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Reviews of a couple of Vermont XC places
Just got back from a little trip to Vermont, and Wed was lots of rain, But
tried a couple if XC places near Woodstock VT on Thurs and Friday. Thurs was still wet so they couldn't groom, but even so the Woodstock Touring Center (part of the Woodstock Inn) was pretty nice. Went back on Friday, after some overnight freezing, and they had groomed things wonderfully. http://www.woodstockinn.com/ has some info but does not do it justice. They have trails in and around the golf course and Inn area and hills, then they have more trails on the other side of the village, around Mount Tom, in a kind of national forest for which they lease trail rights. The view from Mount Tom is tremendous.(overlooks the village of Woodstock). Also went to Wilderness Trails in Quechee VT(close to Woodstock). They are much smaller, but have very pretty trails; some of which wind back and forth across a creek in a gorge, and other trails through pine forests, and alongside a State park of very beautiful Quechee Gorge/waterfalls. I can't comment on grooming because I was there on Thursday (day after lots of rain) so no grooming was possible. Had dinner at the Queechee Inn, located on the same property , rather expensive dinner, but very, very good. http://www.scenesofvermont.com/wildernesstrails/ |
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Reviews of a couple of Vermont XC places
have more trails on the other side of the village, around Mount Tom, in a
kind of national forest for which they lease trail rights. The view from Mount Tom is tremendous.(overlooks the village of Woodstock). This is the Marsh-Billings-ROCKEFELLER National Historical Park, Vermont's only national park. The forest and other nearby property was given (or, as the National Park Service puts it, on their Web site: "gifted") to the Park Service by Laurance Rockefeller. Much of what makes Woodstock such a gorgeous place to visit is the generosity of the Rockefellers. Among other things, they paid to put the electric lines underground (Stowe is trying to raise money from the local chamber of commerce to bury its electric lines), to give the town that much-sought-after-in-Vermont 19th century appearance, if you can ignore the constant traffic on U.S. 4 which buzzes right through the middle of town. The original owner of the Rockefeller property, George Perkins Marsh, wrote an early book on the subject of conservation. So the National Park Service has taken that as the theme for the M-B-ROCKEFELLER NHP. However, the rangers are given to House and Garden tours centering on the beautiful Rockefeller residence. Anyway, glad to see you had a good trip to Vermont (and, although you didn't mention it, to that duty-free shopping zone across the river). Lew Lasher Stowe, Vermont and Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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