Interesting article about a special - but contrasting - pair of ski resorts in Vermont. Sugarbush is a commercial venture which began in 1958. Mad River Glen is quite different (and has a single-seater chairlift like Glencoe's to prove it). In the words of Bill Pennington for The New York Times (the article went online today) ...
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"... Mad River Glen is akin to a populist movement. Skier-owned, the cooperative’s 1,800 members pay a one-time fee of about $2,000 to join and then must spend at least $200 annually on services or goods at the mountain."
Mad River Glen opened in 1948 - so just a couple of years before Scotland's mountains first saw mechanisation.
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Edited 1 times. Last edit at 12.42hrs Thu 28 Jan 16 by David Goldsmith.