Location: Stowe Area < Vermont < USA
Car: not necessary
Stowe offers alpine skiing at Mt. Mansfield (5 minutes) Sugarbush (45 minutes) Jay Peak (1 hour) or Smuggler's Notch (50 minutes). Cross Country skiing is available at the nearby Von Trapp Lodge, adjacent Mt. Mansfield or on the town to mountain recreational path (just down the road). In the summer and fall there are festivals, garden tours, concerts in the meadow, swimming nearby at the swimming hole, car shows, foliage, hot-air balloons, etc.