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Smugglers' Notch Vermont - Awards & Recognition
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2022 Awards Cheers to all who voted us #i in the East and... Ski Magazine Commodity Hotels.com — Smugglers' Notch Resort is a winner of the Hotels.com Loved by Guests award for 2021! — This is an annual program to recognize partners who deliver exceptional service to our customers. The accolade is based solely on guest reviews, a true testament to your high standards and knowing how to keep your guests happy. Vermont Business Mag is proud to announce the 2021 Best of Business Awards (BOB Awards) winners. This awards program celebrates the all-time Vermont companies in more than 100 business concern-to-business categories. Best Downhill Ski Area: Smugglers' Notch Resort Give thanks you to all who voted us #one in the E and... Read the consummate SKI Mag commodity Travelers' Selection Winner — Congratulations Smugglers' Notch Resort on being a 2020 Travelers' Choice Winner. Each yr, we rummage through reviews, ratings, and saves from travelers everywhere, and use that info to laurels the very best. You're part of an sectional group, and we desire to help y'all celebrate this major accomplishment. Y'all're in the top 10% of hotels worldwide. TripAdvisor Travelers' Option Resort — We are proud to receive recognition as a TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Resort in addition to receiving their Certificate of Excellence. Travelers' Choice awards are the highest award TripAdvisor can bestow. Based on millions of reviews and opinions from travelers around the world, these almanac awards reflect "the all-time of the all-time" for service, quality, and customer satisfaction, from hotels and accommodations to destinations, attractions, and even brands and products. Thank you ALL for your reviews and hope to accept you back soon at Smuggs! Westchester Family Magazine — WestChester Family unit Favorite — We're excited to announce we accept been called equally Best Family Resort by the readers of Westchester Family Magazine! Upward against other resorts in the New England, Pennsylvania, and New York expanse, Smugglers' was chosen for our convenient mountainside Resort village, many pool and waterslide options, children's programs, family activities, and of course, the new FunZone ii.0! TripAdvisor'due south Certificate of Excellence: We're honored to have been selected for TripAdvisor's 2017 Certificate of Excellence, reflecting the positive reviews our guests take given their Smugglers' holiday feel on TripAdvisor. This award is only given to the acme 10 percent of accommodations, attractions, restaurants, and vacation rentals listed on TripAdvisor. TripAdvisor's Document of Excellence: Nosotros're honored to have been selected for TripAdvisor'south 2016 Document of Excellence, reflecting the positive reviews our guests have given their Smugglers' vacation experience on TripAdvisor. This honour is simply given to the top 10 per centum of accommodations, attractions, restaurants, and vacation rentals listed on TripAdvisor. Macaroni Kid Family Travel — Macaroni Child Gold Daisy Award- All-time Children's Ski/Ride School 2016 OnTheSnow Visitors' Choice Awards: voted Smugglers' Notch the Most Family Friendly Resort in the Due east! Here'due south what they had to say well-nigh united states of america: 2015/2016 Family Holiday Critic'south: "10 All-time Ski Resorts for Families in 2015/2016": 2015 Awards SKI Magazine 2016 Resort Guide Reader Survey — #ane Kid-Friendly Resort in the Eastern United states of america & Canada; top 10 rankings in the East for overall satisfaction, value, lodging, service, terrain variety & challenge, training, off hill activities, terrain parks & more GRAND Magazine — Smugglers' Notch is GRAND Magazine's #1 Choice Accolade for Best Family Resort! Family unit Holiday Critic — Ten Best Family Ski Resorts USA Today — Readers' Selection Top 10 Winner - All-time Family unit Resorts Green Mountain Awards for Environmental Excellence - Green Up Program The Boston Parents Newspaper annual Family Favorite Awards — We're proud to be selected as a Top v winner for Summertime Resorts for Families in The Boston Parents Newspaper annual Family unit Favorite Awards for Summer 2015! Vermont Ski Areas Association — Green Mount Awards for Environmental Excellence - Light-green Up Program TripAdvisor Document of Excellence — TripAdvisor honored Smugglers' with a 2015 Certificate of Excellence. "This