The south summit is wooded, except for the small clearing housing the tower and caretaker's cabin.

The Stratton Mountain Lookout Tower was built about 1934 by a crew of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the cabin dates to about 1970.

[4] In southern Vermont, the two trails are coincident, crossing the summit of Stratton from south to north.

A short (.75-mile), relatively flat side trail leads from the summit to the Stratton Mountain Resort.

Stratton Mountain ski resort and the Stratton Mountain School have been home to some of the world's best snowboarders, including the 2002 Men's half pipe Olympic gold medalist Ross Powers, and Lindsey Jacobellis, who achieved a silver medal in the Snowboard cross event in 2006.

[6] Stratton Mountain was home to and hosted 30th anniversary of the US OPEN Snowboarding & Freestyle Skiing Championships in March 2012.