Stowe Village
Stowe is a picture postcard New England village, with a white church steeple marking its center, general stores, galleries and a wide range of options for eating out.Stowe’s new Spruce Peak base area is home to the Stowe Mountain Lodge, several new restaurants and shops as well as the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center. In winter months, the golf clubhouse turns into the “Winter Cottage” which hosts Stowe’s nordic and snowshoeing activities.
There are plenty of lodging choices along the Mountain Road from four-star resorts to 150-year-old, B&Bs. Dating back to the early 1800s as an old stagecoach town, Stowe is one of America’s oldest tourist destinations. Skiing came early to Stowe-it’s one of America’s first ski resorts and, as with many of the resorts that followed, the skiing is quite separate from the village. In Stowe’s case, the foot of the mountain is 6 miles distant (9.6 km). There is a regular shuttle bus service that takes people from the village to the mountain with regular stops along Mountain Road.