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Old December 22nd 03, 01:19 AM
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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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Old December 22nd 03, 01:48 AM
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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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