Visiting Vermont this week

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Visiting Vermont this week

Post by Lubega6 » Tue May 03, 2022 9:39 pm

Hey there fellas,

As a proud Québecois, I will be visiting Vermont this week, camping for 4 days with my S.O. So far, we plan spend some time in Stowe area, Burlington and Champlain Isles (can't go much further south since we're short on time). That being said, we were wondering if any Vermont resident or ex-Vermont traveller had cool places to see / nice things to do that would be off the beaten path? This forum has its fair share of VT residents so I thought I would ask.

Thanks a lot :)

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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by lowangle al » Wed May 04, 2022 7:09 am

I was just up in Vt. last weekend as part of a paddling road trip. We didn't ski, but Killington was open on and plans to open next weekend. Other than that, we stayed in Middlebury at the south end of the lake and had some great Mexican food at a place that served smoked pork belly tacos.

I don't know about Vt. but in NY the state parks are closed until the 18th but you can camp there for free. You can get a lakefront spot and have the place to yourself. Have fun.



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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by randoskier » Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:12 am

lowangle al wrote:
Wed May 04, 2022 7:09 am
I was just up in Vt. last weekend as part of a paddling road trip. We didn't ski, but Killington was open on and plans to open next weekend. Other than that, we stayed in Middlebury at the south end of the lake and had some great Mexican food at a place that served smoked pork belly tacos.

I don't know about Vt. but in NY the state parks are closed until the 18th but you can camp there for free. You can get a lakefront spot and have the place to yourself. Have fun.
Where were you paddling in Vermont near Middlebury? Otter Creek? Full of nasty pike! Growing up my family had a house on Lincoln Gap Rd. in Warren. Spent all my summers there. Mad River country.



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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by GrimSurfer » Thu Jan 19, 2023 11:03 am

Killington is awesome. You’ll get a good workout there on XC or XCD skis.
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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by lowangle al » Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:03 pm

randoskier wrote:
Thu Jan 19, 2023 10:12 am
lowangle al wrote:
Wed May 04, 2022 7:09 am
I was just up in Vt. last weekend as part of a paddling road trip. We didn't ski, but Killington was open on and plans to open next weekend. Other than that, we stayed in Middlebury at the south end of the lake and had some great Mexican food at a place that served smoked pork belly tacos.

I don't know about Vt. but in NY the state parks are closed until the 18th but you can camp there for free. You can get a lakefront spot and have the place to yourself. Have fun.
Where were you paddling in Vermont near Middlebury? Otter Creek? Full of nasty pike! Growing up my family had a house on Lincoln Gap Rd. in Warren. Spent all my summers there. Mad River country.
We paddled Lake George. I had heard it was really beautiful, which it was.



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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by randoskier » Thu Jan 19, 2023 12:12 pm

Spent a week there when I was 10. Fond fuzzy memories



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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by lowangle al » Sat Jan 21, 2023 6:47 pm

Yeah, that's about the age when things start gettin fuzzy.



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Re: Visiting Vermont this week

Post by DavidSchmitt » Tue Jan 24, 2023 9:17 pm

I learned for this forum the best



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