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.
Snow Sports
STRATTON’S SISTER: SUGARBUSH RESORT
A vacationer’s guide to Stratton’s distinguished northern neighbor – Sugarbush Resort.
Giving Back
Hopeful Havens
Southern Vermont’s nonprofit animal rescue organizations work toward future expansions.
Good Works
GOING GREEN
Southern Vermont’s environmental innovators speak on the future of sustainable community partnership.
Attractions
A Rare Jewel
An inside look at the fabled Southern Vermont getaway of Rudyard Kipling, one of history’s most beloved writers.
Outdoors
A Beautiful Ride
Stratton Mountain gears up for summer action with its new mountain bike park.
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