The natural beauty and mountain environment provide a striking setting and a true escape from the everyday. Our home - the Mad River Valley - provides a reason in and of itself to visit Sugarbush. "The Valley" as locals call it, is full of Vermont charm and empty of stop lights and fast food joints. Quirky shops, great restaurants, artisan galleries, covered bridges, church steeples, and more... all strung together by the winding Mad River.
Mad River Glen Ski Area is located in Waitsfield, Vermont, with 45 ski trails, served by 5 lifts. Mad River Glen is America's only cooperatively owned major ski area and its slopes are free of snowboarding. Mad River Glen offers 800 acres of boundary-to-boundary tree skiing.
SNOWBOARDING
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More Snowboarding Information
www.sugarbush.com
www.alpineoptions.com
www.puresnowboard.com
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More Snowboarding Information
www.sugarbush.com
www.alpineoptions.com
www.puresnowboard.com
Snowboarding at Sugarbush is an incredible experience. Slide Brook Lodge is right in between
the two mountains that make up Sugarbush Resort. Lincoln Peak (Also known as "Sugarbush South")
is about a mile away and Mt. Ellen (Also known as "Sugarbush North") is a few miles in the other direction.
The amazing thing about this is that both mountains are full size ski areas! The main difference
between the two being that more people go to Sugarbush Lincoln Peak. Mt. Ellen is just as challenging
,has the Snowboard Park at it's base, and has fewer people most of the time. So, if you are staying at Slide
Brook Lodge, you can choose to go to one mountain or both mountains in one day.
If you enjoy snowboarding in the back country, you can take runs into the Slide Brook Basin which ends down the road from Slide Brook Lodge. There is a shuttle bus that runs on German Flats Road between Lincoln Peak and Mt. Ellen that you can ride to and from Slide Brook Lodge. The same bus will pick you up where the Slide Brook Basin ends on German Flats Road.
If you need to buy any gear for snowboarding such as snowboard boots, boards, hats, gloves, mittens, goggles, and outer ware, check out these local snowboard shops:
www.alpineoptions.com
www.puresnowboard.com
Alpine Options is down the street from Slide Brook Lodge and Pure Snowboards is in the town of Waitsfield. Both shops also offer tuning services.
Click Here for more information about Snowboarding at Sugarbush.
If you enjoy snowboarding in the back country, you can take runs into the Slide Brook Basin which ends down the road from Slide Brook Lodge. There is a shuttle bus that runs on German Flats Road between Lincoln Peak and Mt. Ellen that you can ride to and from Slide Brook Lodge. The same bus will pick you up where the Slide Brook Basin ends on German Flats Road.
If you need to buy any gear for snowboarding such as snowboard boots, boards, hats, gloves, mittens, goggles, and outer ware, check out these local snowboard shops:
www.alpineoptions.com
www.puresnowboard.com
Alpine Options is down the street from Slide Brook Lodge and Pure Snowboards is in the town of Waitsfield. Both shops also offer tuning services.
Click Here for more information about Snowboarding at Sugarbush.
SKIING
More Sugarbush and Mad River Glen Skiing Information
ALPINE/TELEMARK SKI RESORTS
www.sugarbush.com
www.madriverglen.com
CROSS COUNTRY SKI RESORTS
www.blueberrylakeskivt.com
SKI SHOPS
www.alpineoptions.com
www.vermontnorth.com
www.clearwatersports.com
More Sugarbush and Mad River Glen Skiing Information
ALPINE/TELEMARK SKI RESORTS
www.sugarbush.com
www.madriverglen.com
CROSS COUNTRY SKI RESORTS
www.blueberrylakeskivt.com
SKI SHOPS
www.alpineoptions.com
www.vermontnorth.com
www.clearwatersports.com
Sugarbush and Mad River Glen are both exciting and challenging ski resorts. With Mad River Glen and Sugarbush's
Mt. Ellen being only ten minutes apart, the two resorts make up the best and most varied terrain in Vermont
and the East Coast. This explains why an world renowned extreme skier like
John Egan
would be so involved in the area.
Slide Brook Lodge is right in between the two mountains that make up Sugarbush Resort and nearby Mad River Glen. Lincoln Peak (Also known as "Sugarbush South") is about a mile away and Mt. Ellen (Also known as "Sugarbush North") is a few miles in the other direction. Mad River Glen is about fifteen minutes to the North. The amazing thing about this is that all three mountains are full size ski areas! The main difference between them being that Mad River Glen allows only skiing. So, if you are staying and skiing at Slide Brook Lodge, you can choose to go to one mountain or three mountains in one day.
If you enjoy skiing in the back country, you can take runs into the Slide Brook Basin which ends down the road from Slide Brook Lodge. There is a shuttle bus that runs on German Flats Road between Lincoln Peak and Mt. Ellen that you can ride to and from Slide Brook Lodge. The same bus will pick you up where the Slide Brook Basin ends on German Flats Road.
