KidStuff

Child care: The center takes children ages 3 months through 3 years. Full day with lunch is $82 ($95 on weekends/holidays). Half day with snack is $57 ($67 on weekends/holidays). A full day with a morning ski session for 3-year-olds is $102 ($119 on weekends/holidays). Parents must provide formula and food for infants. Toddlers are served lunch and offered snacks throughout the day. Reservations required; call (802) 253-3000, Ext. 3686.

The Cubs Infant Care Center, near the base of the Sunny Spruce quad chairlift, is state licensed and features a small but friendly staff that average a decade or more at Stowe. The facility is not very large, but from the main playroom, floor to ceiling windows provide what has to be the valley’s best view of Mansfield and the Front Four. Providers help the children try to guess which trail Mommy and Daddy are skiing on.

Children’s lessons: Headquartered at Spruce Peak, full-day programs for skiing (ages 4–12) and snowboarding (ages 6–12) include lunch. Cost is $102 ($119 weekends/holidays).

The Big Easy is a two-hour semi-private lesson with a maximum 3-to-1 student-teacher ratio for first-time skiers (ages 4–12) and snowboarders (ages 7–12). Cost, including lift ticket, is $65 ($76 weekends/holidays). A program called 3 Ski is a two-hour lesson with lift ticket for 3-year-olds for the same price as the Big Easy.

Photographed at Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont, by Landwehrle Studio