Stowe Mountain Resort's Cross Country Ski Center — Hotel in Stowe

Beware if you are a novice XC skier. The “green” trail you start on has hills, and not just short straight ones. I can see this being a great place for people with experience, but as someone who’s a newbie with only one lesson under her belt and a few flat greens behind her...I found the “easy” trails daunting and unfairly rated. I will say that the trails were well groomed and for the most part, well marked. However, the trail “cross cut 2” to get to what I was told was super easy stuff, eluded me...as both coming and going I saw signs that it was coming up...but never saw the actual trail itself marked. Other than that... there were signs everywhere marking trails, and it looks like the place as a whole takes great pride in keeping it up and ready for use. My goal in rating and writing this review is simply to prevent other novice skiers from making the same mistake I did in coming here, hoping for what I thought would be mostly flats. I would recommend Grafton Trails & Outdoor Center for the novice. Both the Strider and Fox Trot Loop are flat with beautiful scenery all around. Hope this...

Good place in the area for Nordic skiing. Be forewarned that it is not exclusively Nordic and don't be surprised to encounter snow boarders coming down as you try to skate your way up some climbs. They go fairly quick and also leave some decent sized drifts to skate through. The trail pass prices are quite steep for this type of shared trail ($29). All in all a good experience, but not one of the greatest places for Nordic in the northeast for the...

love this ski resort! very organized, smooth operations and super friendly staff team. you can tell they put a lot of effort into the process management that serves for customers 100%.

Parking may be challenging during peak season, if you don’t mind to we walk a bit.

Many slopes, the beginner slopes and rental centers are at the resort/ village side, need to take gondola 🚠 from the free parking lots.

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