Monday, August 8 – 12, 2011
Mount Snow Resort, West Dover, VT
The 2011 COG “Green Mountain” National Rally was a huge success. The weather cooperated nicely, and Mount Snow was a great facility. The area riding and attractions were almost perfect (barring a few frost heaves) and the locals were extremely friendly. The rally web pages contain pictures, stories, and more, as we present the rally in review.
Located in southern Vermont, West Dover offers a riding radius that allows visitors to ride in 7 states and Canada (bring your passport).
The Rally HQ was the Grand Summit Hotel, but we also utilized Snow Lake Lodge, several condos, and campers set up around Sundance base lodge.
Rally Photos…
Here are links to photos by some of our attendees…
- Bob Barbanti
- Sue Cerutti (compilation from Sue and other hikers)
- Greg & Tracy Habel
- Marc Hering
- William Hillson
- Tom Kerrigan
- Pat Mulloy
- Gregory Schmidt
- Steve Smith
- Willy Sullivan
- Norm & Lorie Walton
- Guy Young
Hurricane Irene…
On August 28, Hurricane Irene hit the northeast as a tropical storm that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path. Along with many other area in the northeast, the rally area of southern Vermont was devastated. Almost every river and stream in Vermont flooded, resulting in at least three deaths and one missing.One of them was a young lady who worked as a housekeeper at Snow Lake Lodge, who drowned last Sunday afternoon. She was from Macedonia and was at the hotel on a cultural exchange program with her boyfriend, who also worked at the hotel. In Wilmington, the flood level of the Deerfield River east branch reportedly exceeded levels measured during the 1938 New England hurricane.Dot’s Restaurant and many other businesses there were hit hard. Throughout Vermont, numerous covered bridges, many over 100 years old, were damaged or destroyed.Extensive road damage resulted in the isolation of nearly a dozen rural towns.
If you want to assist the relief efforts here is a link for the American Red Cross: american.redcross.org
And here is a Vermont specific site:
governor.vermont.gov/blog-donate-vermont-irene
Checking in on the OtP Travelers Bernd & Gie…
This was the 10th year of “Over the Pond” program with travelers Bernd from Germany and Gie from Belgium. Gie kept a blog of their travels to America. You can see it here: http://gie.lambeir.be/
Finding information on the rally web pages…
We’ve tried to retain much of the pre-rally planning information as possible and tucked it all away in these rally report web pages. You should be able to find what you need as a reference for future trip to this area.
Riding: A recommended list of reading material to learn more about riding in Vermont, New England and upstate New York. Review and download sample ride loops and GPS files.
Schedule: Review the Rally Event Schedule and find out what fun stuff happened at the rally.
Attractions: There are links and more links to things to see and do.
Sponsors: These are some of our favorite people, and we can not thank them enough. Please take a look at who supported our event by way of providing door prizes and services for our attendees. Please patronize the sponsors that support COG.