The Journal
Notes on staying here.
Where to base yourself for the mountains and the capital, and what sets each cabin apart. Looking for restaurants and trails instead? That’s the Guidebook.
Destinations
Wychwood · Duxbury
Where to Stay Near Mad River Glen: A Local’s Guide to the Valley
Mad River Glen isn’t like other ski areas. It’s a cooperative — owned by the skiers who ski it — one of only a few mountains in the country that still don’t allow snowboarding, and home to the single chair, one of the last single-seat lifts in North America. The terrain is steep and natural, left roughly as the mountain made it, and the place wears its old motto, “Ski It If You Can,” without irony.
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Wychwood · Duxbury
Cabins Near Sugarbush: A Quiet Retreat in the Woods of Duxbury
Sugarbush is the big mountain of the Mad River Valley — two peaks, Lincoln and Ellen, a wide spread of terrain, and an Icon pass that pulls skiers from all over. It has everything a full resort day needs, and in season the base area fills accordingly.
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Central Vermont
Where to Stay Near Stowe, Vermont: A Quieter Base Just Beyond the Bustle
Stowe is the name everyone types first: a classic New England ski village under Mount Mansfield, Vermont’s highest peak, with a main street of restaurants and shops and a mountain road lined with lodges.
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Boyer Estate · Berlin
A Local’s Guide to Montpelier, Vermont
Montpelier is the smallest state capital in the country — about 8,000 people, and the only one without a McDonald’s. The gold-domed State House sits at one end of a downtown you can walk across in ten minutes, with the Winooski River running through it. We live twelve minutes away in Berlin, so this is the capital we know best.
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Fall Foliage in Central Vermont: A Local’s Guide
Peak foliage in central Vermont usually runs from the last week of September through the first or second week of October — the higher ridges turn first, the valleys follow, and the October holiday weekend is the busiest of the year. Both of our estates sit in the middle of it: Wychwood on a wooded hillside in Duxbury, and Boyer Estate on the edge of a state forest in Berlin.
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The Mad River Valley: A Local’s Guide
The Mad River Valley runs along Route 100 between two ridges of the Green Mountains, with the river threading through it and a ski mountain on either side — Sugarbush and Mad River Glen. The towns are small: Waitsfield is the hub, Warren sits below Sugarbush to the south, and farm fields fill the stretches between. Our two log cabins are in Duxbury at the valley’s north end, thirteen minutes from Waitsfield, and this is the corner of Vermont we know best.
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Boyer Estate · Berlin
A Vermont Cabin with a Private Outdoor Sauna at Boyer Estate
Most listings for a Vermont cabin with a private outdoor sauna mean a good sauna you share with whoever else is booked that night. Ours works on reserved sessions, and we never schedule two parties at once. Boyer Estate sits on the edge of Boyer State Forest in Berlin, and when your session comes up, the sauna is yours with no one else on the grounds.
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Wychwood · Duxbury
A Vermont Cabin with a Clawfoot Soaking Tub on the Porch
Gardener’s Log Cabin in Duxbury has a cast-iron clawfoot soaking tub on its covered porch, looking out over a cottage garden of wildflowers and lupines. You fill it with warm water and sit out in the open air under a roof. That tub is why most people find this cabin when they go looking for a Vermont cabin with a clawfoot soaking tub.
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All Four Properties
Pet-Free, Allergy-Friendly Vermont Rentals: Our Standard, Explained
A pet-free, allergy-friendly Vermont rental means you can unpack without your chest tightening. If you’ve had that happen, you know why we’re strict about it. For guests with allergies, it can decide whether the week is spent breathing easily or managing symptoms.
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Boyer Estate · Berlin
The History of Boyer Estate
Our house on Crosstown Road in Berlin has been here a long time. The deed goes back to around 1780, and the house sits at the edge of what is now Boyer State Forest, on a hill that was farmed, used as a summer place, and eventually became state forest.
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