Events Around Vermont

Vermont is a patchwork quilt of amazing people doing amazing things. From the biggest events in snowboarding, to way off-Broadway plays, the endless passion and creativity of Vermonters and Vermonters-at-heart is always on display. Find out what we’re up to on and off the slopes.

Jul. 12-14 Stratton Mountain Resort

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Triathlon Training Workshop

Are you ready to become a Triathlete? This weekend workshop is for those interested in learning more about competing in triathlons and in receiving individualized coaching. Fitness experts will lead a weekend of conditioning and training, geared toward aspiring and accomplished triathletes.

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Jul. 13 Mount Snow Resort

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Mount Snow Tri for Hope

Mount Snow hosts its 5th Triathlon. Like last season, we are partnering with the Vermont Cancer Association and making our triathlon a fundraiser. Tri for Hope is a beginner/sprint USA sanctioned triathlon.

Added bonus – the top fundraiser at our tri will receive a 2012-2013 Season Pass to Mount Snow. Fighting cancer and having no excuse to not ski your tail off are both excellent reasons to start training!

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Jul. 13 Stratton Mountain Resort

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Extreme Wolverine Challenge

Are you Extreme? The Extreme Wolverine Challenge takes racers on a six-mile course with 25 military style obstacles placed on difficult mountain trails. Climb the 15 foot tire wall, and test your upper body strength by swinging from keg to keg on the killer monkey keg bars.

Find more race details and to register online, visit MCDChallenge.com.

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Jul. 13 Stratton Mountain Resort

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Tour de Grace Bicycle Rally

Tour de Grace bicycle rally from Stratton Mountain Resort to Grace Cottage Hospital. 19 mile downhill, back roads ride that’s fun for all ages. It’s good exercise in the fresh air and Stratton Mountain busses shuttle riders and their bicycles back to Stratton Mountain about every 30 minutes.

Visit gracecottage.org for more info

Jul. 21 - Aug. 16 Stratton Mountain Resort

Rest and Relax

200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification

One of the most highly regarded and prestigious programs in the US, this comprehensive training offers the unique opportunity to immerse yourself in a yogic lifestyle and experience the joy of studying yoga in community, with like minded practitioners. Students of all ages travel from all over the world to attend this training and study with our expert faculty.

This training fulfills the requirements to register as a 200 hour yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. This program spans over one month covering:

Daily practice of asana and meditation
study of the ancient yoga texts
alignment workshops
class observation
practice teaching
anatomy and physiology
teaching to special populations and working with special needs groups.

Days are filled with fun, laughter, curiosity, hard work, rest, reading, hiking, biking, swimming, and deep breathing in the fabulous prana rich air of the Green Mountains.

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Jul. 27 Stratton Mountain Resort

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Tour de Bondville

The Seventh Annual Tour de Bondville. A bike ride, golf outing and after event party benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Choose the 50, 25, 18 or less hilly 53 mile bike ride or to spend the day on the links.

Visit tourdebondville.com for more info

Aug. 9-16 Stratton Mountain Resort

Rest and Relax

55-hour Yoga Retreat & Teacher Training Certification

A Classical Yoga Intensive For Teachers & Practitioners

This 7-day yoga intensive is open to practitioners of all levels of experience and is designed to inspire your practice and initiate you into the tribe of “spiritual revolutionaries”—an expanding field of dedicated yogis who are leading the way toward a global shift in consciousness.

This training offers 55 hours toward the 200/500/1,000-hour teacher certification with The Hard & The Soft Yoga Institute.

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Aug. 10-11 Mount Snow Resort

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Tough Mudder New England

Probably the toughest event on the planet, Tough Mudder returns to Mount Snow for the third straight year.

Tough Mudder events are hardcore 10-12 mile obstacle courses designed by British Special Forces to test your all around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie. As the leading company in the booming obstacle course industry, Tough Mudder has already challenged half a million inspiring participants worldwide and raised more than $3 million dollars for the Wounded Warrior Project. But Tough Mudder is more than an event, it’s a way of thinking. By running a Tough Mudder challenge, you’ll unlock a true sense of accomplishment, have a great time, and discover a camaraderie with your fellow participants that’s experienced all too rarely these days.

The fun doesn’t stop when you finish the Tough Mudder obstacle course. Big Mudder throws a killer post-party consisting of live music, contests, awards, and of course the carnival of tough.

Tough Mudder participants and spectators can book lodging at Mount Snow for a discounted rate by booking online HERE or calling Central Reservations at 800-245-SNOW (7669) and mentioning discount code ‘mudder’. You MUST book through this site or mention the code at time of booking in order to receive this discount- NO DISCOUNTS WILL BE APPLIED AFTER LODGING IS BOOKED.

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Aug. 15-18 Stratton Mountain Resort Featured Event

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The Vermont Challenge Bicycle Tour

The Vermont Challenge is the only bicycle Challenge that tours Southern and Central Vermont over 3 or 4 days and draws upon the creative energy of local businesses and people of Vermont, key ski resorts, restaurants and farms in each local community that we visit.

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Aug. 24 Okemo Mountain Resort

Food and Land

Okemo's 5th Annual Hops in the Hills Brewfest and Chicken Wing Championship

Okemo Mountain Resort hosts a beer festival from 1 to 6 p.m., on Sat., August 24. Jackson Gore will be the setting for enjoying the great outdoors while sampling a variety of beers from local and regional brewers. Local artists will provide live musical accompaniment to the beer tasting and local restaurants will vie for the title of Okemo Valley Chicken Wing Champion. Restaurants will be on hand with their best chicken wings, and looking for your vote. (802) 228-1600, www.okemo.com.

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