Maple Valley+Hogback?

[SKIER4LIFE1281]

What is going on with these two mountains? I know that Maple Valley is up for sale and and the locals near Hogback say that they might reopen Hogback so I am just wondering what is going on.

 

[thetrailboss]

Maple Valley: for sale.

Hogback: I think it may be reopening as a private ski club/small hill. Someone in NELSAP would know.

 

[teachski]

All I have heard is rumors...that would be nice though.

 

[thetrailboss]

Sorry, I was getting Hogback mixed up with Snow Valley.

 

[2knees]

just seeing if i have this right. Hogback is on Rt 9 between Brattleboro and Mt Snow.
Maple Valley is right on rt 30 just outside of brattleboro. Where is Snow Valley?

 

[Ski Diva]

I think Snow Valley is in Winhall, VT, just north of Manchester. You can kind of see the area (when the leaves are down) from Route 11, on the right on your way up the hill before Route 30.

 

[mlctvt]

The last I heard about Hogback was this(see below).. Sorry I don't have access to the entire articles. I also thought I read an article in the Deerfiled Valley news that the owners were now considering selling the property to a developer to build several high priced homes there but I couldn't locate that article.

Date: March 10, 2006
Publication: Brattleboro Reformer (VT)
MARLBORO -- The Hogback Mountain property remains on the market, after its owners rejected an offer made by the Trust for Public Land. Josh Kelly, of the Trust for Public Land, said that the Skyline Associates rejected the offer, the amount of which he could not disclose, and that negotiations were stalled.. "There wasn't much discussion," said Kelly. "Timing was always an issue for the landowner -- both the amount of time that the negotiations


Date: March 15, 2006
Publication: Brattleboro Reformer (VT)
MARLBORO -- Owners of Hogback Mountain say they rejected an offer on the property made by the Trust for Public Land because it did not accurately reflect the value of the land and the process was taking too long. TPL offered a $10,000 deposit for an option period of seven months. The deposit was refundable for a period of 60 days.. "That was not acceptable," said Dan Purjes, general partner of the Skyline Partners, Inc. "That's not a real