Cochran’s is dirt cheap but hours are more limited (3-6p midweek, 3-8 on Fri. 9 - 4 on weekends.)

Definitely will be a boon to the ecosystem! I just wrote my post as a joke (I am terrible at hunting :-/ )

To help you compare Bolton to Cochran’s:

Bolton lift tickets are discounted to $39 (all day Monday or afternoon Tu-Fr), with added discount if you purchase online in advance.

Lifts run 9-4 Sun & Mon, 9-10 Tu-Sa

The deer are a legitimate problem that is not solved with hunting alone. "Not enough deer to hunt" is not a problem for the vast majority of people, because the goal is to drive the population down.

Even better, I suspect the cats are better at targeting the weaker ones, so the deer you do have left to hunt should tend to be bigger and healthier, even if there are fewer of them.

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Bolton and Cochorans should be serius considerations for you - both have night skiing that's cheap, so if you want to do groomer/cruisers anyway, ski and night and save $$$. Also look at Smuggs - they have a "morse only" pass that only is good for thier "easy" mountain with all greens and blues. It's cheap. But no night skiing there.

If they eat turkeys then the more the merrier.

Whoever told you VT resorts are above your skill level is a boldface liar. Every resort has beginner areas and beginner terrain. Most resorts here really don’t even have any inbounds terrain that requires a crazy high skill level. Any of the resorts you mentioned would suffice perfectly but I’d recommend Bolton simply for the chiller, old school vibes and the fact it’s independently owned. Cochran’s would also be a great option for you

Racism isn't new. But when I was in high school, the team having problems would show up and stomp the racist town, using racism as motivation. That didn't always shut them up, but it made them mad to lose. Skipping a game just looks weak.

Brew is a great guy. Well known and respected around SW VT.

I'd be ok with this, but there are other ways to control the deer. Start killing more and use the meat to feed inmates.

I lived in Colorado where there were a lot of mountain lions. Human attacks are almost non-existent. We need to reduce the deer herd through either the reintroduction of mountain lions or wolfs. Deer are on the biggest vectors for ticks which could be a big cause for why Vermont is overrun with them. So I am all for bringing the big cats back.

I’ll take anything that’ll help control the deer and therefore tick population, having mysterious cool cats in the woods is just an extra plus

TLDR: I’d suggest Bolton or Smuggs as best beginner mountains.

Bolton is the local diver bar mountain. It’s awesome. Relatively cheap and close, short lifts quick trails that are intermixed well so you can do a quick black diamond into a green and coast the rest of the way.

So even if you find yourself on a trail above your comfort level, it’s super short so you’ll be off it quick. Great for getting comfortable on different difficulty trails.

Also consider a Morse only pass at Smuggs. Smuggs doesn’t have intermixed trails, it has a beginner mountain, an intermediate mountain and an expert mountain… Morse is the beginner mountain and is great for a coasting day or to go with beginners because the lifts are less intimidating when you don’t have to go to the top or have experts screaming passed you at 90 mph. The Morse only pass is usually pretty cheap compared to the bigger resorts (or all mountain pass at smuggs)

I’d avoid Stowe/killington/sugarbush because their runs are so long (personally). I went to killington the other year after having not gone in years and I thought my back was gonna give out after 1 run. Just anecdotal.

You could also look into middlebury. Not sure prices or anything but that place is tiny too.

I had a ball learning to ski at Sugarbush and by this time in the season, they've got their more approachable greens open. If Jason is still teaching there, he's my strongest recommendation. I skied with a few instructions there and they were all great.

I'm sorry but I think that's a stretch. If you wore green and they said green power would that be racist?

Man the hunting seasons are hard enough, imagine having to compete with natures perfect killing machine?

I would be fine with this. Imo we need to introduce more predators so we can stop relying on hunting to control animal population.

I thought I saw two osprey soaring above my south Burlington home… I wonder if it was a golden eagle. They were huge

I saw one walking around near Burlington. Clear as day. Thing was 6 feet tall, walking on it's hind legs and grabbing at people trying to eat them! Or those might have been high-fives.

I'm also not sure who put them in a UVM shirt.

Yeah, I disagree on that. Just because someone says a word that is deemed 'racist' doesn't mean that the person has actual hate for a race in their heart. It makes them a stupid asshole, but it doesn't make them David Duke.

Bolton but lock your stuff because bags go missing all the time. Good luck!

If they aren’t here now, cats should be introduced. If they are, we should add more. Simple as.

Alternative headline “wild animals will go wherever they feel like going, because they’re wild animals”

I second Bolton. Cochran's for a more intimate experience but Bolton is very beginner friendly.