A Weekend in Mad River Valley: Fall Edition Day 3
Breakfast
Start the day with fresh maple glazed doughnuts and a hot chocolate, or a plate of perfectly cooked eggs and blueberry pancakes!
This adorable cafe makes the most amazing maple doughnuts, made fresh every day. Their breakfasts are also delicious, and the eggs are always perfectly cooked. If it's not too cool, you can also eat outside!
100 locals recommend
Big Picture Theater & Cafe
48 Carroll RdThis adorable cafe makes the most amazing maple doughnuts, made fresh every day. Their breakfasts are also delicious, and the eggs are always perfectly cooked. If it's not too cool, you can also eat outside!
Leaf Peeping: By Land or Sky
You can’t go wrong anywhere in MRV; Explore the back roads like Bragg Hill Rd in Waitsfield, and drive the hills around and behind Mad River Glen in Fayston.Or, take the ski lifts!
Bragg Hill Road
Bragg Hill RoadExplore the back roads like Bragg Hill Rd in Waitsfield.
Mad River Glen
Drive the hills around and behind Mad River Glen in Fayston.
Sugarbush offers Scenic Lift Rides during the fall, allowing you to ride up the mountain and get the best views. You can also hike up and ride down, or vice versa. Rates are:
Adult (ages 19+): $23
Youth (ages 7-18): $17
Child (ages 6 & under): $5
Download Lift Ride: $7
214 locals recommend
Sugarbush Resort
102 Forest DrSugarbush offers Scenic Lift Rides during the fall, allowing you to ride up the mountain and get the best views. You can also hike up and ride down, or vice versa. Rates are:
Adult (ages 19+): $23
Youth (ages 7-18): $17
Child (ages 6 & under): $5
Download Lift Ride: $7
Cider Tasting & Lunch
Apple cider doughnuts, mapley things, hard cider tastings, oh my!
At Cold Hollow Cider Mill you can shop for all the apple and mapley things, drink hot or cold cider. Across the parking lot, visit their Apple Core Lucheonette to taste their hard ciders and grab lunch. A few minutes outside the Valley, still only 20 minutes from the house.
146 locals recommend
Cold Hollow Cider Mill
3600 Waterbury-Stowe RdAt Cold Hollow Cider Mill you can shop for all the apple and mapley things, drink hot or cold cider. Across the parking lot, visit their Apple Core Lucheonette to taste their hard ciders and grab lunch. A few minutes outside the Valley, still only 20 minutes from the house.
Cheese Tasting & Shopping
Try dozens of Cabot cheeses, including ones only sold here, and check out their farm store that has every dip, marinade, or hot sauce you can think of!
On your way back, stop here to taste every flavor of cheese that Cabot makes! In the same plaza you’ll find a distillery, a gear shop, a chocolate shop, and an eclectic gift shop!
53 locals recommend
Cabot Farmers' Store
2657 Waterbury-Stowe RdOn your way back, stop here to taste every flavor of cheese that Cabot makes! In the same plaza you’ll find a distillery, a gear shop, a chocolate shop, and an eclectic gift shop!
Dinner
A casual and a romantic dinner option, depending on you mood!
For a casual dinner, head upstairs at the Mad River Barn for a casual dinner in the pub. The bar upstairs has a full menu, a fun informal family-friendly setting with a good beer menu, leather couches, shuffleboard and foozeball.
52 locals recommend
Mad River Barn
2849 Mill Brook RdFor a casual dinner, head upstairs at the Mad River Barn for a casual dinner in the pub. The bar upstairs has a full menu, a fun informal family-friendly setting with a good beer menu, leather couches, shuffleboard and foozeball.
For a more intimate dinner or a special occasion, Peasant is a great option. A small menu that changes daily, with farm to table ingredients.
42 locals recommend
Peasant
40 Bridge StFor a more intimate dinner or a special occasion, Peasant is a great option. A small menu that changes daily, with farm to table ingredients.