Stick Season
A SEASON BETWEEN TWO PEAKS
The leaves have fallen, and snow hasn’t yet arrived. Views open up as sunlight filters through branches. Stick season in Vermont offers a quieter, more reflective beauty. It’s a pause between seasons. There are still leaves to peep; they’re all over the trails and sidewalks.
Take the Winding Trail
Scenic Drives
Byways, back roads – even our highways are scenic. Along the way, signs may intrigue you to take an alternate route. Lean in; it’s usually always worth the detour.
Take the scenic routeTake the scenic routeHiking
With more leaves on the ground than in trees, views open up from mountain summits or rail trails. Stick season in Vermont is also hunting season. Wear orange and stay on the marked trail.
Hit the TrailHit the TrailShopping
Artisan makers and independent shops are in every Vermont town. General stores stock maple syrup from the sugarhouse on the outskirts of town and artwork from local painters.
Shop LocalShop LocalCraft Beverages
America’s most awarded gin bottles their spirits in Vermont’s capital city. We also have the most craft breweries per capita. With this many makers in the state, you’re never too far.
CheersCheers
Haunted Vermont
Ghosts reportedly haunt a 19th-century English castle in Proctor – you can see for yourself once you’re there. People have sworn they’ve heard the screams of a jilted lover from Emily’s Bridge in Stowe. Elsewhere in town, boots heard on the roof of the Green Mountain Inn belonged to a former employee who saved the young daughter of a guest from falling to her death. Come see for yourself what haunts the Green Mountains.