accomplishment is a direct result of your consistently great reviews from TripAdvisor travelers." — TripAdvisor.com 2014 Awards SKI Magazine 2015 Resort Guide Reader Survey — #1 Kid-Friendly Resort in the East & #1 Overall Resort in the Eastern U.S.; acme x rankings in the East for value, lodging, terrain diverseness & challenge, off hill activities, scenery & sustainability Resort Condominiums International — RCI Gold Crown Resort (since 1993) Trekaroo — Visitors to family travel site Trekaroo chose Smugglers' every bit the Best Ski Resort for Families with School-Aged Kids in the site'due south annual Best Family Ski Resorts poll! 2013 Awards SKI Magazine 2014 Resort Guide Reader Survey — #ane Overall Resort & #1 for Family Vacations (for the 15th year) - Eastern U.S. and Canada. Meridian ten rankings for overall satisfaction, service, value, lodging, snowfall, terrain diverseness & challenge, terrain parks, off-loma activities, scenery, weather condition, character & digital presence Trip Counselor — Certificate of Excellence Vermont Ski Areas Clan — Green Mountain Awards for Environmental Excellence — Dark-green Up Programme — The Green Mountain Awards for Ecology Excellence were launched past the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) in 2013, with judging by representatives of VSAA, Efficiency Vermont and Dark-green Up Vermont. In 2013, Smugglers' was recognized for its longstanding Greenish Upwardly Twenty-four hours efforts. FamilyFun Magazine — Nosotros're proud to be a FamilyFun Magazine Top 10 Family Resort! For their 2013 Travel Awards, FamilyFun Mag checked in with the experts - families who travel. The magazine asked 2000 moms with children ages 3 to 12 to rate 360 popular destinations. We are very proud to be included in the Height ten Family Resorts! Thank you, FamilyFun readers! Parenting Magazine -— In 2013, Smugglers' was named a meridian destination for "H2-OH!" fun for families in Parenting magazine! Vermont Sports Magazine — In 2013, Smugglers' was voted All-time Mountain for Kids in Vermont Sports Mag's almanac reader survey to award the Black Diamond of Excellence! Yankee Magazine Editors' Pick — Our pools, waterslides, and Rum Runners' Hideaway reservoir received a 2013 Yankee Magazine Best of New England - Editors' Option award! The Mother of All Trips. — 13 Best Family Ski Resorts for 2013 — In January 2013, family travel experts from around the land rounded up the 13 best family ski resorts in North America. Smugglers' was recommended by Mara Gorman, writer of the award-winning family travel blog The Female parent of All Trips. Hither's what Mara had to say about Smugglers': "Smugglers' Notch Resort is a swell Vermont skiing destination for families - Smugglers' Notch Resort is tops on the East Coast for an accommodating fun family unit New England ski holiday. The resort has varied terrain on iii mountains including an extensive area total of like shooting fish in a barrel, well-groomed trails and kid-friendly features like small jumps and tunnels. Instructors at the award-winning ski schoolhouse are nothing short of inspiring. Stay slopeside in ane of the fully outfitted condos and enjoy civilities like indoor pools and the FunZone, an enormous indoor play area. Other non-skiing activities include ice skating, tube sledding, and a year-round zip line course. New for 2012-2013 at Smuggs is the all-day snowboarding camp for 3 to 5 twelvemonth olds in the Burton Riglet Park." 2012 Awards SKI Mag Reader Survey — #ane for Family Programs (for 14th year!), pinnacle ski resort in Vermont and #iii in the East! Top ten rankings for value, overall satisfaction, off loma activities, snow, training, terrain variety & challenge, weather, scenery and character. Trekaroo — "Smugglers' Notch Resort Camps are a model for camp programs. They have the location, environment, staff and programming that come up together to create a magical outdoor experience for your child. We talked to people who come up dorsum yr after twelvemonth and wouldn't call up of going anywhere else." August 2012 Family unit Vacation Critic — X Best Family unit Ski Resorts Pit Stops for Kids, February 2012 Mount Mag, Resort Guide 2012 2011 Awards SKI Magazine Reader Survey — #1 for Family Programs (13th year!) and #3 overall in the East. Acme ten rankings for overall satisfaction, value, service, lodging, snow, terrain diverseness and challenge, atmospheric condition, off colina activities, character and digital presence. American Infant — One of the x nearly