Excellent service, both email and pre-ride suggestions. Highly recommended. Ideal, scenic trail…read moreright off the lot. Bikes are great- the basic e-bike has wider, cruiser style seats but apparently a little less range than the performance bike. We did a full day ride on the basic e-bikes, over 20 miles each way to Hardwick and back, with a stop at 10 Railroad St on the way back. The next day, we took a half day ride to Jeffersonville and back. Recommend the Burger Barn and Smuggler's Notch Distillery there. Cabot Creamery was mid. It's just a store in a barn shaped building with no facilities. There is no dairy or cheese making, like Shelburne Farms. Good cheese, but hard to pack on a warm day. We went the extra mile to the Village Restaurant in downtown Hardwick for a very good brunch at a reasonable price.

These guys run such a great small business! It was my first experience biking on the LVRT and the…read morefirst time using an ebike. They were able to walk me through the terrain, must hit places and provide a tutorial on how to use the bike. I found it to be very affordable in comparison to other places. They also were centrally located right on the trail and provided parking while I was out. This really made my trip and I would highly recommend it to anyone visiting Vermont.

Love the staffs and all lessons/tours we did here. We visited Vermont for a week and took meet the…read morecow tour, maple syrup tour and mountain bike lessons booked through the outdoor center. We have learnt so much from the tours and lessons. Staffs are great. They are friendly and knowledgeable. Highly recommend to people who wants a bit adventure / little excitement in the area.

I was beyond impressed with the Trapp Outdoor Center. The lodge is rustic and cozy (everything you…read morewant after a long day of outdoor winter sports) and the people are some of the nicest I've ever met. First we did a snow shoe tour through the sugar bush with one of the guides. Beautiful and a great introduction to snowshoeing. We then did a cross country ski lesson and then had a blast discovering just how hard cross country really is. (Note to down hill skiers like myself, there are more differences than similarities between CC and downhill skiing.) We actually loved this whole experience and the Trapp property so much we came back a second day and did the ~6mi (10K) snowshoe trail up to the cabin, which was one of the more magical and memorable experiences of my lifetime. It was just a perfect day with perfect snow and scenery. It truly MADE my Christmas vacation. All in all, this was more than a five star experience for us. I would honestly like to just move in and sit by their fire for the rest of my life.

100% recommend this walking/bike path…read more Round trip, our bike ride was just about 10.5 miles. Along the way we passed a small memorial garden, athletic fields, an indoor public pool, restaurants, benches, a gazebo over looking the river and trash cans for your dog waste. At the other end, is a covered bridge just at the entrance to that parking area. There are several parking areas along the route with picnic tables and port-a-johns. Trails are kept in good conditiin. Lots of wooden brudges criss-cross the river. These are barely wide enough to pass pedestrians on a bike and most have an incline on both ends. This trail is in no way mostly flat. Our way out was an incline. Sometimes slight, sometimes more. The way back was *way* quicker and easier. Parking at this end is paved. Other lots along the way are a mix of dirt and paved. Signs trail side state to stop at road crossings and walk your bicycle across. Pedestrians and bicycles stay to the right. Let pedestrians, and other cyclists, know you are passing them. On-leash dog friendly.

The best hike of our whole trip to Vermont! Hardly took any photos because I was so in-the-peace of…read moreit all. Heavenly walk through the backside of Stowe, a paved nature path through meadows and woods and fields. So picturesque on even what started as a cold, rainy morning that became sunny and bright. A highlight of our trip and a good 4 miles (walked 2 miles each way). Can't wait to walk this again one day. 5 stars!!!!

Would definitely do this snowmobile tour again! The day we had booked got rained out so they booked…read moreus the next day. All of the staff, from the lady who booked us to the people who outfitted us to the tour guides and shuttle drivers were extremely kind and helpful. We really appreciated all of their hard work that went into making our tour perfect. Thank you!

What an incredible way to spend 2 hours. Our guide ensured we all stayed together and were able to…read moremaneuver our vehicles safely. We had never been on a snowmobile and we wouldn't hesitate to take another tour.

