Features and Stories
Exploring Manchester and the Mountains
Stratton Magazine proudly showcases the people and places of the Manchester and the Mountains area of Southern Vermont. Explore posts here featuring things to see, the lifestyle, experiences, events and that little thing we call “the X Factor” which makes this Vermont community so unique.
Outdoors
LGBTQ WINTER SUMMIT COMES TO STRATTON
This February, the resort welcomes outdoor enthusiast organization, Get Out and Trek, for an inclusive LGBTQ winter weekend.
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY GET OUT AND TREK
Home
COME HOME to Manchester and the Mountains
A collaboration between homeowners and Pete Conrad Construction creates a welcoming multigenerational retreat.
Features and Stories
WinterWonderWomen
A super-group of bluegrass women, with Vermont roots and formed on stage at WinterWonderGrass, plans their next collaboration.
BY IDA MAE SPECKER
Giving Back
TRI-STATE SUPERHEROES
While spreading joy dressed as some of our favorite heroes, it’s difficult to tell just who inspires whom.
BY VANCE SAVAGE
Special Section
The Cutting Edge
Stratton Mountain School students share their favorite new gear for the upcoming season.
Features and Stories
TRADITION
Where do our tree decorating traditions come from? A writer explores her own family’s annual tree trimming.
BY JILL SANDS
Features and Stories
COME ONE, COME ALL
Stratton Mountain Resort is reimagining its terrain park design for the youngest of boarders to technical challenges designed for experts.
BY TINA WEIKERT
Health
Broken
It’s okay to be broken. After all, the real power of being broken is knowing you can survive it again.
STORY BY JON WILSON
Snow Sports
HEADING WEST
Steamboat Ski Resort, where Champagne Powder® was coined and the spirit of the American West remains in the shadow of the Colorado Rockies.
STORY BY STEAMBOAT SKI RESORT
ArtScene
The Odd Potato
A family recognizes the blessings of Hanukkah in all of their forms.
BY EILEEN BLUESTONE SHERMAN
Profile
American Made. Guaranteed for Life.
The subtitle on the J.K. Adams catalogue, “American made. Guaranteed for life,” may not tell you all you need to know about the wood and slate kitchenware products made by the 75-year-old company based in Dorset, Vermont, but it sure is close.
BY ANDREW MCKEEVER
Giving Back
BART ADAPTIVE SPORTS CENTER
Now in its second season at Stratton Mountain Resort, Bart Adaptive Sports Center’s programs are bringing new faces to new places on the slopes.
BY ANITA RAFAEL
Last Word
Congratulations, Hadestown!
At the TONY® Awards on June 9th this year, Hadestown claimed the prize in 8 categories out of its 14 nominations—the most of any show this season. Nearly every winner thanked VERMONT!
Outdoors
All Geared Up
Phase 1 of the mountain biking park opens at Stratton Resort, adding to family fun for all levels of mountain biking enthusiasts in Manchester and the Mountains.
BY ANDREW MCKEEVER
Profile
Blown Away
Incredibly, the fellow everyone knows as a farmer in Townshend, Vermont and the fellow who is the internationally acclaimed designer and glass artist are one and the same—Robert DuGrenier.
BY ANITA RAFAEL
Local
An Enchanted Forest
You’ll fall in love with everything that goes on at Merck Forest & Farmland Center.
BY ANITA RAFAEL
Good Works
Our State Orchestra
A chat with Executive Director Ben Cadwallader on the history and future of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.
INTERVIEW BY JOSHUA SHERMAN, MD