Ben Jacobellis shreds the top off at Stratton. Photo by Hubert Schriebl
Vermont Business Magazine USA Today has teamed up with members of the US Snowboarding team on their search for the North America’s best terrain parks for the annual Reader’s Choice 10Best. A multi-week voting battle ensued for resorts East and West – from 670 acre Stratton Mountain Resort to 7,165 foot Whistler-Blackcomb. Stratton Mountain Resort pulled ahead of West coast powerhouse resorts, claiming the number 5 spotand second best terrain park in the East. The award coming just before Stratton’s Annual Vermont Open – the only open snowboarding competition in the East and recently recognized as a Vermont Chamber of Commerce Top 10 Event, which invites snowboarders of all ages to compete in a variety of terrain park courses.
Fostering terrain park learning and progression, Stratton parks are designed for all ability levels.
“What we have here at Stratton is a lot of progression parks. We can get you from never hitting a rail to hitting the big jumps,” said Terrain Park Manager David Snyder.
Stratton’s terrain parks have felt the turns of snowboarding legends – Craig Kelly, Shaun White, local Kelly Clark - during the Burton U.S. Open, and its slopestyle jumps and boardercross course are still frequented by Olympians Ross Powers and Lindsey Jacobellis.
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STRATTON MOUNTAIN, VT. – To learn more about Stratton terrain parks, visit stratton.com.