Mount Snow
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Mount Snow is a mountain and ski area in southern Vermont
located in the Green Mountains
. It is Vermont's closest big mountain to many Northeast metropolitan areas. It was cohost of the first Extreme Games in 1995 and host of the Winter X-Games in 2000 and 2001. It is currently owned by Peak Resorts
.
The mountain is within the Green Mountain National Forest
and operates under a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
The resort is operated by Peak Resorts
, which bought it along with Attitash
, in February 2007.
Mount Snow is now home to the East Coast's first All Park Mountain Face by creating Carinthia at Mount Snow, which debuted in the 2008-2009 season. Carinthia is home to twelve parks, with both natural and man made features, containing over 125 features and two half-pipes. Carinthia at Mount Snow claimed home to the second stop of the first annual Winter Dew Tour as well as many other events including the Freeski Open.
Vertical Drop: 1700 ft (518.2 m)
Skiable area: 490 acres (2 km²)
Annual Average Snowfall: 156 inches
Trails: 80
Lifts: 20 Total -- High Speed Six Pack: 1 - High Speed Quads: 3 - Fixed Quads: 1 - Triples: 6 - Doubles: 4 - Surface Lifts: 4 - Rope Tows: 1
Snowmaking: 80%
Night Skiing: Yes, only on the Grommet Terrain Park and Tubing
Trail ratings: Green circle (novice): 14%, blue square (more difficult): 73%, black diamond (most difficult): 13%
In 1986, the Carinthia ski area was purchased and connected to the Mount Snow trails. Five years later, nearby Haystack Mountain Ski Area
was purchased and subsequently marketed as being part of Mount Snow. Haystack was sold and closed in 2005.
In 1992, the first snowboard park in the East was established at Mount Snow, named Un Blanco Gulch. The park featured jumps, a half-pipe, quarter hits, spines, wedges, banked turns, and a buried van. "The Gulch" remained a staple of Mount Snow's freestyle terrain until the 2008-2009 season when all terrain parks were moved to the Carinthia area of the mountain.
In 2000, Mount Snow hosted the 4th Annual Winter X-Games. The Games shattered previous attendance records and drew in athletes from around the world. The Games returned to Mount Snow the following year.
Mount Snow's own Kelly Clark
won the first American gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics
in Salt Lake City in women's half-pipe. She is a graduate of the Mount Snow Academy and the first athlete from Mount Snow to win an Olympic gold medal.
In January 2009, Mount Snow hosted the first Winter Dew Tour. It is the first action sports tour for winter sports and is owned and operated by Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports. With a summer tour counterpart that debuted in 2005, the Winter Dew Tour consists of three events in which snowboard and freeski athletes earn points over the course of the season for a shot at the year-end title. There are multiple events at each stop on the Tour, each including superpipe and slopestyle disciplines for both men and women. The events are televised live on NBC
plus other coverage on USA, MTV
, and MTV2
.
Many of the top athletes in action sports from around the world participated in the Winter Dew Tour. Athletes such as Shaun White
, Hannah Teter
, Tanner Hall
, Andreas Wiig
, Gretchen Bleiler
, Simon Dumont
, Sarah Burke
, and Travis Rice
will all be vying for the Dew Cup, awarded at season’s end.
Mount Snow installed a new six-person high-speed bubble chairlift before the 2011–2012 season, built by Leitner-Poma
to replace an old triple chairlift. the triple chairlift was called summit local.
Vermont
Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...
located in the Green Mountains
Green Mountains
The Green Mountains are a mountain range in the U.S. state of Vermont. The range extends approximately .-Peaks:The most notable mountains in the range include:*Mount Mansfield, , the highest point in Vermont*Killington Peak, *Mount Ellen,...
. It is Vermont's closest big mountain to many Northeast metropolitan areas. It was cohost of the first Extreme Games in 1995 and host of the Winter X-Games in 2000 and 2001. It is currently owned by Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts is a privately owned Missouri-company that operates ski resorts in the Midwest and Northeast United States.The company was founded in 1977 by Tim Boyd, two years after graduating the University of Missouri when he bought the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri...
.
The mountain is within the Green Mountain National Forest
Green Mountain National Forest
Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest located in Vermontwhich supports a variety of wildlife, including beaver, moose, black bear, and white tailed deer. It also supports an abundant variety of bird species. The forest has been referred to as the 'granite backbone' of the state...
and operates under a special use permit from the U.S. Forest Service.
The resort is operated by Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts
Peak Resorts is a privately owned Missouri-company that operates ski resorts in the Midwest and Northeast United States.The company was founded in 1977 by Tim Boyd, two years after graduating the University of Missouri when he bought the Wildwood Golf Course in the suburban St. Louis, Missouri...
, which bought it along with Attitash
Attitash
For the lake in Amesbury and Merrimac, Massachusetts, see Lake Attitash.Attitash is a ski area located on U.S. Route 302 in Bartlett, New Hampshire near North Conway. It is operated by Peak Resorts. Located in the heart of the White Mountains, Attitash is home to two mountains, Attitash and Bear...
, in February 2007.
Mount Snow is now home to the East Coast's first All Park Mountain Face by creating Carinthia at Mount Snow, which debuted in the 2008-2009 season. Carinthia is home to twelve parks, with both natural and man made features, containing over 125 features and two half-pipes. Carinthia at Mount Snow claimed home to the second stop of the first annual Winter Dew Tour as well as many other events including the Freeski Open.
