Clippings: Up a mountain, down memory lane

The last time we rode the chairlift to see fall foliage at the Snowbowl, in 2019, I couldn’t really appreciate the autumnal glory because I was too busy clinging to my 2-year-old’s wiggly little body, imagining it slipping under the lap bar and plummeting to her doom on the rocks below.

An unusual way to see our annual foliage spectacular is coming to the Middlebury College Snowbowl.

From a late spring frost to excessive rain this summer, Middlebury College Landscape Horticulturist Parsons said there’s several reasons why trees are looking duller this fall.

With shorter days and cooler nighttime temperatures, fall has arrived, ushering in one of nature’s most magnificent seasons.

As I write this, It’s almost painfully beautiful outside. It is the weekend of the 25th of September, on Saturday. It’s like a mid-summer day, with temperatures nearly 80, but with fall foliage hastening to turn. I drove into town on this day, late aftern … (read more)

Ripton/Lincoln Tour — 1 Hour: From Middlebury, travel south on Route 7, then east on Route 125, passing the Waybury Inn. Travel up the mountain, turn left at the Ripton Country Store and follow this road north to Lincoln (take your time, part of this stre … (read more)

I have a concern about our town. I know the construction mess in Middlebury is temporary but we have removed so many trees our town is losing its New England beauty. The maples in front of the old municipal building, the maples that lived between the libr … (read more)

From mid-September to mid-October, Vermont’s Green Mountains transform into a vibrant landscape of gold, red, yellow and orange. It’s the ultimate fall foliage destination, with over one million visitors traveling to Vermont in the month of October alone. … (read more)