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Smugglers' Notch Resort

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resort owner, to create that village. After a heart attack, Watson began to divest in some of his business holdings and sold Smuggs to Snider and Stanmar, who operated the resort for years. At that time Terpstra and Morrow constructed a large in-ground pool and 24 four-bedroom, four-bath, pool-front
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double chairlifts service a variety of terrain, including novice trails at Morse Mountain and The Village area, and intermediate and expert terrain on the main mountains, Sterling and Madonna. Smugglers Notch is the only resort in Vermont with a triple black diamond.
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luxury condominiums. Terpstra is still a very active property owner at the entrance of the resort. They hired AT&T's Bill Stritzler, who owned a home at Smuggs, as the managing director of the resort. When Snider retired, he sold the resort to Stritzler.
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Smugglers' Notch namesake comes from the smugglers of the early nineteenth century, who used the thick forest on the mountain range, and the caves and caverns along the Long Trail to transport illegal or embargoed goods across the
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Smugglers Notch has numerous heated pools and organized kids camps during the summer as well as a canopy tour that involves both scenic hikes and zip lines.
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a few miles to the south. The road is closed to cars November–April, but open to snowmobilers and winter sports enthusiasts.
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After this was done, Watson started on the Village at Morse that he had envisioned. He hired Stanley Snider of Stanmar, a
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Climate data for Smugglers Notch Resort 44.5890 N, 72.7869 W, Elevation: 1,163 ft (354 m) (1991–2020 normals)
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Smugglers' Notch was founded in 1956 by a group of Vermont skiers. The first lifts were two Pomas (or
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winds through switchbacks below, connecting Smuggler's Notch Resort with adjacent
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In the winter, the resort centers around skiing and snowboarding. A fleet of
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to the west. Extremely steep terrain drops down into the notch where
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To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking
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For the natural feature for which the resort is named, see
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Entrance to Lower Doc Dempsey's Glades at Smugglers' Notch
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Smugglers' Notch Resort is owned by William Stritzler.
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Buildings and structures in Lamoille County, Vermont
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Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp
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Smugglers' Notch
Smugglers Notch

Smugglers' Notch as seen from the access road
Town of Cambridge
Jeffersonville, Vermont
Burlington, Vermont
Coordinates
44°34′22″N 72°46′34″W / 44.57278°N 72.77611°W / 44.57278; -72.77611
Trails
Lift system
chairlifts
surface lifts
Snowfall
www.smuggs.com
Cambridge, Vermont
Jeffersonville
fourth largest
New England
Vermont
Its namesake
mountain pass
smugglers
platter lifts
Tom Watson Jr.
IBM
Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard
Canada–US border
bootlegging

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