baby-welcoming destinations — American Baby April 2011 l best ski resorts Oct 2011, The Independent, United kingdom Parenting Magazine - "Smuggs, every bit fans of this archetype family unit ski resort call it, has just every bit much to thrill adventurers in the summertime. The Via Ferrata feel through the Dark-green Mountains is extreme fun at its all-time." July 2011 OnTheSnow.com — Smugglers' Notch Resort was named the Northeast's most Nigh Family-Friendly resort by visitors to OnTheSnow.com, Orinda, California: What's the nigh family-friendly Northeastern ski resort co-ordinate to visitors to OnTheSnow.com, the oldest and most-visited snow sports portal on the Internet? It'due south Smugglers' Notch in Vermont. The Web site, which attracts an audited i.2 1000000 individuals monthly during the winter, gave its visitors the opportunity to write reviews of all North American resorts and rank them in five categories. Vermont Business concern Environmental Leader All-time family-friendly resorts — U.s. TODAY Smugglers' Notch, VT was #one 2010 Awards SKI Magazine Reader Survey — #one for Family Programs (for 12th year!), top ten rankings for terrain variety & claiming, value, service, lodging, off-hill activities, scenery and overall satisfaction Fodor's Travel — Fodor'south Selection 2010 Recipient www.familyskihub.com — Meridian 20 Family Ski Destinations Close 2000-2009 Awards 2009 Awards SKI Magazine Reader Survey — #1 for Family Programs in the East, #1 for Overall Satisfaction and Lodging in the Eastern United States, and #1 for Service in Vermont! www.familyskihub.com — Tiptop twenty Family Ski Destinations 2008 Awards SKI Mag Reader Survey — #i Resort for Family Programs in North America - tenth year! Family Travel Forum — Top Country Resort in "Top Ten Getaways for Tiny Travelers" Awards &kmdash; This award, received in 2008, honors Smugglers' efforts to cater to the special needs of new parents with children under age 5. Co-ordinate to Family Travel Forum, "This accolade reaffirms Smugglers' Notch Resort's superior hospitality to families, especially those with infants, over the by ten years." Seven Days Weekly Paper, Readers' Pick — Best Ski Expanse in Vermont The Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence and Pollution Prevention — Smugglers' receives recognition for carbon footprint reduction (2006-2007) — In Apr 2008, Smugglers' received the Governor's Award for Ecology Excellence and Pollution Prevention for the Resort's efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. In these annual awards, the Vermont governor recognizes businesses, non-profits and individuals whose efforts have shown a level of delivery to and leadership in waste material reduction and pollution prevention, incorporating health and safety benefits, innovative approaches and economical efficiency. 2007 Awards Family unit Travel Forum — Height Land Resort in Annual "Elevation X Getaways for Tiny Travelers" Awards SKI Magazine Reader Survey — #1 Resort for Family Programs in North America - ninth year! 2006 Awards Fodor's Choice Recipient — Awarded by the editors of Fodor's Travel at fodors.com. Fodor's Selection selections recognize the acme sights, properties, and experiences that Fodor's editors and updaters have plant in their travels. Co-ordinate to Fodor'due south, a longtime respected resource for travelers, these places are the "best of the all-time," providing a remarkable feel in their cost range or category. Bureau for Natural Resources — Ecology Leader Designation Skiing Mag — Superlative Ten Resorts in East SKI Magazine Reader Survey — #1 Resort for Family Programs in N America - 8th yr! — #1 Resort Overall in the Eastern Us, #1 for Service and Lodging Vermont Business Environmental Leader - 2006 - Smugglers' Receives Recognition for Environmental Efforts Smugglers' is very proud to be the kickoff resort in Vermont to receive the designation of Ecology Leader, and the second business overall in the state. This recognition was awarded by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation and the Vermont Small Business Evolution Middle, recognizing Smugglers' continuing efforts as part of the Vermont Business Ecology Partnership program. The Environmental Leader designation recognizes an exemplary ecology management programme focused on compliance and minimization of environmental impacts. "Smugglers' Notch Resort, a iv season family unit resort, was chosen because information technology has methodically examined its operations to identify its environmental impacts, and so developed initiatives to minimize those impacts," said Republic of chad Cliburn, of the Department of Environmental Conservation. 