Starting Gate

Starting Gate is a building in Lamoille, Vermont. Starting Gate is situated near Mount Mansfield State Forest, as well as near Spruce Peak.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mount Mansfield State Forest and Smugglers’ Notch Resort.

Mount Mansfield State Forest

Forest

Photo: Niranjan Arminius, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Mount Mansfield State Forest covers 44,444 acres in seven towns in Chittenden, Lamoille and Washington counties in Vermont. The towns are Bolton and Underhill in Chittenden County, Cambridge, Johnson, Morristown and Stowe in Lamoille County, and Waterbury in Washington County.

Smugglers' Notch Resort is a ski resort area in the town of Cambridge, Vermont, United States, located near the village of Jeffersonville. Its vertical drop of 2,610 feet is the fourth largest in New England and the third largest in Vermont. Its namesake is a narrow notch running adjacent to Sterling Mountain, which smugglers used in the early 19th century. Smugglers’ Notch Resort is situated 4,100 feet northeast of Starting Gate.

Smugglers Notch

Mountain saddle

Photo: Aiken1986, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Smugglers Notch is a mountain pass in Lamoille County, Vermont. The notch separates Mount Mansfield, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stevensville and Jeffersonville.

Stevensville

Hamlet

Stevensville is an unincorporated community in the town of Underhill, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. Stevensville is situated 6 miles southwest of Starting Gate.