A Little Holiday Excitement

Hey Everyone, We are about to head into December and what better than to plan a trip to the Spruce Peak Performing Arts Center!

I am extermley excited for the showing on December 3rd A Charlie Brown Christmas with David Benoit. David Benoit is a five time Grammy-nominated pianist and his quartet will play a show full of holiday songs and arrangements made famous by Vince Guaraldi on the Charlie Brown Christmas TV specials.

The evening will also feature children from the Stowe Elementary School Chorus singing during the show with Mr. Benoit and company.

Benoit electrified the jazz world when he released a version of “The Peanuts Theme” which became a #1 hit on jazz radio. He has performed The Peanuts Piano Concerto with several orchestras as part of his tribute to Charles Schulz and the music of Vince Guaraldi. In 2000 he released his GRP tribute recording Here’s To You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years. In 2005, Benoit released 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas, featuring Toni Braxton, Norman Brown, Chaka Khan, Dave Koz, the Rippingtons, Vanessa Williams, and others.

This inspirational concert features the classic music of Vince Guaraldi along with Charlie Brown Christmas originals from David Benoit, who took over the helm as the music composer for the new Charlie Brown Christmas TV Specials more than a decade ago. Experience the magic of a beloved and timeless holiday classic, performed by an artist who through his passion keeps the music of A Charlie Brown Christmas alive, and ever evolving.

DAVID BENOIT - A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS DATE: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2011 TIME: 8PM TICKETS: $45 AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE 11/14/11

Opening Day Part II

Hey Everyone! What a great day today has been! We opened with a snow storm and freshies on top of the lovely work from the snow makers. It made for variable conditions but at the same time lots of fun! After taking one preseason ride up the NEW FourRunner Quad today's performance was nothing but the best! Everything went off smoothly and everyone seemed happy to be skiing and riding again!

Some early risers were in the parking lot before I got in just after 5am!

Patiently waiting in line for the New FourRunner Quad to open.

Anticipation

Our new pass system through Evolution Stowe

Excited employees

Fresh turns!

Opening Day!

Hey everyone! Welcome to a snowy first day of the 2011-2012 winter season! We have picked up a fresh 6-7" of new snow overnight and it continues to snow heavily here at the mountain! Our brand new FourRunner Quad will open at 8am, following a brief opening ceremony, and will provide top-to-bottom skiing & riding today. Open trails will include Upper Lord, Lord, Upper Ridgeview, Ridgeview, North Slope, Lower North Slope & Centerline for a total of 2.7 miles and over 2,000 vertical feet of terrain. All of our terrain has been groomed with the exception of Centerline. We also have two terrain features set-up on Ridgeview. Snowmaking will be in progress today on Upper Lord, Lord and Ridgeview. I am still running around getting photos for you all this morning so stay tuned through Twitter and Facebook and check back again later to see what opening day looks like!

Snow Making

Our snow makers have been very busy! Check out their hard work!

Unseasonably warm temperatures...

Due to the recent unseasonably mild weather, our new projected opening day is Wednesday, November 23 at 8:00am (weather permitting). We're planning to open top-to-bottom with the debut of our brand new FourRunner Quad on Mount Mansfield, Vermont's Highest Peak. Weather forecasts are calling for cold temperatures to return later tonight and last through the first half of this weekend, so we hope to have the snow guns running again by tomorrow morning. I got to take a spin on the FourRunner Quad today and I wanted you to enjoy the ride as much as I did!

We have Snow

Hey Everyone! We have snow! Let the games begin! Snowmaking started two nights ago with a little help from Mother Nature [just a dusting though]. It [hopefully] won't be long until we ride the new FourRunner. It is in progress down to what's known as the rock garden near the top of Sunrise...portions of Lord and Ridgeview are getting plastered with snow right now. It's a beautiful sight from the base to see the guns raging up there. Hang in there opening day is scheduled for 1 week from today November 19th! Keep doing those colder temperature and snow dances! Enjoy a few photos I got of the mountain this morning!

Falling into Winter

Greetings from Stowe!

The past two weeks we have been seeing more winter type weather. We had a little snow from the Nor' Easter a week back and the past several evenings we have had some very nice frosts! Enjoy this video of our transition from fall to winter!