VERMONT SKI AREA WITH 400 ACRES AND LODGE

This 400 acre ski mountain in southeastern Vermont includes a 16,000 square foot lodge. Located high above the West River, Maple Valley has been a valuable resource to visiting skiers and local residents of Southern VT. Currently closed, it served winter sports programs of 20 area schools, having taught thousands of students to ski over the years. It was last leased during the '99-'00 winter.

The Base Lodge is 3 stories and 51' by 115'. The first floor has a ticket and information booth, offices, employee lounge, rental and sale outlets and fitting rooms. A large deck in front is perfect for handling the incoming skiers purchasing tickets. The second floor consists primarily of an open dining and game area with a cafeteria at one end, an office and 2 bathrooms. The third floor has a bar, lounge, offices, skylights and an elaborate exposed rafter & truss beam network. The ambiance is rustic and casual. There are 10 bathrooms throughout the building.
There is a large receiving area behind the lodge where all lifts start and all trails end.This makes it very user friendly for families to keep track of each other. The front of the lodge is highly visible from the highway making it advertise itself. Route 30 is one of the busiest state highways and it is the main route between I-91 and the West River Valley and Stratton Resort, another 45 minutes north.
A large 2nd floor deck in back of the cafeteria lets people watch the skiing and is a great space for bands to perform while concert goers watch from the amphitheatre-like hillside.


The commercial kitchen has an Ansul system, commercial range, walk-ins, freezers, etc., fully equipped and ready to open, as is the bar. The two floors are licensed to handle 200 people.
The slopes have lights for night skiing and the retail and rental shops have hundreds of skis, boots, boards and tubes, which are included in the sale.


There are 2 Hall chairs lifts, the south lift is 4,000' and the north lift is 3,000'. They're not fancy but are workhorses and relatively easy to maintain with parts readily available. The T-bar and tube lifts are at a lower section of the mountain near the lodge. Electricity for the lifts, trail lights and lodge is provided by a 300 KVW and a 200KVW generator. There are pumps at the river for providing water through the extensive piping system to the snow guns. It has night lighting which no other ski resort in the area has. The slope behind the lodge, serviced by the T-bar and the tube pull.



The land is fabulous and the views are stunning. There are places up top where you can look northwesterly and see Stratton and turn around 180 degrees and see Monadnock in New Hampshire.

Besides the river frontage there are a number of mountain streams, near vertical ledge cliffs, a 20 to 40-acre old orchard with well drained soils that are perfect for developing cross country skiing, tennis courts or housing. The mountain has 16 trails, about 300 acres of forest, a gravel pit, numerous open level areas and internal roads. Along the gentler trails there are numerous house sites. Zoning is 2 and 10-acre with mixed use and planned unit developments permitted. There are 3 drilled wells, 2 in use feeding a 10,000 gallon storage tank. Two septic systems serve the lodge. There is a sprinkler system with large water storage that gravity feeds to the lodge.

It has three parking lots and a huge tunnel that goes under Rt. 30 and has almost 4,000 feet of frontage on both sides of Rt. 30, one of the busiest state highways in Vermont and the main access road to Stratton Resort. It also has another 620 feet of frontage on both sides of Sugar Lane, a side road that gives access to the North Slope, an area for potential development with views over the West River Valley. The gravel pit can be used for all internal roads, backfill and parking. There is long frontage on the West River below the lower parking lot.



The property lends itself to expanding the use. A new owner should use the lodge year-'round for functions. In the past, too often the mountain would shut down after the winter season. The views from atop the mountain are spectacular and 8 months of the year would be accessible by vehicle with some work to the beginner trail. In the past it has done weddings, camping, mountain biking, volley ball, festivals, helicopter rides, flea markets and live entertainment in the lodge, capable of serving 200 people at the bar and dining rooms. A campground would also utilize the property in the summer months. A new owner could forgo the expense of operating the lifts and just use the low maintenance tube tow and T-bar for tubing and build a simple half pipe for boarders. The high visibility and the highway coupled with the ability to handle large crowds and its previous history make this ripe for expansion into a multi-season destination. A new owner should be well capitalized and plan on spending about a $1 million to open although a winter theme park utilizing the approximate 1,000' by 1,500' directly behind the lodge could be opened for a lot less. A smart business plan will use the property all year-round as the tourist and local traffic warrant extensive use of the facilities.

Exclusive. $1,750,000.

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