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Tourist-Journalist view of skiing in Vermont

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[h=1]Vermont is skiing's king of the East[/h]SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
[h=5]Margo Pfeiff[/h] [h=5]Updated 2:27 pm, Friday, February 15, 2013[/h]


Some of the more memorable reportage,

"It's early January and I'm following the tail-end of monster blizzard."

""Bostonians and New Yorkers are increasingly balking at flying to ski in the West with its stopovers and winter delays," says Leslie Kilgore of Stowe Mountain Lodge. "So we're aiming at becoming the Vail or Aspen of the East."

"Castlerock, which offers New England-style steep, narrow, winding routes," (don't tell her about the grooming ;) )

"We ski from every one of Sugarbush's 16 lifts, but fail to encounter any of the moose..."

"Mad River Glen, 10 miles away, is our next stop, and my thighs are quivering with fear"

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Vermont-is-skiing-s-king-of-the-East-4282909.php#ixzz2LHt2rupN
 
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