Top 10 Vermont Luxury Resorts: Stowe Mountain Lodge

Experience the height of luxury at Stowe Mountain Lodge. The lodge’s location amidst the majestic Green Mountain peaks, covered bridges and crystal clear lakes of Stowe—the ski capital of the east—make this luxury mountain lodge the destination for your next Vermont ski vacation.

Stowe Mountain Lodge has everything you’d expect of New England’s premier snowboarding and skiing resort, and is steeped in the rich history of centuries of skiing on Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak. With 116 trails and 13 lifts, Stowe Mountain Lodge sets a new standard for winter recreation at its finest, while the resort’s other amenities serve as the perfect complement to a day on the slopes. Solstice Restaurant features artisan cheeses and all-natural meat dishes (we loved the dry-aged Vermont beef with truffled polenta cake), while the Hourglass Bar specializes in designer cocktails and rare wines.

Stowe Mountain Lodge’s six-story lodge features Alpine architecture, bamboo bed linens and goose down comforters for a luxurious escape from everyday life. Expansive glass panels in the lodge’s great room and oversized windows in the suites frame picturesque mountain scenery just waiting to be explored. Rustic elements merge with luxury appointments in multi-level cabins tucked into the mountainside, where handcrafted timbers, local stone accents, and whirlpool soaking tubs – plus the convenient ski-in/ski-out location - create the ultimate mountain retreat.

Things to Know

Average rainfall/snowfall

333 inches

Getting there

From Burlington International Airport, follow Airport Drive and turn left onto US-2/Williston Road. Turn right onto St. George Road, then merge onto I-89 South. Take Exit 10 toward Stowe and turn left onto 100 North. Follow to the center of Stowe Village, then take a left at the flashing stop light onto Route 108 North. Stowe Mountain Lodge will be on your right.

Fun facts

Stowe Mountain Lodge was the first mountain resort to win Audubon International’s coveted Sustainable Community award.