Stowe's Stone Hut Burns

[thetrailboss]

Just saw this on WCAX:

http://www.wcax.com/story/30825925/stone-hut-on-top-of-stowe-heavily-damaged-by-fire

That sucks. It is a piece of history and really unique. Hope that they are able to rebuild it. Just shows that folks need to be careful to ensure that fires are in fact out (although they have not commented as to the cause).

 

[deadheadskier]

Damn.

I had the good fortune of staying in the Stone Hut in the 90s. Great experience. I'm sure they'll rebuild. The scary thing is how close it is to the top terminal of the quad and the Octagon. Good thing the fire didn't spread.

 

[Tin]

Someone didn't make sure a roach was properly extinguished.

 

[mbedle]

DHS, never thought of that, but yes, good thing it didn't. That would be really bad. Put in for the stone hut this year, didn't get it. Guess it doesn't matter right now. Hopefully they will rebuilt it.

 

[Scruffy]

Damn-itty-Damn! Always loved that building.

 

[Cornhead]

Someone didn't make sure a roach was properly extinguished.

Scotty...been to Vermont recently? It does suck, twas truly an iconic building.

 

[thetrailboss]

They used the snowmaking to help put it out. They were going to shuttle water up. The building was locked....I imagine that folks had just left for the night.

 

[thetrailboss]

More on it:

http://www.wcax.com/story/30825925/fire-heavily-damages-historic-stone-hut-on-mount-mansfield

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2015/12/24/stone-hut-fire-near-stowe/77873928/

 

[Brad J]

Damn.

I had the good fortune of staying in the Stone Hut in the 90s. Great experience. I'm sure they'll rebuild. The scary thing is how close it is to the top terminal of the quad and the Octagon. Good thing the fire didn't spread.

I also stayed there a few times, Great memories hope they rebuild, will check an plans and progress if it turns out to be a volunteer project. I know the state owns it ?? and controls it.

 

[thetrailboss]

Personally I have little doubt that it will be rebuilt. It has historic significance and was pretty popular. And at the risk of sounding blunt the State was probably making money off of it.

 

[deadheadskier]

It only cost $225 a night to rent, so the revenue to the state is pretty insignificant.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I've always wanted to stay there, but I've never put in for the lottery as my gf is adamantly against it, lol. I feel terrible or the lottery "winners" this season, as it's no small feat, yet now they'll cancelled on.

 

[deadheadskier]

I'm not under the impression that the odds are that difficult. Some of the guys I went with back in the day still go every year. Basically a group of 5-6 guys put in every year and at least one will win, sometimes more than one.

 

[BenedictGomez]

I'm not under the impression that the odds are that difficult. Some of the guys I went with back in the day still go every year. Basically a group of 5-6 guys put in every year and at least one will win, sometimes more than one.

It's supposedly very difficult unless you book a long'ish stay. If you choose a long stay, then yes, you'll probably nail it every year, so I bet those guys put in for 4 or more nights. The way they do the bookings is the people who pick the longest trips win first, then they pick smaller length stays, and so on, until you get down to three-nights stays, then two-night stays, then one-night stays, etc.. So if you put in for a relatively long stay, your odds of being picked increase.

 

[deadheadskier]

Yeah, these guys only book for 2-3 nights, but always put in many alternates. They all live in town, so it's easier to go whenever instead of truly trying to schedule it. Between the group of 5-6 of them, they still get it every year.

Might be difficult for an individual to secure the hut, but for a group that has flexible dates, it's really not. I have other friends different from this group that go most years as well.

 

[mbedle]

Guy over on SkiVT took these, posted that that fire inspector will be there today. Just to put it in perspective, approximately 300 people put in for the lottery each year. Only about 15 percent are chosen for a reservation. The first people picked is the group that 5 day reservation, which consumes most of the reservations for the season.

 

[steamboat1]

Likely a total loss according to this article:

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2015/12/24/stone-hut-fire-near-stowe/77873928/

 

[cdskier]

They've determined the cause...someone left the wood stove burning to keep it warm for a friend that was coming (but never showed up).

http://www.wcax.com/story/30850248/investigators-determine-cause-of-stone-hut-fire

 

[BenedictGomez]

Idiots. They should punish him/her to the full extent possible, but given this is Vermont, I have little hope of that.

 

[VTKilarney]

Idiots. They should punish him/her to the full extent possible, but given this is Vermont, I have little hope of that.

What's so bad about leaving a wood stove burning? People do it all of the time.


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