2005 Awards Enough Mag — Top 10 Eco-Ski Resorts 2004 Awards North American Snowsports Journalists Association — Best in the East for Families 2003 Awards SKI Magazine — #1 Resort for Family Programs in North America Family unit Travel Forum — Top Snowfall Resort for Families Annual "Tiptop Ten Getaways for Tiny Travelers" Awards The Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide, UK — Children'southward Ski School of the Year SKI Magazine — Silver Eagle Accolade for Ecology Excellence in Water Conservation Burlington Free Press — Readers' Choice Award Mountain Sports Media'due south Ski Magazine Silver Eagle Award — 2003 Excellence in Water Conservation — Conservation of our water resources at Smugglers' Notch Resort ranks high on our list of environmental priorities for a number of reasons. Daily operations at the Resort rely heavily on h2o resources; therefore, we try to limit usage so that we do not impose any agin impacts on the surrounding environment. Water conservation also has an added component of energy conservation, which is apparent in the low-menstruation appliances nosotros utilise in our commercial and residential buildings. These appliances employ less free energy annually than other appliances that have been used in the past. Our snowmaking infrastructure has been designed to salve stresses on aquatic biota during the Winter months when in that location is less water in the streams. The Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in Pollution Prevention — The annual Vermont Governor'southward Awards for Environmental Excellence recognizes innovative individuals, organizations, institutions, public agencies, businesses and industrial facilities whose efforts have contributed to the protection of Vermont's environment, the prophylactic of its citizens, and the health of its economy. Smugglers' Notch Resort has many on-going pollution prevention, environmental protection and resource conservation initiatives that include leasing state-of-the-fine art snowmaking air compressors in order to proceed beside of current emission control technologies, a structure fleck reuse plan that is the first in the resort industry and a construction programme that builds to Energy Rated Homes of Vermont 5 star specifications since 1996. Smugglers' received the 2003 Governor'southward Award for Ecology Excellence for innovations such equally: 2002 Awards Efficiency Vermont — Vermont EnergyStar Homes "Best of the Best" Award — Get-go Place for multi-family unit homes — On Feb 14, 2002 Smugglers' Notch Resort received the "Best of the All-time" accolade for multi-family construction at the Building Solutions Almanac conference held at the Sheraton Hotel in Burlington, VT. The award highlights a building that is an exceptional instance of quality design, construction, and free energy efficiency. Smugglers' new Falcons building incorporates xviii ii and 3 bedroom condominiums with an exercise facility and outdoor hot tub. This building was chosen for the award because it represents the durability and value that an energy efficient blueprint tin can yield when executed with quality construction. This honour is presented by Efficiency Vermont, Vermont'southward own free energy efficiency utility. Efficiency Vermont was created by the Vermont Legislature and the Vermont Public Service Board to assist Vermonters salvage energy, reduce energy costs, and protect the environment. Information technology is operated by an independent, non-profit organization under contract to the Public Service Board. "Nosotros are constantly trying to meliorate our energy effectiveness by exceeding industry standards," said Mark Delaney, Vice President of Corporate Evolution. "We have been working closely with Efficiency Vermont for over 6 years to attain the Vermont Energy V Star Rating on all new homes constructed on site." Smugglers' Notch Resort currently has over i hundred Energy V Star homes. Environmentally friendly features of the Falcons include: free energy efficient fluorescent lighting, LED exit lights, high efficiency HVAC plants, water conservation fixtures, high insulation values, appliances that salvage upwards to 35% on operation costs, water conservation appliances such equally forepart-loading apparel washers that save equally much as 50% on water consumption, and the highest rated sound attenuation possibilities. SKI