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Freeriding

Freeriders may find the area under the gondola fun with heaps of tracks through trees, and plenty of places within the main area to disappear into. Liftline and National are rather tame trails having been widened over the years, and are only cool if you are into bumps. Nosedive is good for freeride and carving, with the rest of the Mansfield area consisting of intermediate terrain, including a few good natural hits and jumps on the trail?s edge.

Freestylers

Freestylers are going to kick arse on any mountain after a session in one of three fun-parks at Stowe. The top choice park is the specially designed Jungle, located on the Lower Lord area which is easily reached from Lift 4. Stowe also has a pipe, and the resort even provides a park for beginners and novices, alongside 20 minute lessons called Quick Trick at $15.

Pistes

Pistes. There’s plenty of piste riders in evidence at Stowe, with the runs on Mt Mansfield having some nice, tame trails suitable for picking up speed & cranking over some turns

Beginners

Beginners will surprise themselves when they see how quickly they can progress on the abundance of easy slopes, especially if they are aided by the teaching staff at the local snowboard school who have more teaching programmes available than you could poke a stick at, ranging from novice to freestyle camps.

Resort Statistics

Resort Type: Alpine
Winter: Nov to April
Summer: None

Lifts

Total Lifts: 12
Gondolas: 1
Chair lifts: 9
Drag lifts: 2
Max people per hour: 15,516
Board Leashes required: Yes

Mountain

Total pistes/trails: 48
Total ride area: 485acres/39 miles
Longest run: 3.7miles (6km)

Top lift: 1109m
Vertical drop: 720m
First lift: 290m

Piste suitability

Green runs: 16%
Red runs: 59%
Black runs: 25%

Lift Passes

Lift Passes:
Half-day $58
1 Day pass - $66/70
Night & Day $76
Night pass - $24
2 Day pass - $120
5 Day pass - $275
Season pass - $1507
Lift times:8.30am to 9.00pm

Snowfall

Average annual snowfall: 6.35metres
Artificial snowmaking coverage: 90%

Facilities

Snowboard Schools: privte 1hr/$93 half day $216
group from $37
Snowboard Hire: board and boots $31 additional days $25
Night Riding: : thursday-saturday the Perry Merrill and Gondolier trails open until 9pm

Other activities

Heliboarding: : Not available
Snowmobiles: Not available

Further information

www.stowe.com/
Email:info@stowe.com

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Summary

Okay fun resort

Terrain & parks

HALFPIPE: Yes - 1
TERRAIN PARK: Yes - 3
BACKCOUNTRY/OFF-PISTE:Poor
TREE RUNS:Yes