Beautiful place to walk. Trails are decently maintained. A few people do regularly walk their dogs…read moreoff leash so occasionally an excited dog (or 4) will approach from out of nowhere without their person.

This was our first visit, and I only had a little time and energy--we just moved to a new house…read moreyesterday, so me and my quads are beat! But I'm excited to explore the area, and the dog has to be walked! (There are no signs saying dogs must be on leash, but all the one we saw--except mine--were on leash. I leashed mine whenever we saw people approaching. BTW, there are no poop bags available at the entrance.) We did not make it to the lake yet--a steep bit had my quads saying "no no no no no." But the first 3/4 miles is pleasant and super easy. The paths opens from the parking lot with a well-groomed, hard-packed, super flat trail that is mostly in the shade--perfect for kids and even for some who might have mobility challenges. (A manual wheelchair would be hard to push, but it could some.). After about 1/3 a mile, that groomed, hard-packed trail ends and you get a regular forest trail. Lots of tree roots cross the path, but nothing daunting. A ways down, there is a shallow stream for your dog to get a drink, and there is a Ford of stable boulders that even a little kid could navigate with assistance. When you see the sign that says "Milton Marsh Dry Bypass," follow it. That should be obvious, I know. But my moving fatigue caused me to choose poorly . (It wasn't terribly bad--just narrow and muggy. A photographer I saw there said most of the views are crossed with power lines, but if you just look past them, it's fine. Can't wait to go back and check it out! But first, I gotta go unpack my house!

We highly recommend the Von Trapp maple syrup tour. Our guide, Chris Pöcher, who has been with the…read morecompany for many years was excellent and thorough in guiding us through the entire process of curating nature's sweet syrup from the many tall well maintained Maple trees on the land. The site is worth the visit and a lovely walk around the beautiful grounds of Von Trapp set in the mountains.

No accessible features. Park is primarily focused on a hiking trail with natural history…read moreinterpretation. Misrepresented in several online descriptions...

A easy and fun hike with a good reward at the end. A beautiful view of Lake Champlain from a…read moredistance! It's a 1.3 mile long trail, 2.6 miles total. It's not a really flat walk, but nothing too steep or difficult. Just enough to break a sweat! The parking area we were at had enough parking for maybe 4 cars. The road is a well maintained dirt road, not too pothole ridden but there were a few here and there. The road is also a beautiful walk, I would love to walk on it everyday if I lived here! I really like the forest itself, interesting but also calm and peaceful. Saw some squirrels and a few little frogs. A interesting flower, I'm not sure what type or if it was just dying? I took a picture of it! Come check it out and enjoy the woods for a little while!

I guess this trail doesn't get enough love because parking is extremely limited. We were fortunate…read moreto get one of the three available parking spots near the residential entrance. The trail is well-marked with bright yellow diamond markers on trees, and additionally annotated by sharpie at trail forks. We skipped the alternate route that presumably would've led to a longer loop that included a small waterfall at the river (according to AllTrails), so it only took an hour round trip for us to reach the Wu Ledges vista, then get back to our car before a rainstorm hit. The gorgeous views of the shorter leg were worth the effort. We were occasionally plagued by mosquitoes and flies, so I'm glad we packed the bug repellant.

This is the loveliest place to walk / hike / run / snowshoe with children in the Mad River Valley…read moreIMHO. The loop is about 1.7 miles IIRC, an easy (but not too wimpy) trek for my seven-year-old, with gentle ups and downs, even with thick snow cover on the ground in regular winter boots. (The Pardner forgot to throw our snowshoes and crampons in the car = demerits!) Although there are only three parking spots, there are enough accumulated visitors that there's a nicely packed, easy-to-follow trail. From the top, there's a nice view of the town with, I think, Mad River Glen, in the distance. Yellow trail markers are easy to follow up to the viewing point, less well marked on the other side. Lots of deer tracks, racoon and possum tracks, and a few intrepid squirrels out and about in winter. If you need a break from skiing, head to Wu and stop at the Sweet Spot across the covered bridge after. Perfect use of a winter morning. :)