Month: April 2025
Snowbrains: The Top 9 Snowiest East Coast Ski Resorts of the 2024-25 Season
#3 Smugglers’ Notch, VT – 366“ Smugglers’ Notch, known for its family-friendly terrain and classic New England vibe, recorded 366 inches. Significantly above its average, the total represents an exceptional season for the resort, keeping its legendary glades and steeps well covered. Read more… The post Snowbrains: The Top 9 Snowiest East Coast Ski Resorts…
Read MoreSpringtime is Blooming at Smuggs!
April 25 – May 2, 2025 The sun is shining, the mountains are alive with fresh green hues, and there’s a joyful energy in the air – it’s the perfect time to embrace all the fun and relaxation spring has to offer at Smugglers’ Notch Resort! Whether you’re teeing off at Woodland Mini Golf, soaking…
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Deer Valley Expanded Excellence Phase 1: A Surprisingly Strong Start (With One Big Catch)
Phase 1 of Deer Valley’s Expanded Excellence brings 19 new trails across 316 skiable acres, with several overlooking the massive Jordanelle Reservoir. This year, Utah’s Deer Valley opened the first phase of one of the biggest multi-year ski resort expansion projects in recent memory. The ski-only resort, which is one of just three…
Read MorePowder: The 9 Best Disc Golf Courses at Ski Areas in the U.S.
3. Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont Looking to stay busy after the snow melts? Give these ski areas with disc golf a shot. Smugglers’ Notch is chock-full of disc golfing opportunities. The crown jewel, Brewster Ridge, is an 18-hole course named the seventh-best in the world by UDisc. The eighth spot on that list goes to the…
Read More🌸 Your Spring Week at Smuggs!
April 18 – 25, 2025 Spring has gently arrived at Smuggs, and with it comes a slower pace—it’s time to enjoy the little things that make vacation memories last a lifetime. Here’s what’s happening this week: It’s Opening Day at Woodland Mini Golf! Grab your crew and get ready to tee off—Woodland Mini Golf is…
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What I Learned From Building PeakHouse This Season (And Where We’re Going Next)
The PeakHouse program has grown more than I could have ever anticipated over the past 12 months—and we have you to thank for that. Well, this post is going to be different. Taken on Day 2/46, picking up groceries for PeakHouse Colorado! Starting today, I’m going to be writing you a little more…
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One for the books
The 2024 – 2025 Winter Season is now behind us, but it is still fresh in our minds. The season had a slow start and then it took off! We received 70 inches of snow in December. The two months that were over the top were January and February. The total snowfall for January was…
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Today was the last day of the 2024 – 2025 Winter Season
It was a great season with our snowfall total now sitting at 360 inches! Thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed the slopes with us! We are looking for to seeing you next year. We plan to start turning lifts again on Friday, November 28th! Have a fantastic summer. They don’t call it Spring…
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Madonna & Sterling
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Both Madonna I and Sterling lifts are running today and 43 trails are open including Doc Dempsey’s, Freefall, and Smugglers’ Alley. It’s even spitting snow at the higher elevations. Tomorrow could be a repeat of that scenario. It was noteworthy to see a certain trio of skiers: guitarist/bassist/mandolinist Rudy Dauth (Smuggs…
Read MoreOne More Saturday
Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Well kids, it’s the last weekend of the 2024-2025 Winter Season. And what a season – 358 inches of snow and possibly a few inches more by Sunday night. Today we have the Madonna I and Sterling lifts operating, with 43 trails open featuring intermediate and expert terrain. Ski U soon……
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