Summer Activities
The 2.9 mile (4.7 km) Healdville Trail for hikers starts at a small parking lot off Vermont Route 103 and ascends to the fire tower at the top of the mountain. Visitors can also drive up the mountain on the paved road known as the trail "Mountain Road" in the winter. There are lookout points to stop and take in the scenery along the way.
Across Route 103 sits the 18-hole, par-70 Okemo Valley golf course, rated the best public course in Vermont for 2006 by Golfweek. Run by Okemo, it is the first Heathland-style golf course built in Vermont. The whole course measures 6,400 yards (5,900 m) and hosts two events on the Vermont PGA Tour. Other amenities include a 12,000 ft (3,700 m)² year-round indoor training center, an 18-acre (73,000 m2) outdoor learning center, a clubhouse, a pro shop, and Yamaha gold carts. Adjacent to the course is Willie Dunn's Grille, a restaurant open every day during the summer and winter seasons (with breaks in between) for lunch and dinner. The Muellers also own Tater Hill Golf Club in Windham, Vermont, 22 miles (35 km) away from Ludlow.
In the 2010 Okemo opened up the Adventure Zone in the base of Jackson Gore. The Adventure Zone is a year round attraction which includes, The Timber Ripper, the first mountain coaster in Vermont, Lumberin' Cal's mini-golf, The Maples disk golf course and the Stump Jumper Bungee trampoline. New for the summer of 2012, the Canopy tour ziplines opened up for year round access.
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