Gay travelers to Vermont will find that Winter offers as many or maybe even more activities than the summer months. Vermont skiing and snowboarding is world-class. Stowe is often referred to as the Aspen of the East by skiers. Advanced skiers rave about the skiing found at Jay Peak. East coast snowboarders flock to Vermont for the great mountains and perfect powder. 

Visitors to Vermont will find snow on the ground from early November until mid-April. 

Other Vermont winter activities include: horse-drawn sleigh rides, tobagganing, ice-skating, cross-country skiing, downhill skiing, snow shoeing and snowmobiling. 

NORTHERN VERMONT

BOLTON VALLEY
Cross Country Skiing
Bolton Valley, Bolton
105 km of trails. Legendary Bolton to Trapp trail begins here.

Downhill Skiing
Bolton Valley, Bolton
50 trails, 7 lifts, 3,680 foot vertical drop.

JAY PEAK
Cross Country Skiing
Hazen's Notch Cross Country Ski Center
45 km of marked trails.

Jay Peak Resort
20 km of trails.

Downhill Skiing
Jay Peak
64 trails, 2,153 ft. vertical drop. 

SMUGGLERS NOTCH
Cross Country Skiing
Sugarhouse Nordic Center
12 miles of set trails.

Smugglers Notch

Downhill Skiing
Smuggler's Notch Resort
9 lifts, 60 trails, 2,610 ft. vertical drop. 

Ice Skating
Smugglers Notch Resort

Sleigh Rides
Applecheck Farm
Hyde Park

Vermont Horse Park
Route 108

STOWE
Cross Country Skiing
Trapp Family Lodge
40 km of trails, total of 85 km of trails at elevations of 1,000-3,000 feet. 

Stowe Mountain Resort Touring Center
40 km of set trails, 45km of backcountry trails at elevations of 1,200-1,800 feet. 

Topnotch Touring Center
25 km. 

Downhill Skiing
Stowe Mountain Resort
8 passenger gondola, quad chairlift, triple chairlifts, six double chairlifts, one surface. 47 trails, 2,360 ft. vertical drop. Night skiing. 

Ice Skating
Jackson Arena
in the village and on the pond at Commodores Inn.

Sleigh Rides
Edson Hill Manor
Trapp Family Lodge

Snowmobiling
Stowe Snowmobiling Tours
Smugglers Notch Snowmobile Tours

Snowshoeing
Trapp Family Lodge
Stowe Mountain Resort

CENTRAL VERMONT

KILLINGTON
Cross Country Skiing
Mountain Meadows Ski Touring Center
60 km. of trails.

Mount Top Ski Touring Center
110 km. of trails. 1,495 to 2,165 feet. 

Downhill Skiing
Killington Resort
Seven interconnected mountains. 35 lifts, 205 trails, 3,150 ft. vertical drop. 

MIDDLEBURY
Cross Country Skiing
Rikert Ski Touring Center
42 km of trails.

Blueberry Hill Inn
50 km of trails

Downhill Skiing
Middlebury College Snow Bowl
3 lifts, 15 trails.

SUGARBUSH
Cross Country Skiing
Ole's Cross Country Center
5 km of trails. 

Blueberry Lake Cross Country Ski Center
60 km of trails. 

Inn at Round Barn Farm
30 km of trails

Downhill Skiing
Sugarbush
18 lifts, 112 trails, 2,650 ft. vertical drop. 

Mad River Glen
4 lifts, 46 trails, 2,000 ft. vertical drop. 

Snowshoeing
Clearwater Sports
Inn at Round Barn Farm

Snowmobiling
Mad River Runners

Ice Skating
Sugarbush Inn

Sleigh Rides
Inn at Round Barn Farm
Whispering Winds Farms
Mountain Valley Farm

WOODSTOCK
Cross Country Skiing
Mount Tom
802-457-6674
Some of the best groomed trails in New England.

Ski Touring Center
38 miles of trails. 

Wilderness Trails
8 miles of trails.

Downhill Skiing
Suicide Six Downhill Ski Area
2 lifts, 22 trails, 655 ft. vertical drop.

Ice Skating
Silver Lake
Vail Field

SOUTHERN VERMONT

BRATTLEBORO
Ice Skating
Living Memorial Park
Route 9

Sleigh Rides
Fair Winds Farm
Upper Dummerston Road

Family Farms
827 Ames Road

Snowmobiles
River Bend Lodge
Route 30, Newfane

MANCHESTER
Cross Country Skiing
Viking Ski Touring Centre
Londonberry
40 km of trails. 

Wild Wings Ski Touring Center
Peru
20 km of trails.

Hildene Ski Touring Center
Manchester
12 km trails on the former home of Robert Todd Lincoln.

Equinox Ski Touring Center
35 km of groomed trails. 

Downhill Skiing
Bromley
3 lifts, 39 trails, 1,334 ft. vertical drop.

Stratton
12 lifts, 90 trails, 2,003 ft. vertical drop.

Ice Skating
Equinox Ski Touring Center

Sleigh Rides
Pfisters, Landgrove

Equinox Hotel

Snowmobiling
Classic Snow Tours, Manchester

MOUNT SNOW
Cross Country Skiing
Hermitage Ski Touring Center
Wilmington
50 km total trails

Sitzmark Ski Touring & Learning Center
Wilmington
25 km total track

White House Ski Touring Center
Wilmington
22 groomed trails.

Downhill Skiing
Mount Snow/Haystack
West Dover
30 lifts, 130 trails, 1,700 vertical drop. 

OKEMO
Cross Country Skiing
Fox Run Ski Touring Center
Ludlow
20 km of trails

Downhill Skiing
Okemo
13 lifts, 88 trails, 2,150 ft. vertical drop.