Here is a list of the different events going on this weekend
Friday, March 23
Black Bear Tavern Après Sport Party – The location for Upper Mountain off-slope fun! Check out the expanded draft line-up featuring Otter Creek. Beginning at 2:00 pm, Jammin’ Sam plays guitar and sings. It’s a great place to meet other riders and skiers and some of the locals. Ages 21 & older.
Saturday, March 24
FREE Family Fun Race – Who’s the fastest in your family? Find out on our timed race course sponsored by HearthStone Stoves! 11:00 am – 2:00 pm on Lower Madonna Liftline.
Maple Sugar Festival at the Boyden Valley Winery –
The Boyden Valley Winery will host a variety of special activities from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm including sugar on snow, maple syrup sample tastings, and winery tours at 11:30 am and 1:00 pm (tours suitable for all ages). There will also be featured tastings of the winery’s Vermont Maple Reserve, Gold Leaf wine, and Vermont Ice Maple Crème liqueur. Plenty to satisfy your sweet tooth also – donuts with maple cream, mini cupcakes and more. Stay for Lunch with Smokin’ Butts Barb-B-Que and receive a half price voucher for a glass of hard cider to enjoy along with your meal! The Boyden Valley Winery is conveniently located at the junction of Routes 104 and 15 in Cambridge, just 7 miles from Smugglers’ Notch! Free parking, no admission fee. (802) 644-8151 or visit the winery’s events page
Maple Open House Weekend – This weekend is Vermont’s official celebration of our state’s maple sugaring heritage, when when sugarmakers across the state open their doors to visitors with tours and an array of maple products for sale. Use Smugglers’ as your home base to visit maple sugarhouses! For a listing of open sugarhouses around the state visit vermontmaple.org
Black Bear Tavern Après Sport Party – The location for Upper Mountain off-slope action! Check out the expanded draft line-up featuring Otter Creek. Beginning at 2:00 pm, Goodtime Charlie hosts with trivia, bar games, prizes, and music. It’s a great place to meet other riders and skiers and some of the locals. Ages 21 & older.
Blast From the Past Race – The Smugglers’ Notch Ski & Snowboard Club invites skiers (21 & over) to bash gates and relive their glory days with a qualifying GS course beginning at 9:30 am (two runs; best run of two) followed by a pro-style dual SL course for the top 16 men and the top 8 women. The equipment doesn’t have to be “old,” just the racers. Hamburger/hot dog barbecue and beverages included in the entry fee of $35. Registration takes place from 7:30 am – 9:00 am; inspection from 8:15 am – 9:15 am.
Sunday, March 25
FREE Family Fun Race – Who’s the fastest in your family? Find out on our timed race course sponsored by HearthStone Stoves! 11:00 am – 2:00 pm on Lower Madonna Liftline.
Maple Sugar Festival at the Boyden Valley Winery –
The Boyden Valley Winery will host a variety of special activities from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm including sugar on snow, maple syrup sample tastings, and winery tours at 11:30 am and 1:00 pm (tours suitable for all ages). There will also be featured tastings of the winery’s Vermont Maple Reserve, Gold Leaf wine, and Vermont Ice Maple Crème liqueur. Plenty to satisfy your sweet tooth also – donuts with maple cream, mini cupcakes and more. Stay for Lunch with Smokin’ Butts Barb-B-Que and receive a half price voucher for a glass of hard cider to enjoy along with your meal! The Boyden Valley Winery is conveniently located at the junction of Routes 104 and 15 in Cambridge, just 7 miles from Smugglers’ Notch! Free parking, no admission fee. Call (802) 644-8151 or visit the winery’s events page
Maple Open House Weekend – This weekend is Vermont’s official celebration of our state’s maple sugaring heritage, when when sugarmakers across the state open their doors to visitors with tours and an array of maple products for sale. Use Smugglers’ as your home base to visit maple sugarhouses! For a listing of open sugarhouses around the state visit vermontmaple.org
Smuggs Friendly Freeride Competition – Come to the 3rd annual Smuggs Friendly Freeride competition for skiers and snowboarders age 14 & under! Our goal is to give first timers and inexperienced competitors a low cost, low pressure opportunity to try out our awesome sport! Our more experienced young rippers are welcome to play too, the more the merrier. The venue will be on Full Nelson and athletes will take one competition run. Following the competition we will host a potluck in our Clubhouse. Bring a dish or snack food to share, if you are able, but it’s not required to participate. Hope to see you there! $25 payable by cash or check. Registration is 8:00 am – 9:00 am at Smugglers’ Notch Ski and Snowboard Club. For more information or to pregister
Black Bear Tavern Après Sport Party – The location for Upper Mountain off-slope fun! Check out the expanded draft line-up featuring Otter Creek. Beginning at 2:00 pm, Jammin’ Sam plays guitar and sings. It’s a great place to meet other riders and skiers and some of the locals. Ages 21 & older.
Today was another beautiful day with partly sunny skies and mild temperatures. I had a wonderful time on all 3 mountains today. I took a few cruiser runs on Morse and checked out the Morse Highlands area. I skied Madonna with my son Hugh B this morning. We skied Upper FIS to the traverse which brings you to Freefall. Freefall skied well with nice edgeable snow and good coverage. I headed over to Sterling later in the afternoon to get my race runs in. I thought that I did pretty good until I watched a few of the club kids run the course. I also had fun watching the Saint Michael’s Race Team slalom gate training on the Practice Slope this afternoon.
We are 100 percent open with top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with all 8 lifts operating. We have all 78 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. 34 trails will be groomed for tomorrow, including Waterfall, Black Snake, and Curley’s Cutback for a grand total of 138 acres of freshly groomed terrain. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for mostly cloudy skies with a high of 30 degrees.
