The results, according to Wiggin, will be even more farmers going out of business, more land being chopped up, more houses. The state is going to be more gentrified and more suburban but compared to New York City, it's still going to seem rural. Privacy may be one of the key things money can buy. All trails open A month after the January thaw, there is 100 percent coverage on the ski touring center's 67 kilometers of trails. Headquartered on Vermont's oldest golf course, the trails also take skiers up on national park property and through cultural landscape that includes some of the nation's oldest forest plantations.
Skiers can glide along streams, under red pine and across a sugarbush.
The cross-country skiing boom seems to have passed but Wiggin says all the values that fueled the sport's popularity are still in place. It's cheaper than alpine skiing, families can ski together. Novices and experts can enjoy the same trails. There's fitness and the chance to get back to nature. Wiggin oversees the trails and the operation of the center, which includes equipment rentals, lessons and a retail shop.