- City:
- Stowe, VT
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Paths and Trails
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1933
Description
“Among most impressive projects was the C.C.C.’s construction of the first ski trails on the mountain in Mt. Mansfield State Forest. Charles Lord, a civil engineer overseeing a twenty-five-man work crew from the Moscow camp, carved out several trails, among them: the Ski Master, the Overland, the Perry Merrill, Lord, the S-53, and the Nose Dive. At the base of Nose Drive, the C.C.C. crew constructed a large parking area to accommodate several hundred cars.”
Lift serviced skiing at present day Stowe started when Sepp Ruschp and the Mt. Mansfield Ski Club opened a rope tow on the Toll House slope on February 2, 1937.
Source notes
https://vermonthistory.org/research/research-resources-online/green-mountain-chronicles/fighting-the-depression-the-c-c-c-1933 https://www.newenglandskihistory.com/Vermont/stowe.phpSite originally submitted by Andrew Laverdiere on December 13, 2014.
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