Word: skying
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Recently, they formed a partnership to build a ski lodpe at the base of Mt.Ascutney, a new and relatively unknown ski area. Together, they purchased a 150-year-old farm and invested $25,000 into converting it to a dormitory-style lodge with private rooms. They raised the capital through savings, friends, banks and notes from local businessmen. As late as Nov.30, they were still spending every free hour they had to tend to the many frustrating details that develop when a "crash" bulling project is undertaken...
...Both of us are skiers," he says, "and when we learned this farm was for sale right at the base of this ski slope we just couldn't pass up the opportunity to buy land that might never again be for sale...
...went on to explain: "We could see a lot of potential in this area. The ski facilities themselves right now have some of the best expert and intermediate runs in the state, and yet the mountain is still less than half developed. The corporation that owns the area is putting in year-round facilities with plans for an 18-hole golf course. When you put this together with the growing use of this part of Vermont as a horse-riding center, you can imagine the popularity of the area in five years...
...other people feel they have made the right move. John Howland, the general manager of the Mt. Ascutney Ski Area, admires their spirit and feels they are in solidly on the ground floor of an area that could end up with more skiers than accomodations to house them...
...first season, Davis and his attractive wife Linda will play the part of full-time hosts and chaperons. The lodge will serve regular meals and will have a bottle club in the converted cellar with regular entertainment. For sightseers, the superbly modern lodge house in the ski area itself offers matchless scenic views while the picture post-card hamlet of Brownsville Center is only 100 yards away...