Magic Mountain, Vermont: from Glebe Mountain rope tow to independent revival

In 1962-63 a $300,000 Pohlig double chairlift was installed, opening the Upper Mountain terrain, per New England Ski History's Magic Mountain page. In 1968 Magic Mountain installed a $250,000 snowmaking system. In 1971-72 the Summit Area was opened, served by a Heron-Poma double chairlift. On February 22, 1973, a Cessna 310 crashed into the mountain, killing both occupants. On February 3, 1975, two U.S. Air Force F-111 bombers collided near the mountain; four crew members ejected safely and landed on the upper slopes.

Founder Hans Thorner sold Magic Mountain in 1985 to a group led by Simon Oren; in 1986 that group acquired the defunct neighboring Timber Ridge ski area, and in 1987-88 the two mountains were physically connected and marketed together as "the Magic Mountains," per New England Ski History's Magic Mountain page (correcting the finder's original account, which merged the acquisition and the connection into a single 1987-88 event). In 1990 Oren sold to Joe O'Donnell and Petros Palandjian, who closed the area after the 1990-91 season. It was placed on auction in spring 1993 following a Bank of Boston foreclosure; Michael Boraski purchased the property in December 1995 for $350,000, and the area reopened in December 1997. In August 2002, John Nelson purchased Magic Mountain with a group of partners for $500,000, and in fall 2016 Ski Magic, LLC acquired the area, which has continued to operate independently since.

The Black Quad chairlift debuted at Magic Mountain on February 22, 2024, per New England Ski History's Magic Mountain page. Magic Mountain sells its own in-house season pass; for the 2026-27 ("26/27") season, unlimited passholders can purchase an Indy Pass "Add-on" at a 30% discount, giving access to Indy Pass partner resorts, according to Magic Mountain's own Season Pass Info page. The resort permits uphill (skin) access and operates a disc golf course on the mountain outside of ski season, per its own website. The Londonderry Arts & Historical Society, at 2461 Middletown Rd in Londonderry, is a volunteer-run organization that preserves and shares the town's history and culture through art exhibits, community quilting fundraisers, and photo sales, according to its own website. The Londonderry Town House, built 1860 as a two-story town hall with a bell tower, retains a canvas stage curtain depicting a scene on the Rhine River and still hosts the town's annual town meeting, per Wikipedia's article on the building; it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 14, 1983.