Powder: The 9 Best Disc Golf Courses at Ski Areas in the U.S.

3. Smugglers’ Notch, Vermont Looking to stay busy after the snow melts? Give these ski areas with disc golf a shot. Smugglers’ Notch is chock-full of disc golfing opportunities. The crown jewel, Brewster Ridge, is an 18-hole course named the seventh-best in the world by UDisc. The eighth spot on that list goes to the…

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🌸 Your Spring Week at Smuggs!

April 18 – 25, 2025 Spring has gently arrived at Smuggs, and with it comes a slower pace—it’s time to enjoy the little things that make vacation memories last a lifetime. Here’s what’s happening this week: It’s Opening Day at Woodland Mini Golf! Grab your crew and get ready to tee off—Woodland Mini Golf is…

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What I Learned From Building PeakHouse This Season (And Where We’re Going Next)

  The PeakHouse program has grown more than I could have ever anticipated over the past 12 months—and we have you to thank for that.   Well, this post is going to be different. Taken on Day 2/46, picking up groceries for PeakHouse Colorado! Starting today, I’m going to be writing you a little more…

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One for the books

The 2024 – 2025 Winter Season is now behind us, but it is still fresh in our minds. The season had a slow start and then it took off! We received 70 inches of snow in December. The two months that were over the top were January and February. The total snowfall for January was…

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Today was the last day of the 2024 – 2025 Winter Season

It was a great season with our snowfall total now sitting at 360 inches! Thank you to everyone who came and enjoyed the slopes with us! We are looking for to seeing you next year. We plan to start turning lifts again on Friday, November 28th! Have a fantastic summer. They don’t call it Spring…

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Madonna & Sterling

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Both Madonna I and Sterling lifts are running today and 43 trails are open including Doc Dempsey’s, Freefall, and Smugglers’ Alley. It’s even spitting snow at the higher elevations. Tomorrow could be a repeat of that scenario. It was noteworthy to see a certain trio of skiers: guitarist/bassist/mandolinist Rudy Dauth (Smuggs…

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One More Saturday

Rockin’ Ron for Hugh. Well kids, it’s the last weekend of the 2024-2025 Winter Season. And what a season – 358 inches of snow and possibly a few inches more by Sunday night. Today we have the Madonna I and Sterling lifts operating, with 43 trails open featuring intermediate and expert terrain. Ski U soon……

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A little snow today and more tomorrow

We received an inch of new snow today and 10 inches in the past 3 days. Tomorrow’s forecast is calling for cloudy skies with snow showers with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation possible on top and a chance of mix at the base, a high of 38 degrees at the base, and 32 degrees…

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No Bull Video Snow Report

April 11, 2025 So here we are in the second week of April, and Mother Nature has continued to bring us some amazing winter conditions here at Smuggs. We received 9 inches of snow in those 3 days alone, and our total for the season now stands at an incredible 357 inches! The post No…

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Ski Lifts Explained: Basic Chairs to Engineering Marvels

   When you visit a ski resort, one of the most critical aspects of your skiing or riding day is how you get up the mountain. Ski lifts are the workhorses of these resorts, providing skiers and snowboarders with access to the slopes. However, not all uphill transportation at ski resorts is the same. Mountains…

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