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Stowe has been welcoming visitors to its breathtaking mountains and valleys for almost 200 years. The first tourists came for the summer; escaping the burgeoning, sweltering East Coast cities to bask in the crisp air, cool breezes, stunning mountains, and pristine lakes and rivers. In 1858 an inn was built atop Mt. Mansfield and the Mansfield House hotel in the village accommodated 600 guests.

At the turn of the century, Stowe truly began its transformation from a small vacation community into the number one resort in the East as rated by both Ski and Skiing magazines. Swedish families began to move to the town in 1912, using skis as their main means of locomotion. Serious skiing didn’t begin until 1933, when the Civilian Conservation Corps cut a four-mile trail down the mountain. It cost 50 cents per day or $5 per season to ski in Stowe in the thirties! Nowadays, Stowe is not only the ‘ski capital of the East’, but also Vermont’s premier summer resort.