Magazine — #1 Resort for Family Programs in North America FamilyFun — #1 Family unit Resort in the Northeast 2001 Awards The Vermont Business organisation Environmental Partnership - 2001 Designation highlights Resort's sound ecology practices The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership is a voluntary, environmental assistance and business recognition program offered by the Ecology Assistance Partition of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and the Vermont Small Business Development Center. The Partnership joins efforts of the public and private sectors to reach environmental and economic goals simultaneously. The goals of the Partnership are to attain greater environmental and economic functioning and to promote public recognition of environmental excellence. The Vermont Business Environmental Partnership allows participants to be recognized equally an Ecology Partner when they attain a fix of core environmental standards and a full of six elective standards. Vermont Ski Areas Association — SKI Magazine — #ane Resort for Family Programs in Northward America FamilyFun — #1 Family Resort in the Northeast Burlington Free Press — Reader'due south Option Award Agency for Natural Resources — Environmental Partner Designation 2000 Awards Lake Champlain Regional Bedroom of Commerce — Customs Excellence Honour to Peter Ingvoldstad, SKI Magazine — #ane Resort in Due north America for Family Programs FamilyFun — #1 Family Resort in the Northeast The Good Skiing and Snowboarding Guide 2000, U.K. — Family Resort of the Year in Northward America Family Tree Magazine — #1 Resort in North America for Family Reunions Burlington Gratuitous Press — Reader's Choice Honor CLOSE 1999 Awards VT Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services & Foster Parent Association — Local Community Business Laurels for 1999 Vermont Magazine — Best Family Area SKI Mag — #ane Family Resort in North America 1998 Awards Condé Nast Traveler (Readers' Poll) — #1 Ski Resort in New England and #2 in the Northeast Governor Howard Dean — Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence - Pollution Prevention Mountain Sports & Living(formerly Snow Country) — #i Ski resort in the East — Height 10 in N America — #1 in the Eastward for Customer Service Burlington Free Press — Reader's Selection Laurels National Ski Patrol — Eastern Division Outstanding Alpine Ski Patrol of the Yr Award Lamoille Economic Evolution Council — Caddy Brooks Honor for Business Apprehending And Customs Volunteerism Vermont Chamber of Commerce — Deane C. Davis Family unit Fun — Family Friendly Travel Award Parents Magazine — Great Family unit Resorts Boston Magazine — All-time Ski Areas for Families SKI Magazine — All-time Family Resorts The Governor'southward Honour for Environmental Excellence Smugglers' Notch Resort has many on-going pollution prevention, environmental protection and resource conservation initiatives that include leasing state-of-the-art snowmaking air compressors in society to keep abreast of current emission control technologies, a structure scrap reuse program that is the first in the resort manufacture and a structure program that builds to Energy Rated Homes of Vermont 5 star specifications since 1996. Smugglers' received the 1998 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for innovations such as: 1997 Awards Family unit Travel Network(AOL) — Best Family Ski Resort Travel & Leisure — Best Ski Resort for Families Skiing for Women — The Best Place for Women with Children SKI Magazine — #1 for Family Programs Snow Country — #1 in North America for Ski School — #ane in North America for Children's Programs — #1 in North America for Lodging — #1 in Due north America for Family 1995 Awards Snowfall State — Reader'south Poll — National Ski Area Design Awards Honorable Mention for Mogul Mouse's Magic Lift and Magic Learning Trail 1994 Awards Snowfall Land — Readers' Poll 1993 Awards Snow Country — Readers' Poll Lamoille County Planning — Overall Excellence in Community Service and Commission Projection Pattern for Recycling and Composting Project Improve Homes & Gardens — thirty Favorite Family Resorts 1992 Awards Resort and Commercial Recreation Association — Premier Property Award 1991 Awards Lamoille Regional Solid Waste product Management — Environmental Activeness Certificate for Recycling Family unit Circle Readers — Family Resorts of the Year Award — National 1991/1992 — Regional 1990 1990 Awards Improve Homes & Gardens — 50 Favorite Family