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  • Sterling Uphill Access

    Our Mountain Operations team is hard at work preparing the slopes for Opening Day.

  • 3 Mountain Equipment Base Lodge Tuning & Repair Shop

    Base Lodge Repairs We offer a small selection of rental options, along with quick repair services, adjustments, edging, and waxing solutions.

  • Base Lodge Cafeteria

    Serving breakfast, lunch, beverages, and snacks.

  • Black Bear Tavern

    Visit our generously sized bar offering ample seating, making it the perfect spot to relax and unwind in the Madonna/Sterling Base Lodge.

  • The Stache

    Your go-to slopeside shop, offering high-end ski and snowboard apparel, equipment sales, demos, and expert tuning and repair services 7 days a week.

  • Sterling Lift

    Sterling Lift The Sterling Lift at Smugglers’ Notch provides access to some of the most exhilarating terrain on Sterling Mountain. Known for its variety of trails, the lift caters to […]

  • Sterling T-Bar Lift

    Sterling T-Bar The Sterling T-Bar at Smugglers’ Notch primarily serves the Practice Slope. It operates on weekends and holidays, giving skiers and riders a chance to focus on skills and […]

  • Birch Run

    Lorem Ipsum Heading A short little blue that brings you out at the Sterling Lift. Home to our intermediate Birch Run Terrain Park – Play or pass through! 1222 feet

  • Black Bear

    Your typical Smuggs black diamond. It’s kind of narrow, bumped, with some double fall lines, pretty cool. Oh, except in the middle of this one, there’s this little cliff you […]

  • Black Snake

    Now before all you intermediates start jumping to conclusions about the name, it’s not like it sounds. Like its counterpart, Chilcoot on Madonna, this blue winder offers stunning views of […]

  • Bootlegger

    This steep bumped, black beauty was cut by an expert telemark skier and true local Vermonter named Crusty. We probably don’t need to tell you anything else, do we? 985 […]

  • Chute

    If Hangman’s Drop reminds you of your favorite roller coaster, then this one will send you right off the tracks. Only a true local will know the original name of […]

  • Crossover

    Crossover is quite a big skill to master in snow sports. What does that have to do with the name of this blue groomer that connects you gently to slightly […]

  • Deer Run Glades

    The White-Tailed Deer of Northern Vermont are graceful, agile, and quite nimble as they bound through our forests. You’ll need all of those qualities to get down this short but […]

  • Full Nelson

    Smugglers’ Notch repeatedly gets high praise for our superior grooming. Nelson Cushing has been with our crew so long that it was a “no-brainer” decision to honor Nelson by naming […]

  • Hangman’s

    Unlike its upper counterpart, Hangman’s Drop, this trail offers a slightly tamer series of bumps and steeper sections. It is very high blue, borderline black, and barely tamer! 800 feet, […]

  • Hangman’s Drop

    Remember that feeling you got on that first drop of your favorite roller coaster? Deja vous on this black diamond trail. 250 feet, .05 miles

  • Harvey’s Hideaway

    Short stretches of great mogul learning terrain, so Papa, Mama, and Baby Bear can learn to ride the bumps as a family. An intermediate trail that’s not too big, not […]

  • Highlander Glades

    What exactly is a Highlander anyway? It’s an individual who loves the high country, plays bagpipes, and wears a kilt. Our version is a little different: one who craves steep […]

  • Jolly Rodger

    In the spirit of the pirate flag it’s named for, it’s a mildly challenging access run to Treasure Run, with some little trap doors like “Pipeline Escape,” “Lower Harvey’s,” and […]

  • Lower Exhibition

    Although you’re still on display here(Sterling lift riders are watching your moves!), you can relax and let ’em run as the terrain mellows a bit for you to take it […]

  • Lower Pipeline

    Two parts tight and plummeting(Upper and Escape), one part milder but still narrow(Lower), Pipeline serves up a tasty test piece for upper intermediates to experts every time. 2650 feet, .50 […]

  • Weather

    Current Conditions

    13°F Clouds (overcast clouds)

    Presently making snow on Garden Path, Lower Morse Liftline, and Madonna base area. Beginner terrain opens today.

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    Extended Forecast

    Today

    12/14/24

    Snow (light snow)
    Max 18°F / Min 7°F

    Sunday

    12/15/24

    Clouds (broken clouds)
    Max 22°F / Min 6°F

    Monday

    12/16/24

    Clouds (broken clouds)
    Max 32°F / Min 19°F

    Trail & Lift Status

    27 out of 78 open

    Trails Open

    10 out of 78 groomed

    Groomed

    3 out of 8 open

    Lifts Open

    Snow Totals

    1″inches

    New Snowfall

    73″inches

    Season Total

    Snow Depths

    Natural Snow Depth: 8 to 14″

    Man-Made Snow Depth: 20 to 40″

    Snow Surfaces

    Primary: Packed Powder

    Secondary: Variable Conditions

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