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In the first—and likely last—
major expansion at the mountain
THE STOWE EQUESTRIAN CENTER AT RYDERVALE STABLES
since the 1950s, the Spruce Peak
side of the resort is undergoing
• Educational
a transformation that will funda-
Instruction
mentally alter the complexion of
Stowe.A new slopeside village—
• Quality School
with more than 1,200 pillows Horses
and all the requisite amenities
• Safety 1st
promises to propel Stowe back
into select company.
Environment
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a Euro mineral bath and bask in the reflect-
ed glory of the sun setting behind snow-
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capped Mansfield. Around Stowe are scores
of fine places from which to observe this
• Year Round
daily rite—including a groomed, 5.3-mile
nordic path that connects village to moun-
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tain. But none is more sublime than this.
We’re slow to rise from our heavenly digs All Ages
the next morning, and then my wife lays
down the law: “You can go skiing if you Rydervale student Emma Duda on Black
• Board, Sales
want, but only those art galleries in the vil-
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lage can drag me away from a day at the
Association Horse Show.
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spa.” To banish the image of her out on the
town with our credit card, I conjure up
visions of some of my old haunts on the
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mountain and force myself out the door.
I soon meet up with a recent Middlebury
grad who’s on the lam from a family
reunion. We strike a deal to keep an eye on
each other in the woods for safety, and I
offer to show him some of my old favorites,
including an unmarked but well-worn
riverbed that now serves as a natural half-
pipe for the boarder crowd. “At any other
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area, that would be a marked trail,” my
companion says. I grin, then lead him back
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to the quad for another prime stash. Then
we segue to lower Goat. “God, I still love
this place,” I reflect, snapping up the bumps.
“It never quits.” And just then we come
upon a prostrate young snowboarder
trimmed out in a pink hooded sweatshirt.
“Oh my God,” she wails, “I’m sooo tired.” I
smile. The Front Four—it seems—don’t dis-
criminate. Too soon it’s last run, and I head
off for one final dose of nostalgia. This time
it’s a glade—now marked on the map—
called Tres Amigos. Halfway down, I’m
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stopped in my tracks by a porcupine, plod-
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ding across the snow. As the sun streams
down, I watch him climb a yellow birch,
and can’t resist calling out, “Tres Amigos,
little guy.You, me and Stowe.” a73
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David Healy is a freelance travel writer and
regular visitor to Stowe. To atone for lost
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time while growing up near New York City,
David stretches the season by hiking and
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skiing backcountry routes from Mt.
Mansfield to Mt. Shasta. He lives with his
wife, Tricia, in Richmond, Vt.
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