Resorts Parents — May, 2021 — New England has 3 of the best kid-friendly destinations in America, according to Parents magazine. "With many families starting to think about and plan their kickoff trips in quite some time, we know that health and well-being is top-of-mind," Julia Edelstein, editor in principal of Parents mag, said in a statement. "This year'southward list features destinations that bring families close to nature, offer lots of adventure, and above all else, provide a rubber environment for the entire family." Smugglers' Notch, affectionately known every bit "Smuggs," was named the all-time resort for kids of all ages due to its goose egg-lining, disc golf, and variety of outdoor activities for anybody from toddlers to teens. The destinations were chosen by Parents staff and family unit travel judges, who nominated more than 150 places within the U.S. that offer outdoor activities, plenty of infinite for social distancing, and enhanced safety protocols due to the coronavirus pandemic. Staff and judges so voted on the nominations, "with an eye on value and wow factor for kids." Panelist Pick - FamilyFun Magazine - A Disney Publication — "Smugglers' Notch bills itself as 'America'southward Family Resort' and those who've visited dorsum-up that claim... Summer or Winter, the focus is on the outdoors with a potent emphasis on parent-child activities... and in Winter, skiing, snowboarding, tube sliding, and bonfires with hot cocoa... Smugglers' offers instructional programs and has won awards for snow-sports training, kid care and more." 10 superlative acquire-to-ski and ride programs Vermont Business Environmental Leader! This award reflects an ongoing commitment to pollution prevention, regulatory compliance, and exemplary environmental management practices including recycling from guests and employees. Only one other business in the state of Vermont has received this prestigious honor. Smugglers' has held this designation since 2006. Superlative 10 Resorts for Teens — familyvacationcritic.com: #1 Family Resort in the Northeast — FamilyFun Mag A Disney Publication - For years now, Smugglers' has won this #1 spot in the Top Picks for Family unit Resorts in The Northeast! Why is Smugglers' the winner? "Families cite... outdoor pools, tubing, kids' program, and family packages... biking, hiking and more than." Summit ten U.S. Family Resort - independenttraveler.com: Just kids aren't the only ones having fun. With wildflower walks, golf outings and local vino tastings, parents will never abound restless. The entire family can cool off at h2o play pools equipped with sprays and slides. In Winter, Smugglers' offers instructional programs for kids in skiing and snowboarding, plus such homegrown fun as sledding and bonfires with hot cocoa. CLOSE
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★ #1 for Overall Satisfaction
2021 Awards
Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice Winner — Congratulations Smugglers' Notch Resort on being a 2021 Travelers' Option Winner. Each year, we comb through reviews, ratings, and saves from travelers everywhere, and utilise that info to award the very best. You're part of an exclusive grouping, and nosotros want to assist y'all celebrate this major achievement. Smugglers' Notch is in the pinnacle 10% of hotels worldwide.
2020 Awards
#1 for Family Friendly * #1 for Local Flavor * #one for Lodging * #1 for Overall Satisfaction * #one for Service * #1 for Terrain
2019 Awards
Vermont Business organisation Mag — Best of Concern Laurels for All-time Ski Resort! Information technology is an honor to receive the 2019 Vermont Business Mag All-time of Business Award for Best Ski Resort! This award goes to businesses that offer the best customer service, that are willing to go to a higher place and across, and to pay attention to detail. From the Vermont Concern Mag website: This awards plan celebrates the best Vermont companies in more than 100 business organisation-to-business categories. VBM readers chose the winners! VBM surveyed its mag and digital subscribers. We asked our readers – the business organization leaders of Vermont – who they trust to provide their services in over 100 dissimilar categories. After nearly 13,000 votes, we compiled the go-to list in the country for everything from Best Bank and All-time Public Relations Firm to Best College for an Online Caste. Some of the questions and answers were based on a regional perspective while virtually of the categories were looking for statewide winners.
