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Mount Ascutney is a mountain in the U.S. state of Vermont. At 3,144 feet (958 m), it is the highest peak in Windsor County. Mount Ascutney is a monadnock that rises abruptly from the surrounding lowlands. For example, the Windsor Trail is 2.7 miles (4.3 km) to the summit with 2,514 feet (766 m) of elevation gain and an overall 18% grade.
Ascutney Mountain Resort was a downhill ski area on the western side of Mount Ascutney in Brownsville, Vermont that operated from 1946 until 2010. It was purchased by local communities and the Trust for Public Land in 2015, with plans to reopen a smaller version of a ski area, and keep the rest of the mountain preserved.
Mount Ascutney State Park was founded in the 1930s by the state with funding provided by New Deal-era federal government funding.In 1933, the state acquired more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), and a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was assigned to the area to develop it for recreational use.
Just east of Brownsville is the entrance to Ascutney Mountain Resort, which used to be one of the major ski areas in the state, until it closed for good in 2010 and their ski lifts were sold in August 2014. In 2015, Brownsville bought the failed ski area, working with the state of Vermont and the nonprofit Trust for Public Land. [2]
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Ascutney is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Weathersfield, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. [3] It is located in the northeastern section of Weathersfield, in the portion of that town adjacent to Mount Ascutney , after which the village is named.
Vermont Route 44A (VT 44A) is a 2.994-mile-long (4.818 km) auxiliary route of VT 44 that runs from US 5 and VT 12 in Weathersfield north to VT 44 in Windsor. The highway heads north from its oblique intersection with the U.S. Highway and state route along Back Mountain Road, which follows the east flank of Mount Ascutney.
Mountain Image Height (ft.) Height (m) Town County Mount Mansfield: 4,393 1,339: Underhill: Chittenden: Killington Peak: 4,235 1,291: Killington: Rutland: Mount Ellen