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Central Vermont's Winter Playground

Ironically, despite efforts in recent decades to make it more accessible (two four-lane highways, the expansion of the Burlington International Airport), Vermont steadfastly remains caught in a uniquely providential time warp. Imagine a boho Shangri-la populated by graying hippie poets, pastoral activists, and youthful disciples of snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton Carpenter, of Stowe. Especially in winter, when snow blankets the state, everyone seems resolved to a slower pace in the Green Mountains.

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6 Hotels 6 Restaurants 4 Activities

Destinations: Barnard · Waitsfield · Warren · Burlington + Northern Vermont · Central Vermont · Quechee · Stowe · Woodstock · Barre

Themes: Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts · Winter Travel

Inspired by: Mountain Magic in Central Vermont — by Shane Mitchell, Published Dec. 2007

Hotels (6)

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    Topnotch Resort & Spa

    Stowe | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    Opened in 1959 as the first full resort at Stowe, Topnotch secured a choice location at the base of Vermont’s tallest peak, enclosed by maples and pin

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    Stowe Mountain Lodge

    Stowe | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    A luxurious addition to one of New England’s oldest ski towns, the six-story ski-in/ski-out Stowe Mountain Lodge has transformed the local hotel scene

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    Twin Farms

    Barnard | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Central Vermont

    Check into one of 20 idealized log cabins (crackling fires and a downy comforter on the hickory-twig bed; hot chocolate and handmade marshmallows) on

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    Pitcher Inn

    Warren | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    The inn's restaurant is one of the best in Vermont. It offers an extensive cheese selection; after a few days of working the curds, however, it just m

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    Woodstock Inn & Resort

    Quechee | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Central Vermont

    The 142-room hotel on the town's historic green features working fireplaces and private ski trails.

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    Trapp Family Lodge

    Stowe | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    Austrian-style chalet on 2,400 acres in the mountains above Stowe village; one of Vermont's top ski centers.

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Restaurants (5)

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    McCarthy's Restaurant

    Stowe | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    In a town known for chalets and wealthy tourists, McCarthy’s Restaurant in remains decidedly laid-back. Conversation among the normally full wood boot

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    Barnard Inn Restaurant

    Barnard | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Central Vermont

    When Will Dodson and Ruth Schimmelpfennig graduated from the Culinary Institute of America, they established two successful restaurants in San Francis

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    Hen of the Wood

    Burlington + Northern Vermont | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont

    Ensconced in a former grist mill built in 1835, Hen of the Wood’s modesty keeps it off the main tourist trek in nearby Stowe, but chef Eric Warnstedt

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    Farmers Diner

    Barre | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

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    American Flatbread

    Waitsfield | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

Activities (5)

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    Sugarbush

    Warren | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    Sugarbush recently received a $60-million upgrade. Former Merrill Lynch International chairman Win Smith heads up a posse of investors committed to ma

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    Stowe

    Stowe | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    Recently Stowe has added a gondola that connects its two mountains; by spring of 2009, the 139-room Stowe Mountain Lodge at Spruce Peak will complete

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    Mad River Glen

    Waitsfield | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Burlington + Northern Vermont

    Mad River Glen is an obstinate throwback. It is owned cooperatively by shareholders whose vehicles are plastered with red-and-white ski it if you can

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    Billings Farm & Museum

    Central Vermont | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont

    The best-known hill farm in central Vermont is the Billings Farm & Museum, on Route 12 outside Wood_stock. During early winter, it's open only on week

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    William Winand Chocolatier

    Woodstock | U.S. + Canada | U.S. | Vermont | Central Vermont

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    Burlington, Vermont: Not Just a College Town

    Burlington, Stowe, Essex Junction

    Just what is it about Burlington?Is it the matchless location on Lake Champlain, sandwiched between the Adirondack and Green Mountains?The thriving downtown—a pedestrian-only carnival of smoothie parl

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