Smugglers' Notch Details and Photos
Smugglers' Notch, VT (Directions)
Last Updated: 2/10/2012 7:20 PM
Overview
- 14 Beginner
- 42 Intermediate
- 18 Advanced
- 4 Expert
Smugglers' Notch, America's Family Resort features 3 big mountains with 78 trails for every ability level. You'll also find multiple progression terrain parks. From the legendary Doc Dempsey's Glades and the East's only triple black diamond trail, The Black Hole to the 3+ mile long cruiser Chilcoot, and the gentle beginner terrain, Smuggs has it all.
Smugglers' Notch is... located in Smugglers' Notch, Vermont. Read more
Smugglers' Notch is... located in Smugglers' Notch, Vermont. Read more
Operations
Status
Open
Lifts Open/Total
8 of 8
Weekday Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:30p-4p
Trails Open/Total
64 of 78
Weekend Hours
Sat/Sun: 8a-4p
Acres Open/Total
265 of 310
Stats & Conditions
Base Elevation
1,030 ft
24-hr Snowfall
0"
Vertical Drop
2,610 ft
Avg Base Depth
14-36"
Peak Elevation
3,640 ft
Photos
Smugglers' Notch Logo
Smugglers' Notch Trail Map
Reviews & Tips (59)
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Nice mountain. I now know why they only name their lifts on their trail maps w/o mentioning their capacities. What a trip to the past we had with Smuggler's having ONLY the old fixed speed double chairlifts.
It was great getting 4" of powder overnight. We were surprised that for an intermediate focused ski area, virtually none of the trails were groomed other than the connector "road" trails. Very disappointing for my wife.
It also would have been nice to know that the notch road between Smugglers and Stowe is closed for the winter. A 5min drive turned into a 50min one.
I'd say we're "one and done" with Smugglers, at least for the winter.
written Jan 23 2012 - 05:54 AM
Smuggler's Notch is a great place! Loads of fun terrain. Great mixture of groomers and natural runs. If you go definitely get into the glades!!
written Jan 19 2012 - 06:16 AM
We received a level 2 lesson from Francois and it was the best lesson we have had. He was great from showing us how to hold our skis to getting us down the trail from side to side. We had so much fun even though we only did the midway trail. It was our first successful time on a trail. We made 6 runs and it was snowing! Everyone at smuggs was so friendly and helpful, we can't wait to get a level 3 lesson!
written Jan 16 2012 - 06:40 AM
Went 3/26, Got a good price on Tickets, One of the best days of the year for tree skiing if you ventured deeper in the woods, found some great cliff drops and deep pockets of snow; The drop in off Crossover into the natural half-pipe was unbelievable. The only thing I wish was somewhere it could have been noted the access road is closed from Stowe, I am not from that area so I drove to Stowe then had to go back all the way around. Oh and faster lifts would be nice. Thumbs Up for a Great Day.
written Mar 28 2011 - 03:15 PM
Visited on 3/22 with low hanging clouds and occasional snow showers. Snow and terrain was good, the visibility was non-existent on the top half of the mountain. The slow double lifts are way behind the times, and the Madonna base lodge doesn't compete with Jay Peak's new lodge (very nice).
written Mar 26 2011 - 07:11 PM
Great freeriding, serious lack/support of any park/terrain features. Website claims a "progression halfpipe", none existed.
Good elevation and run variety overall, just a bit hard to get to from the Stowe area due to the roads being closed to Smuggs. Overall, a pleasant experience!
written Mar 20 2011 - 09:29 PM
yyz
Intermediate Skier
Great trails very fun mnt, but maybe update the lifts to just faster doubles if they dont want to put in a quad and widen the trails. deffinitely will be back.
written Mar 19 2011 - 08:50 AM
Skied Smuggs on 3/16. Great snow, lifts are old slow doubles... But the mountain is great overall. I will be back there, and with the liftopia price.
written Mar 18 2011 - 09:09 PM
Pretty good mountain. Lifts are only 2 persons. When you drive to the mountain park at the #1 lot. It is the last one on the lest. You can ski in/out of it. There are no lines and they get pretty decent snow at Smuggs
written Mar 15 2011 - 02:34 PM
Skied Smugglers on 3/11. Trails are great and mountain is super fun. 35 inches of snow fell in the last week and it poured the entire time we skied. Groomed trails would have helped, as the snow was super wet and very few of the trails had been groomed. Overall a really good time.
written Mar 14 2011 - 07:44 AM
I'm a guy who loves skiing so much, trying to get the most powder for my time and money, and Liftopia AGAIN probably just allowed me to beat my all time best powder/ticket price ratio 48 hours ago, it was 69 cm of new snow for $37, that's 1.86 cm per dollar. Never thought I would beat the 1.73 cm/dollar record, let alone in the same season/same mountain!
written Mar 10 2011 - 03:15 PM
skiied smuggs yesterday, 30 inches of fresh powder kept comping troughout the day. Skiied trees all day amazing conditions. Couldnt have asked for anything better. liftopia did a great job saving me a few bucks! will use it many more times!
written Mar 08 2011 - 12:47 PM
