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New Smuggs Family Member

Posted at 10:24 am
Brian and I on the Village Lift

I would like you to meet Brian, who is from Pennsylvania just outside of Philadelphia. Brian has been skiing for 25 years in Pennsylvania and New York. This is Brian’s first time here at Smuggs. He is here as a chaperone for a high school group that has been here since Thursday night. Brian was telling me how much fun they have been having at Smuggs. Brian said that his favorite part about skiing at Smuggs is the nice long intermediate runs. He told me, for his last run of the day he skied from the top of Madonna back to the Village yesterday. He skied Upper Chilcoot, Ruthie’s, Curley’s Cutback, and Meadowlark. He told me that “It was the perfect way to end the day!” Brian and his group are leaving to head back to Pennsylvania today, but not before Brian gets a few more runs in this morning! It was great to meet you Brian and I hope you enjoy the last couple of runs before the bus ride home.

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Longtime Smuggs Family Member

Posted at 4:17 pm
Sage and I on the Madonna I Lift

I was getting ready to load the Madonna I Lift today when Snow Sport University Ski Instructor Matt McCawley stopped me. He had an odd number of people in his group and noticed that I was single, so I rode the lift with Sage. We started talking about the snow report, Smuggs, and how long we each have been here at Smuggs. I told Sage that “I started skiing here when I was eleven years old and our first year living in Vermont was right here in the village of Smuggs.” I thought I had been here a while until Sage told me, “My father is Jim Snider and my grandfather is Stanley Snider.” Stanley Snider was hired by then Smuggs owner Tom Watson Jr. in 1967 to build his dream of a village resort at the base of three interconnected mountains. Stanley Snider a successful developer of resort properties was to plan and build the village complex. Stanley Snider bought the resort from Tom Watson Jr. in 1973. Stanley Snider brought William P. Stritzler on board in 1987 as Managing Director. Mr. Stritzler was a Vice President with AT&T at the time and had been a vacation homeowner at Smugglers’ since 1977. Mr. Stritzler fell in love with Smuggs and bought the resort from Stanley Snider in 1996. Sage told me “I love skiing in the glades and Smuggs is my home!” It was great to meet you Sage and thanks for the walk down memory lane!

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Winter Wellness

Posted at 10:08 am
Cambridge Elementary School Skiers!
Cambridge Elementary School Skiers!

Winter is well at Smuggs – 3 inches of new snow overnight and 11 inches in the past 3 days! Also, Winter Wellness is underway with 4th, 5th, and 6th Graders from Cambridge Elementary School learning to snowboard, ski, or cross country ski for FREE. The program is a partnership led by Cambridge Area Rotary with support from Backcountry Magazine, the Town of Cambridge, the community, and of course Smugglers’ Notch Resort.

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Smuggs Family Members

Posted at 1:02 pm

This is the Belisle Family from New York state. They have been coming to Smuggs since 2011 and have come here each summer. They were telling me how much they enjoy Smuggs in the summer with all the activities. They also really enjoy the notch in the summer. They said they have now been to Smuggs a few times in the winter and love it also. They have had a great time skiing and tubing! They also told me that they might be back next week. It was great to meet you and we look forward to seeing you next week!

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Smuggs Family Members

Posted at 5:15 pm

I would like to introduce the East family from Oklahoma. This is their first vacation to Smuggs and they are having a wonderful time! I want to wish Isabel the happiest of birthdays because today she turns 12 years old. The East family told me how they found a sticker that says “Ski The East.” I think they should get a sticker and then cut it to say “The East Ski.”

I have to share a quick funny story. I rode the shuttle bus to Parking Lot #1 early today. As I was getting off the bus the driver Bob pointed out the East family to me and he told me that this was their first time at the upper mountains. Bob wanted to make sure the East family knew where they were going. I headed over to the East family and introduced myself. We had a great conversation talking about Smuggs. We talked about all the things that it has to offer not just in the winter, but summer also. I told the East family that I hope they enjoy the rest of their vacation and then skied away. I turned around to get my skis and they were not there. I first thought maybe someone took them, but then I realized that when I got off the bus to talk to the East family that I left my skis on the shuttle bus. I waited for Bob to come back to Parking Lot #1 with my skis. When he got there we had a good laugh about me leaving my skis! We said that my skis did a run without me!

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Sir Henry’s Learning Hill

Posted at 8:55 am

 

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Snow Sport University

It’s another beautiful day here at Smuggs. We have top to bottom skiing and riding on all 3 mountains with 4 lifts operating. We have 63 trails open with terrain for all ability levels. Currently it is 34 degrees at the summit of Sterling with winds of 5 to 10 mph. We could see a high of 45 degrees today. Spring Conditions!