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Smuggler's Notch to Stowe?

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Malcolm
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off sterling mountain theres like a blocked off path leading to stowe from smuggs and i was wondering if anyone knew anything about it so that i dont get lost and die.

Mar 10 2008 10:40PM
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JibHcky
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Hike all the way up and you'll get to a Stowe lift. Go down behind the back of the lift and down the backside. You'll end up on the Notch road where you can just cruise back to Smuggs. So sick on a pow day.
Mar 10 2008 11:09PM
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pmills
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Is that the trail labeled "Subway" ?
Mar 10 2008 11:26PM
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powderski14
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all i know is its a seasonal access road
Mar 10 2008 11:31PM
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Malcolm
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im talking about the skiing trail off sterling ive never taken it yet. i didnt know u could ski through the notch tho
Mar 10 2008 11:44PM
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BrokenBones
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Malcom you noob... you've never done that trail before?
Mar 11 2008 11:46AM
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ILoveOhio
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Isn't it very cliffy in the notch?  I thought I read there are huge cliffs that kill people.
Mar 11 2008 2:50PM
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Treestman
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i believe thats the other side fo the notch, across fromt he road, u can see gnarly chutes and cliffs and stuff, a mile or 2 down the shoulder from mansfield, where alec stall died

Mar 11 2008 2:53PM
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Alex=God
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Its not that long of a walk. we have a house up there and I did it this summer. If you go to the pond up there you can see one of the stowe lifts and theres a trail to get there
Mar 11 2008 3:37PM
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mski
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sounds inticing, may have to make a venture
Mar 11 2008 3:58PM
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Alex=God
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If you skate from of the sterling lift you get a good amount of speed but youll still have to take your skis off
Mar 11 2008 3:59PM
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Malcolm
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no i never did it yet. im scared that if i do it then ill be stuck at stowe and have to hitch hike back

Mar 11 2008 10:42PM
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Treestman
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its not that hard to get back, i cant believe uve never done that and ur a local

Mar 12 2008 4:31PM
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Malcolm
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yea a local from canada cock licker

Mar 13 2008 11:10PM
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kxfracer108
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you can get back up the stowe chair on spruce peak pretty easy. they dont check passes most of the time. now that theres a park over there it might be different but it was easy the last couple years. towards the notch road is some of the best skiing youll get. you gotta try it. dont worry about getting lost. its pretty easy to get out.
Mar 19 2008 11:06AM
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raddar
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its about a fifteen minute hike from the pond on sterling to the notch trailhead.  the spruce peak chair is right below it, but id rather ski the notch than spruce peak.
Mar 20 2008 11:34PM
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Emma_Watson
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When i went from Smuggs to Stowe a ski patrol made me pay for a Stowe ticket... Muy Gay.
Jul 30 2010 11:30PM
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jakeheartsskiing
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http://www.vtstateparks.com/pdfs/smuggstrails.pdf
Jul 31 2010 9:45PM
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wesley.
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i did it after a USASA at smuggs. you go down, cross a lake, ski on a really flat trail and then you come out on some trail on spruce i forgot the name of it
Aug 1 2010 2:59PM
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StowePassHolder
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I did this probably 8 years ago and it was pretty cool I did it as Stowe to smuggs though. I remember it being called snuffies trail but I could be wrong it was a while ago and I was pretty young
Aug 5 2010 9:35AM
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onenerdykid
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The area is called The Birthday Bowl. Like anywhere in the back country, just don't go solo, whatever you do. It's probably my most favorite spot to ski, anywhere in the US- a ton of snow blows into the Notch during any storm, so it's always far deeper than reported. If I didn't get 5 days of waist deep fresh tracks, it was a bad season.

Just ski out across the pond, hike up the boot pack for max 20 min (about 35 to Stowe) and you'll see spots to drop in. The further out you go, the gnarlier and more cliffed out it gets so be careful. You can't really get lost though as long as you ski down- almost all ways lead to the Notch road which you ski back to the #1 parking lot and rinse, lather, repeat.

If you don't have fun there, I can't help you haha
Aug 10 2010 5:21PM
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e.will
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shuddup manser, why don't you go ski the alps or something....
Aug 10 2010 8:28PM
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onenerdykid
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haha doing boot testing this month up on the glacier, care to join will?
Aug 11 2010 1:58AM
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