Ethos
Henry Whitfield House Connecticut Foliage Forecast 169 towns, seven state driving routes

Henry Whitfield House — Swampyank, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Hard'Ack, Vermont: St. Albans City's municipal rope tow and tubing hill

St. Albans City, VT

Part of Skiing New England

Hard'Ack Recreation Area is a municipal facility of the City of St. Albans, Vermont, operated by the city's Recreation & Parks Department, whose office is based at the Greg Brown Lodge on the site, per the city's own website. Located at 179 Congress Street, Hard'Ack includes the city's public pool, referred to on the city's site as "the City Pool at Hard'ack Recreation Area," and its rope tow and tubing hill are listed as still operating in the New England Lost Ski Areas Project's roundup of currently-operating small areas and in Wikipedia's list of Vermont ski areas.

  1. A municipal rope-tow and tubing hill run by St. Albans' Recreation & Parks Department.

  2. A three-screen multiplex cinema on Main Street, also available for private rentals.

  3. A local history museum open seasonally, with a year-round third-floor room.

  4. A downtown park connected to the 1864 St. Albans Raid, hosting a summer concert series.

A city-run rope tow and pool

Hard'Ack Recreation Area is operated by the St. Albans Recreation & Parks Department out of the Greg Brown Lodge on site, per the city's own website. Its rope tow and tubing hill are listed as still operating in the New England Lost Ski Areas Project's roundup of currently-operating small areas and in Wikipedia's list of Vermont ski areas. The recreation area also includes the city's public pool.

In St. Albans City

Welden Theatre, a three-screen multiplex on N. Main Street, also offers private rentals for parties and events, according to the theater's own website. Saint Albans Museum, on Church Street, describes itself as "a site of learning since 1800" and "a powerful place of memory since 1970," with seasonal exhibits and a year-round third-floor room, per the museum's own website. Taylor Park hosts a summer concert series, per the city's own recreation listing, and is one of the surviving sites connected to the St. Albans Raid of October 19, 1864, the northernmost land action of the American Civil War, along with the American House, according to Wikipedia's St. Albans Raid article.

Frequently asked questions

Who runs Hard'Ack?
Hard'Ack Recreation Area is a municipal facility of the City of St. Albans, operated by the city's Recreation & Parks Department out of the Greg Brown Lodge on site, per the city's own website.
Is Hard'Ack still an operating ski hill?
Yes. Its rope tow and tubing hill are listed as still operating in the New England Lost Ski Areas Project's roundup of currently-operating small areas and in Wikipedia's list of Vermont ski areas.