Start from 22 curated places around Mount Snow, VT, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Two Tannery Road
The valley's premier special-occasion table, set in an 18th-century building where exposed beams meet white tablecloths and a serious wine list. The kitchen draws on Vermont farms and rewrites the menu each season, landing somewhere between refined New American and classical continental. Reservations are the only way in on ski-season weekends.
Sawmill Bar & Table
A warm, barn-style room in West Dover doing modern American cooking without pretension — cast-iron roasted chicken, wood-grilled proteins, and shareable small plates built around Vermont producers. The bar program is strong for a mountain town and the space handles both families and couples without feeling like one or the other. It is the reliable anchor dinner on a ski trip.
Trails & outdoors
Haystack Mountain Trail
The most rewarding moderate hike near Mount Snow — 4.1 miles round trip with 1,025 feet of gain through mixed hardwood forest to a bare summit with views east over the Deerfield Valley and south into Massachusetts. Finding the trailhead in the Chimney Hills subdivision is the hardest part; the summit payoff is worth the navigation.
Mount Olga Trail
The easiest fire tower hike in southern Vermont — a 1.7-mile loop from Molly Stark State Park to the top of Mount Olga, where a restored steel tower offers 360-degree views on clear days. The trail is well-maintained and entirely suitable for children, making it the default family hike when staying near the resort.
Things to do
Mount Snow Mountain Bike Park
The ski resort's summer incarnation as a lift-accessed mountain bike park, with trails ranging from beginner-friendly groomers to expert technical descents across the same 611 acres. Bike rentals, lessons, and the full base-lodge infrastructure make this the easiest entry point to lift-accessed riding in southern Vermont.
Adams Farm
A working farm in Wilmington with seasonal pick-your-own activities, farm tours, and a stand selling local maple, cheese, and produce. It is the genuine agricultural counterpoint to the ski-resort economy and offers a reason to explore what the Deerfield Valley actually grows and raises. The animals and open fields make it a natural stop with children.
Landmarks & sights
Mount Snow Resort
Southern Vermont's largest ski resort with 611 acres of terrain across five peaks and genuine variety for all ability levels. In summer it converts to a lift-accessed mountain bike park with trails ranging from beginner-friendly groomers to expert technical descents. The base lodge area is the social and logistical hub of the entire Deerfield Valley.
Molly Stark State Park
A compact state park on Route 9 anchored by a 1.7-mile loop up to the Mount Olga fire tower, with sweeping views over the Deerfield Valley and into New Hampshire and Massachusetts on clear days. The tower is climbable and staffed by volunteer fire wardens in summer. The campground is among the more pleasant in southern Vermont.