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This beautiful reproduction poster entitled “Ski Smugglers’ Notch” has been remastered from an advertisement from the late 1950s, and features a smuggler character on skis, swooshing down a snowy Vermont slope.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
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HISTORY OF SMUGGLERS’ NOTCH VERMONT
Smugglers Notch (alternatively Smugglers' or Smuggler's) is a mountain pass in Lamoille County, Vermont. The notch separates Mount Mansfield, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range. Most of the notch is in Mount Mansfield State Forest.
Smugglers' Notch derives its name from activities precipitated by a request of President Thomas Jefferson to prevent American involvement in the Napoleonic Wars. The Embargo Act of 1807 forbade American trade with Great Britain and Canada. But proximity to Montreal made it a convenient trading partner, and the Act caused great hardship for Vermonters, many of whom continued the illegal trade with Canada, carrying goods and herding livestock through the Notch. Fugitive slaves also used the Notch as an escape route to Canada. The route was improved to accommodate automobile traffic in 1922, thus providing a route for liquor to be brought in from Canada during the Prohibition years.
Smugglers' Notch State Park was created near the Notch by the depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps. In 2003, the park was relocated, allowing for a larger campground and new, modern facilities incorporating alternative energy. To preserve the work of these pioneering conservationists, all original structures created by the CCC were painstakingly relocated to the new site.
The Long Trail, a 272-mile hiking trail running the length of Vermont, traverses Smugglers' Notch. The trail down from the summit of Mt. Mansfield to the east reaches the road south of the height of the pass, and resumes across Route 108 at the Barnes Camp Visitor Center, climbing east to the summit of Madonna Peak.
Transformation of this historic pass into a ski and recreational hub began in 1956 with the establishment of the Smugglers’ Notch Ski Ways, by local Vermont entrepreneurs. Sterling Mountain resort at Smugglers’ Notch initially featured two Poma lifts, and the ski area served the local community.
The area’s potential was recognized by Tom Watson Jr., a key figure behind the success of IBM. Inspired by European ski resorts, Watson and his brother Arthur acquired the ski ways in the 1960s, and they began to expand and transform it into a world-class ski destination.
In 1967, the ski village came to fruition with the development of Morse Mountain, completing the trio of interconnected mountains at Smugglers’ Notch. The resort continued to evolve under Stanley Snider’s leadership in the 1970s and later, William P. Stritzler, who took over as Managing Director in 1987.