Statistics
Summit Elevation: 3600 ft (1,097.3 m)Vertical Drop: 1700 ft (518.2 m)
Skiable area: 490 acres (2 km²)
Annual Average Snowfall: 156 inches
Trails: 80
Lifts: 20 Total -- High Speed Six Pack: 1 - High Speed Quads: 3 - Fixed Quads: 1 - Triples: 6 - Doubles: 4 - Surface Lifts: 4 - Rope Tows: 1
Snowmaking: 80%
Night Skiing: Yes, only on the Grommet Terrain Park and Tubing
Trail ratings: Green circle (novice): 14%, blue square (more difficult): 73%, black diamond (most difficult): 13%
History
Mount Pisgah is the mountain that is known by many as Mount Snow. Mount Pisgah was purchased from its original landowner in early 1953 and on December 12, 1954, the mountain, renamed Mount Snow, opened to the public. Entrepreneur and dreamer Walt Schoenknecht owned the ski resort for many years and led its development into being one of the largest ski areas in the country.In 1986, the Carinthia ski area was purchased and connected to the Mount Snow trails. Five years later, nearby Haystack Mountain Ski Area
Haystack Mountain Ski Area
Haystack Mountain Ski Area was a mid sized alpine ski area located northeast of Haystack Mountain in Wilmington, Vermont.- Early operations :...
was purchased and subsequently marketed as being part of Mount Snow. Haystack was sold and closed in 2005.
In 1992, the first snowboard park in the East was established at Mount Snow, named Un Blanco Gulch. The park featured jumps, a half-pipe, quarter hits, spines, wedges, banked turns, and a buried van. "The Gulch" remained a staple of Mount Snow's freestyle terrain until the 2008-2009 season when all terrain parks were moved to the Carinthia area of the mountain.
In 2000, Mount Snow hosted the 4th Annual Winter X-Games. The Games shattered previous attendance records and drew in athletes from around the world. The Games returned to Mount Snow the following year.
Mount Snow's own Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark
Kelly Clark is a snowboarder born in the village of West Dover in the town of Dover, Vermont. She has been snowboarding since she was 8 years old, and began competing in 1999...
won the first American gold medal of the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...
in Salt Lake City in women's half-pipe. She is a graduate of the Mount Snow Academy and the first athlete from Mount Snow to win an Olympic gold medal.
In January 2009, Mount Snow hosted the first Winter Dew Tour. It is the first action sports tour for winter sports and is owned and operated by Alli, the Alliance of Action Sports. With a summer tour counterpart that debuted in 2005, the Winter Dew Tour consists of three events in which snowboard and freeski athletes earn points over the course of the season for a shot at the year-end title. There are multiple events at each stop on the Tour, each including superpipe and slopestyle disciplines for both men and women. The events are televised live on NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
plus other coverage on USA, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, and MTV2
MTV2
MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to analogue cable lineups across the nation...
.
Many of the top athletes in action sports from around the world participated in the Winter Dew Tour. Athletes such as Shaun White
Shaun White
Shaun Roger White is an American professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist. He rides regular stance, twelve and negative three degrees on his board.-Early life:Shaun White is an Irish American...
, Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter
Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder from Belmont, Vermont. She is an Olympic champion, having won the gold medal in halfpipe at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in Torino, Italy. She also won bronze at the 2005 FIS World Championships at Whistler, British Columbia, and has six World Cup victories...
, Tanner Hall
Tanner Hall
Tanner Hall , of Kalispell, Montana is a freeskier.-Biography:In 2002 Tanner Hall co-founded the freeride ski company Armada Skis with skier JP Auclair and photographer Chris O'Connell...
, Andreas Wiig
Andreas Wiig
Andreas Ygre Wiig is a professional snowboarder. He rides regular.Andreas was born in Oslo but grew up in Asker. He made a name for himself when he won two gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 Winter X Games...
, Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler
Gretchen Bleiler is an American professional halfpipe snowboarder. She currently resides in Aspen, Colorado and is married to Chris Hotell.-Career:...
, Simon Dumont
Simon Dumont
Simon Francis Dumont is a U.S. freestyle skier.-Skiing:Dumont is notable as one of the best freestyle skiers in the world today. He is known for his amplitude in half-pipe competitions, airing easily up to 20 feet out of the pipe, and doing superman double fronts...
, Sarah Burke
Sarah Burke
Sarah Burke is a Canadian freestyle skier who grew up in Midland, Ontario, Canada. She now resides in Whistler, British Columbia.-Skiing career:...
, and Travis Rice
Travis Rice
Travis Rice is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on Snowboarder magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders, He has been considered "the Paul Revere" of the big mountain freestyle movement....
will all be vying for the Dew Cup, awarded at season’s end.
Mount Snow installed a new six-person high-speed bubble chairlift before the 2011–2012 season, built by Leitner-Poma
Leitner-Poma
Leitner-Poma of America is a North American aerial lift manufacturer based in Grand Junction, Colorado. It is the North American subsidiary of French-based Poma, which is owned by the Italian company Leitner Technologies, part of the Leitner Group. The North American company was formed in 2000 when...
to replace an old triple chairlift. the triple chairlift was called summit local.