A really fascinating place to visit for a decent hike/ tour. It's a self guided tour after you grab…read moreyour tickets inside the gift shop. There are some pretty incredible views & a few astounding caves you can explore. The trail features quite a bit of stairs & winding paths so come prepared (eg. walking stick if need be). We saw plenty of families, children & seniors on the trail so it's suitable for an array of people. We saved the coolest part for last: cracking open a few geodes. This is completely random but it's enchanting to wait & see what color is inside! We love this place.

Such a great day for kids while in the Adirondacks! The geode popping and activities at the end of…read morethe trail were fun.

This is a review of the guided quarry tour. I went here on a rainy Thursday morning in September…read more Bought tickets online for the guided quarry tour ahead of time. The meeting place was the visitor center. Got there early. We watched an 8-minute video at the visitor center. Though optional, the video would help you visualize and understand some things that would be discussed during the tour. We then had a quick orientation about the tour and house rules before driving to the observation site which was located at a different site. There were no shuttles that would take visitors to and from the observation site. You will have to use your own vehicle. We and other visitors on that tour followed the tour guide with the convoy of our cars to the observation site of the quarry. Rainfall was moderate at that time. Our tour guide lent us umbrellas. The tour went on but we did not stay there as long as we should have because of the weather. We learned interesting bits of information and saw a nice view from above; however, if you are expecting to go down the quarry near the turquiose water, you will be disappointed because that will not happen. The tour is just at the observation deck above the quarry. After this, one can go back to the visitor center area and do the self-guided tour at the building beside the it which houses workers who do different sculptures, etchings on the granite for tombstones, etc. The experience was alright overall.

Had a fascinating tour here this autumn! This is the largest deep-hole quarry in the world!! It's…read morearound 600 feet deep and half filled with a beautiful turquoise pool of water that contrasts so perfectly against the varying shades of the cool, gray granite! You can only see the magnificence of the massive quarry on a guided tour but it's very reasonably priced at $6.50 per person. You pay and meet at the visitor center and then your guide will take you up. Their website mentions that they shuttle you - but actually you follow the guide up in your own car. You do have to drive up a gravel road but it is a slow drive uphill and is well maintained - we had zero issues. They run several tours a day but it's seasonal - looks like they start running tours around June. I visited in early October. I highly recommend the tour - our guide was engaging, fun, and soooo full of fascinating facts about the quarry! It was established in the Victorian Era (1885) and was mostly worked by the Scottish!! How random, right?? Apparently the Scots were expert granite harvesters! There's so much more fun info - no more spoilers from me! So the tour is fun but the star of the show is the view up at the top - I mean, the quarry itself is quite a sight - but you also have gorgeous views of the Vermont hills and it's even more striking in the autumn splendor!! The visitor center itself is like a museum! So much history and fun facts! They provide granite for so many headstones - and tons of famous ones. There's also a gift shop, clean bathrooms, and even an outdoor bowling alley! They also have a huge pile of "grout" which is just scrap pieces of granite (a Scottish word for it haha) - and you are free to take whatever you want from the pile at no charge!

Such a great time. Laurie was our tour guide and boy does she know her stuff. Such a great…read moreknowledge of moose along with area knowledge. She makes for a great night out moosing! We were super lucky to see 12 moose, 3 deer, 2 foxes, 1 black bear and a cat lol

We brought a bachelorette party on the moose tour! Lori was a great guide and taught us a lot about…read moremoose and how/where to look for them in the wallows. She fit into the mood of our party and was super fun! We were out moosing for a long time and were out during a pretty heavy thunder storm. I have no idea how she managed to spot 5 moose and 3 deer in the pitch dark, driving in the rain, operating the spotlights, and telling us lots of stories and facts about moose. The bus was comfy, there was 11 of us and two others- a full bus! Thanks for a fun time Lori!

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.

Joy with Hometown Tours & Rides is second to none for rides in Stowe, Vermont! Stowe is an amazing…read moretown but it lacks easily accessible transportation around town and to/from airports as services as Uber and Lyft do not service the area. I've been lucky to find Joy. She is extremely responsive, personable, prompt and professional and always finds a way to make your pick-up happen. She is my go to for airport transportation. She is also an amazing woman entrepreneur and true advocate for small businesses in and around the Stowe and Waterbury region. Give her a call for your next ride!