If you need to buy any gear for skiing such as boots, boards, hats, gloves, mittens, goggles, and outer ware, check out these local ski shops:
www.alpineoptions.com
www.vermontnorth.com
www.clearwatersports.com
Alpine Options and Vermont North Pro Shop are on the Sugarbush Access Road about five minutes away from Slide Brook Lodge. Both shops also offer tuning services. Clearwater Sports is located in Waitsfield about fifteen minutes away.
Click Here for more information about Skiing at Sugarbush and Mad River Glen.
Slide Brook Lodge is right in between the two mountains that make up Sugarbush Resort and nearby Mad River Glen. Lincoln Peak (Also known as "Sugarbush South") is about a mile away and Mt. Ellen (Also known as "Sugarbush North") is a few miles in the other direction. Mad River Glen is about fifteen minutes to the North. The amazing thing about this is that all three mountains are full size ski areas! The main difference between them being that Mad River Glen allows only skiing. So, if you are staying and skiing at Slide Brook Lodge, you can choose to go to one mountain or three mountains in one day.
If you enjoy skiing in the back country, you can take runs into the Slide Brook Basin which ends down the road from Slide Brook Lodge. There is a shuttle bus that runs on German Flats Road between Lincoln Peak and Mt. Ellen that you can ride to and from Slide Brook Lodge. The same bus will pick you up where the Slide Brook Basin ends on German Flats Road.
If you need to buy any gear for skiing such as boots, boards, hats, gloves, mittens, goggles, and outer ware, check out these local ski shops:
www.alpineoptions.com
www.vermontnorth.com
www.clearwatersports.com
Alpine Options and Vermont North Pro Shop are on the Sugarbush Access Road about five minutes away from Slide Brook Lodge. Both shops also offer tuning services. Clearwater Sports is located in Waitsfield about fifteen minutes away.
Click Here for more information about Skiing at Sugarbush and Mad River Glen.
Vermont is one of only a few places in the world that has just the right combination of climate, soils and tree species to produce the spectacular array of colors that is fall foliage. Colors in Central Vermont generally turn the last 10 days of September and remain colorful through mid-October.
Slide Brook Lodge is located right in the middle of an amazing mountain bike trail system.
Sugarbush Resort has many downhill and cross country trails and will be running
lift-serve mountain biking seven days a week from June 25th to September 6th. After that, the lift will run on
the weekends. There are also many cross country trails in the area surrounding Slide Brook Lodge. For more information,
stop by the local bike shop here: www.starkmtnbikeworks.com.
Stark Mountain Bike Works runs a group bike ride every Thursday!
Stark Mountain Bike Works runs a group bike ride every Thursday!
If you like to play Golf, Sugarbush Golf Club offers a beautiful course designed by Robert Trent Jones Sr. The course
is filled with hills and drop off tees and is about a mile from Slide Brook Lodge. Another course to check out is the
North Field Country Club in North Field Vermont. Northfield is about a half hour away and the course is less expensive
to play.
The Mad River is a great river for kayaking, canoeing, and tubing. Clearwater Sports in
Waitsfield has everything you need from guided tours to rental equipment.
Sugarbush Soaring offers glider rides and instruction on how to fly glider planes.
This is an exciting way to see the mountains from above!
For those interested in hiking, the oldest long-distance trail in the country, The Long Trail,
is just up the road from Slide Brook. Hiking the Long Trail is the best way to see and experience
the natural beauty of Vermont. The Long Trail passes over the tops of Mad River Glen and
Sugarbush's Mt. Ellen and Lincoln Peak. The part of the Long Trail from Mad River Glen to Mt. Abraham
is one of the most beautiful, technically challenging, and exciting sections of the trail. You have
many hiking choices from short day hikes and longer overnight hikes. One of the best beginner hikes
starts at the top of the Lincoln Gap road and goes up a steep incline to a look out point called Sunset
Rock. The Sunset Rock hike is great for getting in shape or to get a full hiking experience in a short
amount of time. As for a longer day hike, you can head north from Lincoln Gap to the summit of Mt. Abraham.
Mount Abraham offers one of the most spectacular views in the area. The trail is tough yet fun and Battell
Shelter is located about one mile from the Summit. More Hiking Information
The Valley Reporter is our local newspaper for Warren and Waitsfield and the Sugarbush
area. You can find it at most stores in town and it is filled with interesting columns
and articles. The paper is printed weekly and costs fifty cents.
Seven Days newspaper is from Burlington Vermont and contains information and articles
about Burlington and the surrounding towns. If you are staying here at Slide Brook Lodge
and making a day trip to Burlington, Seven Days is a great paper to use to find out about
music and art events in the area. The paper also has many great articles about Vermont life
and politics. This paper is printed weekly and is Free.
