Vermont - Snowshoeing

Snowshoeing in Vermont and Vermont Travel Information at Visit Vermont

While the design and materials of snowshoes has advanced the simple enjoyment of traversing Vermont forests and meadows is still a simple pleasure. The old wood and woven rawhide snowshoes are now just used for decoration while newer composite materials are used for snowshoes that allow for better trekking. This is an activity everyone can participate in and enjoy. Many cross country ski areas also have snowshoe rentals and trails. You can, of course, set your own trails through the woods and fields.

Allis State Park
Route 12
Randolph, VT
Phone: 802-276-3175

Set on 487 acres, this small park includes Bear Mountain, rising 1900 feet above sea level. The park features mountain climbing, hiking trails, picnic areas, and wintertime cross-country ski trails. A public campsite is available May - September.

Blueberry Hill Inn
Goshen - Ripton Road
Goshen, VT  05733
Phone: 802-247-6735

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Blueberry Hill has 75 kilometers of groomed and wilderness trails with connections to the Catamount Trail and Vermont’s Long Trail. A separate snowshoe trail network is being developed.

Blueberry Lake
424 Robinson Road
Warren, VT  05674
Phone: 802.496.6687

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The ski area offers 31 km of trails all of which are groomed. Some of the trails are lit for night skiing.

Bomoseen State Park
22 Cedar Mountain Road
Fair Haven, VT  05743
Phone: 802-265-4242

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This scenic park is 2,379 acres on Lake Bomoseen. Visitors can enjoy a lakeside beach, boating and canoe areas, fishing, swimming and picnic spots. A playground is available for children, and there are hiking and cross-country ski trails. The park also has a public campground.

Branbury State Park
3570 Lake Dunmore Road (Route 53)
Salisbury, VT  05733
Phone: 802-247-5925

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A very small park (96 acres) sitting on Lake Dunmore, offers canoeing, a beach area, hiking trails, cross-country ski areas, fishing, and a nature center. A public campground is available in season (May - October).

Button Bay State Park
Off Route 22A
Vergennes, VT
Phone: 802-475-2377

Set on the southern banks of Lake Champlain, Button Bay offers a boat launch, swimming pool, canoeing, fishing, a trail for hiking and cross-country skiing, and a public campground.

Coolidge State Park
Route 100 and 100A
Plymouth, VT
Phone: 802-672-3612

Near the Coolidge Museum site, this park offers cross-country ski trails, hiking, fishing, and a remote public campsite.

Hancock Overlook
Hancock, VT
Phone: 802-767-4261

This park features hiking and nature trails, cross-country ski trails, fishing, boating, canoeing, and picnic areas. Hunting for big game, small game and waterfowl is permitted.

Mountain Meadows XC Area
209 Thundering Brook Rd
Killington, VT  05751
Phone: 802.775.7077

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Located in the heart of the Green Mountains, Mountain Meadows cross-country ski area has 57 km of trails through meadows and hard woods.

Okemo Valley Nordic Center
77 Okemo Ridge Rd
Ludlow, VT  05149
Phone: 802.228.1396

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Okemo Valley Nordic Center features 26km of cross-country trails, 10km of dedicated snowshoe trails and 20km of skating lanes.

Ole’s Cross Country Center
Airport Road
Warren, VT  05674
Phone: 802.496.3430

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Ole’s Cross Country Center in the Mad River Valley has 50 km of moderately rolling trails groomed for classic skiing and ski skating for all abilities, as well as snowshoeing.

Quechee Gorge State Park
190 Dewey Mills Road
White River Junction, VT
Phone: 802-295-2990

One of the most splendid natural sites in all of Vermont, Quechee Gorge is a scenic canyon worth rolls of camera film. Visitors may also go hiking, fish the Ottauquechee River, and enjoy the picnic areas. Walking trails double as cross-country ski trails in the winter. A public campground is also available.

Rikert Touring Center
Route 125
Middlebury, VT  05753
Phone: 802.443.5000

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The Carroll and Jane Rikert Ski Touring Center is owned and operated by Middlebury College and is open to the public. The center offers 42 kilometers of varied and scenic trails for cross-country skiers and snowshoers of all abilities.

Stowe XC
5781 Mountain Rd.
Stowe, VT  05672
Phone: 802.253.3688

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Stowe Mountain Resort has 35 kilometers of groomed and 40 kilometers of backcountry trails. Also available are 5 kilometers of trails specifically for snowshoeing.

Three Stallion Inn Touring Center
665 Stock Farm Road
Randolph, VT  05060
Phone: 802.728.5656

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Come and enjoy the 35 km of x-c skiing and snowshoeing trails that criss-cross our 1300 wooded acres and open pastures.

Wilderness Trails Ski School
Main Street
Quechee, VT  05059
Phone: 802.295.7620

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At Wilderness Trails there are 18 km of groomed trails. Ski or snowshoe along the spectacular Quechee Gorge and waterfall and through the deep woods.

Bolton Valley XC
4302 Bolton Valley Access Road
Bolton Valley, VT  05477
Phone: 802.434.3444

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Bolton Valley features Nordic and backcountry skiing and the highest elevation of Vermont's cross-country ski areas. There are over 100 km of Nordic trails. There is also snowshoeing.

Brighton State Park
102 State Park Road
Island Pond, VT  05846
Phone: 802-723-4360  802-886-2434

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A 152 acre park, set on Island Pond, features an island, picnic areas, nature trails and museum. Visitors will enjoy canoeing, fishing, hiking and the beach on the pond. Cross-country ski trails are available in the wintertime. A public campsite is available.

