, and always acting with integrity, are winning values for any enterprise. In a business whose primary asset is its people, creating a culture of teamwork and respect for all is critical. While providing an adequate return to one’s shareholders is essential in order to be sustainable, it is important to provide the right return to all stakeholders. And being a responsible member of one’s community is as important a principle as any. Inheriting the traditions of a fabled resort like Sugarbush, and working to make the resort better each year, is an important and rewarding responsibility. What makes this effort even more joyful is watching family, friends, and guests enjoy themselves in this beautiful Vermont setting. Last winter, two of my grandchildren participated in our Blazers program each weekend from December to March. Their younger sibling is eager to join them this year. They are learning skills and becoming excellent skiers—but more importantly, they are making new friends and having fun. The Sugarbush community that my grandchildren are discovering is a large part of what makes this place so special. It is a community that began with a handful of families who committed to spending their winters here, and it expanded to include their families and friends and their friends’ families and friends, all of whom shared a passion for the mountains. The Sugarbush community today has many facets: the founding families from the mountain’s beginnings, and families who have more recently made Sugarbush their home or second home, including our Seasonal Programs community, our Clay Brook community, and our new Rice Brook community (whose members may find themselves overwhelmed with new friends who want to try out their slope-side hot tubs!). We welcome the new generation of skiers and boarders, who may be hitting ramps in the terrain park at Mt. Ellen or drinking a PBR in the Wünderbar. We are lucky to have good neighbors, like Mad River Glen and our local cross-country ski areas. And we are privileged to have some skiers who have been here since the beginning, like Gerry Cayne, a longtime season pass holder who still skis every AUFF K weekend at the age of ninety. (See Gerry’s profile on page 14.) russ Skiing is the perfect lifetime gift. I hope you all plan to be skiing here when you are ninety—I certainly plan to! My wife Lili and I, and the rest of our family, look forward to seeing you here this year.