Last winter, we celebrated the legacy and 40 years on the trail with the Ruby Run Tour. We hope you’ll come ski with the founders again for the Ruby Run Redux, March 1-March 9. The Ruby Run Crew plans to pick up where they left off last year to complete the last 100 miles of the tour, starting from Section 23 in Stowe and ending on Section 31 at the Canadian Border.
Tour Schedule
Event Details – Coming soon!
The Catamount Trail Founders
The Catamount Trail began as an idea in the minds of three adventurous young men: Steve Bushey, Paul Jarris and Ben Rose. In 1982 while camping and discussing their next big adventure, Steve said, “Let’s ski from Massachusetts to Quebec.”
While planning that first trip, the idea of going on a long ski trip evolved into creating a long ski trail. Following their trip, the group received a grant from the State of Vermont to produce a map of the trail, and the Catamount Trail Association was born. That first end to end ski took Steve, Ben, and Paul less than a month to complete. But building the trail took nearly 25 years and the tireless work of thousands of volunteers, board members, and CTA staff members.
Forty years later, the Catamount Trail has become an iconic long distance ski trail. We have added Chapters, conservation, and youth programs, and the CTA has created a legacy of communities strengthened through backcountry skiing, of innumerable friendships forged in the mountains, of equitable access, and of leveraging outdoor recreation to protect the mountain lands we love.
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