[2] Alpine skiing came to Vermont when the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) cut the first trails on Mount Mansfield in 1933.

Stowe Mountain was also the first ski area in Vermont to have a single chair, which was installed by American Steel & Wire Company in 1940.

Stowe Mountain Resort was long owned in its entirety by the Mount Mansfield Company.

[6] It in turn was owned since 1949 by insurance mogul C.V. Starr, founder of the American International Group.

Some 116 trails on Spruce Peak and Mount Mansfield provide 40 miles (64 km) (485 acres (1.96 km2)) of skiable terrain.