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April 30

April 30, 1956

This ski area takes a doctor, one mountain,
two Pomalifts and five trails to become reality.


 

More people were beginning to think of Vermont as a good place to ski on this day in 1956. It was on this day that Smuggler's Notch Ski-Ways, Inc. was incorporated, better known today as Smuggler's Notch or simply, Smuggs.

Dr. Roger Mann, the Cambridge village physician, oversaw much of the early development. Two T-100 Pomalifts, early cable, stick and disk format European style lifts, were installed on Sterling Mountain and five trails were cut.

In those early days, the ski area was only open on weekends. Years of hard work and growth have made Smuggler's Notch what it is today.


Image courtesy the Vermont Historical Society.

 

April Archives | May 1

The Vermont Book Of Days - Smuggler's Notch ski area

An early advertisement for Smugglers' Notch Ski-Ways,
showing all five trails cut down Sterling Mountain.


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