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Ascutney: Vermont 50

Posted on September 28, 2013 by AlpineStyle56

little ascutney snowmobile club vermont fisher cat

Today my husband and I are headed to Ascutney, Vermont for the 20th annual Vermont 50 Mountain Bike Race or Ultra-Run.  So happy that the weather is looking really nice for a really long bike ride!

I found this vintage patch for the Little Ascutney Snowmobile Club at a flea market a few months ago. The patch is large (6”), features a flocked fisher cat mascot and shows wear of riding many miles stitched to a snowmobile suit – it’s fantastic!

Like the VAST trails snowmobilers travel in winter, the fifty-mile course of the VT50 is made possible only with generous access to private land.  Thank you, landowners!

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Ascutney Mountain, Vermont

Posted on May 25, 2013 by AlpineStyle56

ascutney mountain vermont vintage ski patchxxascutney vermont ski area vintage brochurexascutney vermont ski polar bear chairliftxascutney vermont vintage trail map ski areaxascutney vermont vintage tucker snocatThe “shocking pink or cerise” Tucker Sno-Cat.  From Vermont Life magazine, Winter 1949-50

Tonight was registration for the Vermont 50, a mountain bike race and ultra run to benefit Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports.  The 700 spots for mountain bikers sold out in 23 minutes!  I am thinking about all the miles I need to ride between now and the event at end of September.

I am also thinking about Ascutney Mountain – where the race begins and ends.  Needless to say, it is tremendously sad that this ski resort is no longer in operation.  With original trails cut by the CCC in 1935, it was a ski area with history and character, old school trails and varied terrain — and a penchant for fun as evidenced here by the polar bear on the chair lift!

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