Thru won't talk to you on the phone abs tell you that you need to text them the info for a pick up…read moreand then they made me feel like it was inconvenient to pick me up. Like, isn't that your job?

Love it here. Free…read morecompletely free - no admission fee, no parking fee. Very friendly people. Small business vibes. Follow your maps and once you cross the bridge they have tons of signs to direct you, hard to get lost. Trust they're hours, we showed up in the pouring rain and they're still open 9am-5pm weekdays. As soon as you walk in you'll get free samples. We sampled 5 cheeses and 2 grades of maple syrup - it sells itself. One cheese is made with unpasteurized milk - others include sharp cheddar, sage, smoked. Convinced me to try traveling home with cheese for the first time. Tons of products available for sell including from other farms as well. I recommend picking up some of the Red Kite Candy caramels they have there. If you liked it as much as me their factory is about a 30 min drive away. Other activities include petting animals (not in winter), walking trail, and self guided tour of their maple house. Wasn't able to do the trail in the rain but I would estimate you can do all of this in 2 hours. Not at all like Billings Farm if you're concerned about going to both or only have time for one. Billings has an admission fee, no samples of milk or cheese though the make both. More of a museum but they do have up close interactions with their cows (even in winter) for the kids, butter churning, candle dipping. Recommend Billing for taking kids on homesteading field trip, Sugarbush a quick stop for foodie/charcuterie person IMPORTANT: They do NOT sell sugarbush products at any of the stores in Woodstock so don't plan to buy more later and have regrets like us - we looked in every store and couldn't find it. Not sure about Quechee though. Products can also be ordered online and shipped

I'm a cheese head…read more So when my friend was making our itinerary for a trip to VT, I was really excited to try this place! Weather got a little hariy getting there with the slushy roads, but we made it! It's pretty remote location with no street lights, so if driving in the dark look for the signs to get there and trust your GPS. There's a large parking lot across from the entrance to the little store/shop. The shop is actually the owners old family home I belive. We arrived pretty much at closing time, but we were still welcomed warmly. We got a cheese & maple syrup tasting which was yum and informative, and the staff member that did it was really nice, I forgot her name, but see photo below. One of the cheeses has won a cheese competition, very cool. We also got to meet the owner, but she was busy getting Christmas orders together. I perused all of the cheeses I wanted and settled on 4. We got to try 2 out of the 4 from the cheese sampling. The nice lady that checked me out even gave me some nice to-go samples as well. The smoked cheese was my fav, and the sage. But I enjoyed them all. I was able to easily fly home to TX with them due to the cold weather of the season. After the tasting, we got to peruse the store. They have so much other stuff to buy in additon to cheese and maple, tons of knick-knacks and gifts and merch. We didn't get to explore the farm after since it was pitch black when we left, too bad. Enjoy!

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.

I took my best friend ziplining at Bretton Woods today. It was such an amazing experience!! The…read moreview of Mount Washington was breathtaking, the tour itself was incredibly fun and exhilarating, and the tour guides/instructors (John and Rob) we SO nice and helpful. I am horrified of heights, but they took the time to teach the process and really made me feel comfortable. They really helped to bring the tour to life!! I highly recommend you check this out if you're in the area; the fall was a beautiful time to go!

We came here for my friends bachelorette party back in May. I am absolutely TERRIFIED of heights…read moreand I had a total blast- in fact, I was more scared of the waiting on the platform part than the actual ziplining part. I did feel 100% safe the whole time though. The instructors were good about suiting us up with the ropes in the beginning, and they all were friendly, had great senses of humor, and were so patient in calming down us scaredy cats!! I think there were about 9 lines in total and the whole thing took about 2 hours? Maybe 3? They were all fun and unique! There were also opportunities to walk across rope bridges and rappel down. Loads of fun! I would definitely do this again.

My husband booked this tour for my birthday a few years ago and it was so much fun!! Just booked it…read moreagain for my family's winter trip to North Conway!

I'm so disappointed. We made a reservation weeks in advance for early morning snow mobeling! We…read moredrove up 3 hours up early in the morning to arrive an hour before our reservations. We arrived to find out our reservations was cancelled. No email, no call, no message. We spent all morning driving up and they didn't provide us nothing in return while down there. No discount not even about the money but were super excited to be left to do nothing.