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Bromley Mountain Resort, Vermont: the Sun Mountain, south-facing since 1936

Peru, VT

Part of Skiing New England

Bromley's founding traces to 1936, when Ralph Hutchinson and the Works Progress Administration cut the "Bromley Run" trail on the west side of the mountain, per the resort's own About page. Fred Pabst Jr. incorporated it as a ski area shortly after and introduced lift service in 1938. Bromley is nicknamed "The Sun Mountain" for its southern exposure, according to the resort's own website, and its own website states it features 47 trails and nine lifts.

  1. A south-facing chairlift-served ski resort founded in 1936, nicknamed "The Sun Mountain."

  2. A general store and eatery on Main Street in Peru offering Vermont meals and provisions.

  3. A Green Mountain National Forest pond with a swim beach, fishing pier, and family campsites.

Lifts, from J-bar to quad

In January 1943 a 2,800-foot J-bar lift opened between the Twister and East Meadow slopes, per Wikipedia's Bromley Mountain article. A 5,700-foot Riblet double chairlift was installed in 1958. Between 1965 and 1967, Bromley deployed a snowmaking system with more than 50 snow guns. In 1976 Bromley installed a triple-tracked alpine slide. The Blue Ribbon Quad was installed in 1987, and the Sun Mountain Express, a Doppelmayr quad, was installed in 1997, according to the resort's own About page.

Ownership, and a hub for snowboarding

Founder Fred Pabst Jr. died of a heart attack on March 1, 1977. Ownership passed from Pabst's estate to Stratton Mountain in 1979, then to Moore and Munger, Inc. in 1980, and to Simon Oren, also the owner of Magic Mountain, in 1987, per Wikipedia. In 1990 Joe O'Donnell and Petros Palandjian acquired Bromley; in 2011 Brian and Tyler Fairbank were hired to operate the resort. During the 1980s rise of snowboarding, Bromley became a hub for the sport as well as telemark skiing, associated with Kåre Andersen's Telemark Festival, according to the resort's own About page.

In Peru

JJ Hapgood General Store & Eatery, on Main Street in Peru, describes itself as a general store and eatery offering Vermont meals, gifts, and provisions, per the store's own website. Hapgood Pond Recreation Area, within the Green Mountain National Forest, offers a swim beach, a fishing pier, a non-motorized boat launch, and family campsites, according to its Recreation.gov listing.

Frequently asked questions

Why is Bromley called 'The Sun Mountain'?
Bromley is nicknamed "The Sun Mountain" for its southern exposure, according to the resort's own website.
Who has owned Bromley over the years?
Ownership passed from founder Fred Pabst Jr.'s estate to Stratton Mountain in 1979, then to Moore and Munger, Inc. in 1980, and to Simon Oren in 1987, per Wikipedia's Bromley Mountain article. Joe O'Donnell and Petros Palandjian acquired the resort in 1990, and Brian and Tyler Fairbank were hired to operate it in 2011.