2018 Awards
National Ski Patrol — Smugglers' Ski Patrol Receives Prestigious NSP Award — "The 2018 National Outstanding Alpine Patrol award is presented to a patrol that demonstrates excellence in performance, leadership at the regional, divisional, and national levels. Individual accomplishments past the Smugglers' Patrol weighed heavy into the patrol being awarded this annual prestigious accolade. The listing of accomplishments is long and stood above and beyond the nearest 2nd place candidate patrol." — John Kane, Director, National Ski Patrol, Eastern Division
2017 Awards
SKI Magazine 2018 Resort Guide Reader Survey
#1 Child Friendly, #1 for Service, and #one OVERALL in the Eastern U.S. and Canada! Smugglers' also received top 10 ranking among Eastern resorts in the categories of lodging, snow quality, graphic symbol/ambiance, dining/après sport, preparation, terrain diversity, and terrain challenge.
2016 Awards
SKI Magazine 2017 Resort Guide Reader Survey — #1 Child-Friendly Resort in the Eastern US & Canada; superlative 5 rankings in the Eastward for overall satisfaction, value, lodging, service, terrain diverseness & challenge, and scenery!
"Smugglers' Notch is a twelvemonth-circular mountain vacation resort in Jeffersonville, over the hill from Stowe and only 30 miles east of the Burlington International Airport. If you are the nervous type, stay off The Black Hole, the simply triple blackness diamond trail in the East, just balance assured, they have an unabridged mountain dedicated to green terrain also, forth with a multitude of intermediate and expert trails. Smugglers' Notch Resort covers more than ane,000 acres of accessible terrain, with over 300 acres marked and patrolled. The resort is consistently and justifiably rated as one of the superlative family destinations in the nation. Guests can enjoy a diversity of Condominium Lodging in the Heart of Vermont's Dark-green Mountains ranging from one to five bedroom condos. The two,610 feet of vertical are accessed via 78 trails and 6 lifts. Skiers and riders can await an average seasonal snowfall of 322 inches. In addition, visitors will notice 58 km of cross-land and snowshoe trails."
"Smugglers' Notch in Vermont is a dream destination for skiing families -- and with good reason. The resort offers several incentives for families, such as Kids' Nighttime Out, a childcare service with dinner and activities, and a FamilyFest Package that includes lodging, lift tickets, activities and more. Children as young as 2 and a half can learn to ski, and all new skiers are placed in lessons with other children their age. When teens aren't ice-skating, snowmobiling or Airboarding, they can hang at Teen Alley, where in that location are video games, music, movies, organized events and new friends to meet."
2010-2015 Awards
The Green Mountain Awards for Environmental Excellence were launched past the Vermont Ski Areas Association (VSAA) in 2013, with judging by representatives of VSAA, Efficiency Vermont and Green Up Vermont. In 2015, Smugglers' again was recognized for its longstanding Dark-green Up Mean solar day efforts. Smugglers' holds its own Green Upward Twenty-four hours just prior to Vermont'south official effort in early May, which gives employees the opportunity to participate in their hometown's programme in addition to greening upward at piece of work. Employee clean-upward teams organize and fan out over the resort property, with coverage of the upper mountain parking lots in addition to the Village and Base Lodge areas. Typically 2 to three 1-ton truckloads of trash are nerveless during this yearly effort, which has been in identify for at least 12 years.
Family unit travel website Pit Stops for Kids visited Smugglers' in Feb 2012 with one goal: "to put Smuggs' legendary family-friendliness to the test"! Read about the experience on pitstopsforkids.com
Smugglers' is included in the mag's profile of "35 surefire, blower powder, start drooling, big winter adventures": While Smuggs has run with its status as the almost family-friendly resort in the East, only the locals know how adept the steep north facing trees off the Madonna lift are. Deeper still, Smugglers' has actively opened up access for those looking to find pulverization in the trees. "You tin can hike upward a little bit and ski into the Notch now," says Smuggs Heidi Noonan. "Smuggs has been actually skillful nigh opening up all of that and so you tin ski at your ain risk." Back to the families: This season a new on-snowfall play area developed by Burton called a "Riglet Park" introduces children ages three and up to snowboarding. A tree house in the center of the park features an elevated platform with ramps for kids to ride downwardly. Notable: It'due south the second season for an eight-zipline canopy tour, the latest in a multitude of indoor and outdoor activities to keep families occupied.
