August in the Mad River Valley runs at a slower pace than ski season, and that’s the appeal. The Waitsfield Farmers Market fills the green on Saturday mornings, the river holds onto its swimming holes all month, and our tavern patio stays open late enough to catch the light fading over the pond. Here’s how… Continue Reading →
Mad River Valley fall foliage peaks in late September to mid-October, and for those two weeks the Valley is as good as Vermont gets. The hills above Waitsfield and Fayston go orange and red, Route 100 fills up with leaf peepers from across the Northeast and the world. The covered bridges and farm roads get… Continue Reading →
If you came to the Mad River Valley to ski and never came back in summer, you’re missing the better half of the place. The Valley’s trail network runs from flat riverside walks you can do in sneakers to Long Trail summits that will remind you the next morning why you don’t skip leg day.… Continue Reading →
Most people find the Mad River Valley in winter. They come for Sugarbush or Mad River Glen, fall in love with the place, and spend the rest of the year thinking about coming back. Some of them figure out that summer is worth the drive too. The ones who do tend to keep it to… Continue Reading →