Craftsbury Outdoor Center
535 Lost Nation Rd
Craftsbury Common, VT  05827
Phone: 802.586.7767

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In addition to world-class cross-country skiing, choose from snowshoeing, orienteering, ice-skating, backcountry tours, animal tracking, nature studies, There are 135 km of trails.

Hazen's Notch Association
1423 Hazen’s Notch Road
Montgomery Center, VT  05471
Phone: 802.326.4799

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In a town noted for covered bridges Hazen’s Notch has 70 km of groomed and marked trails passing through mixed maple, birch and evergreen forest and across gentle, open meadows. Thirty trails for all abilities provide loops of different lengths for classical cross-country skiing and or snowshoeing.

Maidstone State Park
Route 1, Box 388
Guildhall, VT  05905
Phone: 802-676-3930

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A 469 acre park that sits on Maidstone Lake. Features include trails for hiking and cross-country skiing, fishing, a beach, canoeing and boating, and a public campsite.

Ricker Pond State Park
18 Ricker Pond Camp Ground Road (Route 232)
Groton, VT  05046
Phone: 802-584-3821

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Set on Ricker Pond, this park offers a nature center, canoeing, fishing, a beach, trails for hiking and cross-country skiing, picnic areas and a naturalist on staff. A public campground is available in season.

Sleepy Hollow Inn & Bike Center
1805 Sherman Hollow Road
Huntington, VT  05462
Phone: 802.434.2283

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Forty km of scenic trails for cross-country skiing. Ice skating, night skiing and snowshoeing.

Smugglers’ Notch Resort
4323 VT Route 108 South
Smugglers' Notch, VT  05464
Phone: 802-644-8851

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Voted #1 for Family Programs in North America by SKI Magazine Readers for 9 years, Smugglers’ has been bringing together everything your family loves most… especially each other. Every member of your family will find something to love – skiing and snowboarding for every level, outdoor adventures like Winter Walking or tube sliding, and indoor activities like indulgent massages or The FunZone Family Entertainment & Recreation Center. Parents find it easy to relax knowing their children are well cared for in our award-winning children’s programs for ages 6 weeks to 17 years. America’s Family Resort offers affordable vacation packages for everyone with Family Fun Guaranteed!

Stowe Mountain Resort
5781 Mountain Road
Stowe, VT  05672

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Situated on Vermont’s largest mountain, Stowe has a vertical drop of 2,360 feet, 48 trail and 13 lifts as well as terrain parks and a superpipe. There is an adaptive skiing program, snowshoeing and dog sledding.

Ball Mountain
Jamaica, VT
Phone: 802-874-4881

The US Army Corps of Engineers Ball Mountain Dam Flood Control project has mountain and lakeside scenery. Visitors will enjoy hiking and nature trails, and cross-country skiing in the winter. Hunting for big and small game, as well as waterfowl, is permitted.

Brattleboro Outing Club
Upper Dummerston Rd.
Brattleboro, VT  05302
Phone: 802.257.5292

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The Ski Hut is the hub of cross country skiing in the Brattleboro community. The Ski Hut offers 30 km of trails.

Grafton Ponds
Townshend Road
Grafton, VT  05146
Phone: 802.843.2400

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Grafton Ponds features cross country skiing, snowshoeing, ice skating and tubing on a 600-foot hill. There are 30 km of trails groomed 30 km of back-country trails.

Hermitage XC Center
21 Handle Road
Wilmington, VT  05363
Phone: 802.464.3511

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The Hermitage offers 50 kilometers of cross-country ski trails along rushing mountain streams and frozen ponds, pass beaver dams, cross ridges, through pine forests and circle fields with expansive views.

Hildene Ski Touring Center
1005 Hildene Rd
Manchester, VT  05254
Phone: 802.362.1788

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There are 15 km of trails at Hildene, the historic house museum built by Robert Todd Lincoln as a summer home.

Mount Snow
Pisgah Road
West Dover, VT  05356

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In addition to Alpine skiing on four mountains Mount Snow features many other activities including tubing, snowmobile tours, snowshoeing and a full compliment of spa services. There are 145 trail, terrain parks, pipe and tubing park. There are 23 lifts and a vertical drop of 1,700 feet.

Prospect Mountain XC Ski Center
Route 9
Woodford, VT  05201
Phone: 802.442.2575

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Prospect has over 35 km of expertly groomed ski trails offers skiing for every ability. Snowshoe and backcountry ski trails are available.

Stratton
Stratton Mountain Road
Stratton Mountain, VT  05155-9406
Phone: 802-297-2200

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Stratton Mountain, with 90 trails, four terrain parks, and fourteen lifts is a mountain resort with activities for all. In addition there is snowshoeing and horse-drawn sleigh riding.

Timber Creek XC Ski Area
Route 100 North
West Dover, VT  05356
Phone: 802.464.0999

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Located across from Mount Snow, Timber Creek offers a choice of adventures on a 14 km trail system that meanders through forested hills or reach up to the high ridges. Snowshoeing is also available.

Viking Nordic Center
615 Little Pond Rd
Londonderry, VT  05148
Phone: 802.824.3933

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From the rolling gentle terrain of our inner trail system to the long loops through the woods of our outer trail system, Viking Nordic Center’s 40 kilometers of trails offers something for every skier and snowshoer.

Wild Wings Ski Touring Center
North Road
Peru, VT  05152
Phone: 802.824.6793

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Classic skiing at its best with 28 km of trails and snowshoeing.