Selected by a panel of U.k. ski experts.
"Unless there'south a special deal, I don't retrieve there's whatever bespeak going to a big-name resort for your first week," says Patrick Thorne, founder of www.thesnowhunter.com. "Similarly, I don't call back you can go wrong in North American resorts for their 'we've thought of everything and nosotros think yous're great' conviction-boosting mental attitude. A New England resort like Smugglers' Notch in Vermont is a expert pick - relaxed, friendly, affordable and not too long a flight."
- Recognition from the Governor's Small-scale Business Evolution Center
Smugglers' is very proud to be the beginning resort in Vermont to receive the designation of Environmental Leader, and the 2d business organisation overall in the land. The Environmental Leader designation recognizes an exemplary ecology management program focused on compliance and minimization of environmental impacts.
"Even 4- and 5-year-olds tin sign on for the snowboarding camp, and the resort offers individual lessons for 2-year-olds. The resort likewise offers weekly fireworks, winter science programs and kids' dark outs. Pre-skiers ages 6 weeks to 3 years old can stay at a twenty-four hour period-care center with a staff of 20. Teens tin can choose from 2 centers to hang out at - no parents immune."
Smugglers' topped the listing that included both Snowmass and Winter Park, Colorado.
* Using water conservation devices and appliances in all new construction
* Conducting yearly h2o audits to ensure low menstruum fixtures are in place in all homes
* Updating older model appliances with newer water saving models
Ecology Resort of the Month — November 2001
Each month, Ski Vermont highlights ecology initiatives from resorts throughout the state. Smugglers' was recognized in November 2001 for its habitat protection initiatives to aid preserve black bears, as well every bit its preservation of wetlands and planting of native species in its landscaping.
Snow Sport University Director
1990-1999 Awards
#ane — for Children'south Programs in Due north America — #1 Ski School in N America — Pinnacle Reservationists
Outstanding Vermont Business of the Year Award
in Pollution Prevention - 1998 The annual Vermont Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence recognizes innovative individuals, organizations, institutions, public agencies, businesses and industrial facilities whose efforts have contributed to the protection of Vermont'southward environment, the prophylactic of its citizens, and the wellness of its economic system.
* Using the most efficient compressors for snowmaking available
* Recycling structure scrap fabric (for case, v.8 tons of sheet rock in 1998)
* Building to Free energy Rated Homes of Vermont Five Star specifications
* Using bullhead catfish equally part of the sewage treatment process.
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Other Accolades
www.MyFamilyTravels.com — Vermont's Smugglers' Notch Resort, rated "No. 1 Family Resort in Due north America" past Ski mag for 13 years running, is New England'due south finest children'southward learning center for two reasons: its breathtaking beginner terrain is safely segregated on Morse Mountain (one of the resort'south iii peaks), and these guys know how to make information technology Fun.
Smugglers' Notch Resort is very proud to be a
Vermont Business Environmental Leader!
— Recognition from the Governor's Small Concern Evolution Center
Recognizing that teens are "difficult to delight at times and with minds (and itineraries) of their ain," this ranking of the worlds acme vacation spots for teens gives special recognition to Smugglers' Notch Team, High Adventure Army camp, Teen Centers, and diversity of activities in Summer and Winter for this historic period grouping.
In the Summer months, Smugglers' Notch Resort takes advantage of its Greenish Mountain location to focus on the outdoors. Summer twenty-four hour period camps give children ages 3 through 17 the risk to mount bike, hike, canoe, fish and rock climb. In specialty programs, older children can up their adrenaline past skateboarding and kayaking. Nature lovers can explore nearby beaver ponds and wetlands, while artsy kids can paint, create jewelry and brand dirt sculptures. Even children ages six weeks to three years can go far on the fun at TREASURES, a state-licensed child care facility.
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