Guests Find ‘Room to Roam’ at Stratton Mountain Resort this Summer

Guests Find ‘Room to Roam’ at Stratton Mountain Resort this Summer

 

STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vt. – The summer season means a time of relaxation, fun and a getaway from the everyday. Stratton Mountain Resort delivers Summer Vacation like no other. Visitors to Stratton will find room to roam with the cool rivers, clear swimming holes and breezy peaks of the Green Mountains, surrounding Stratton Village’s shops, restaurants and activities. Summer travelers will also find the Arnold Palmer founded Stratton Golf University, the Gunterman Tennis School, the summer Summit Gondola rides and a variety of lodging options, with savings of up to 75 percent off of winter rates.

 

Arriving in the small, mountain village of Bondville, Vermont, guests will find the Stratton Mountain access road, which rises nearly 1,000 feet in elevation from the cascading waters of Winhall River, before delivering guests to Stratton Village. Along the final stretch of road, visitors will catch a glimpse of Stratton’s 27-Hole Championship Golf Course. The three, nine hole, Geoffrey Cornish designed courses are some of the most challenging in New England (including Mountain 5, the longest hole in Vermont and one of Cornish’s “Dream 18”) and are designed around the Green Mountains themselves, with distinct themes; Mountain, Lake and Forest. Stratton golfers can save big this year with the $59 Green Card which offers a free round of golf with cart the first day with $39 rounds every day for the rest of the season.

 

Guests looking to learn to play golf, improve their game, or even great golfers who would like to just cut strokes from their game, should enroll in the Arnold Palmer founded, Stratton Golf U. The separate 22 acre teaching facility gives golfers of all abilities the tools to improve their game and with core classes and electives, including Women’s Golf, Junior Golf, Corporate and VIP Sessions, and a “better game guaranteed”, guests will certainly find the right program to improve their game.

 

Back up at the base of Stratton Mountain, a bustling village filled with twelve quaint shops, offering active outerwear, fine art, homemade candies and everything in between plus a variety of restaurants, await the summer traveler. On weekends and holidays, Stratton Village is especially vibrant when musicians, artists, street performers, petting zoos and a variety of festivals fill every corner of the main street with lively entertainment.

 

This summer, the festival season kicks off on July 7 – 8, with the annual Stratton Mountain Bluegrass Festival and Fireworks. Music festivals continue through the summer with the Jazz Festival, August 11 – 12 and the Reggae Festival, August 18 – 19. But music isn’t everything at Stratton festivals, the Family Festival offers the annual Teddy Bear Parade and petting zoos, July 28 – 29, while the Hemmings Motor Show and Block Party, July 21 – 22, offers kids of all ages something to marvel at.

 

With seemingly endless summer activities right outside of your door, Stratton truly gives new meaning to the phrase “room to roam”. Leave the car behind and take a quiet walk to the Gunterman Tennis School, take a fly-fishing, canoe, or kayak lesson in local waters, mountain bike at the Nordic center, hop on a scenic summit gondola ride to the top of the mountain and the historic Stratton Mountain Fire Tower, Long Trail and Appalachian Trail, or take a short drive to the Pikes Falls swimming hole, the outlet shopping and antique stores of nearby Manchester, VT, the lakes and mountains of Vermont State Parks, and historic villages of the surrounding hills; there’s no end to the fun and adventure that Stratton Mountain and Southern Vermont have to offer.

 

Guests who stay at Stratton can take advantage of range of lodging options at as much as 75 percent off and get the best of both worlds. From spacious homes in the luxury Village Commons residences to economy lodging, guests can find it all at Stratton. Golfers will find even better savings with the golf and stay, “Break 100 Package”, with lodging and rounds starting at $99 per person per night.

 

For more information on summer at Stratton visit Stratton.com or call 1-800-STRATTON.