Jeffersonville

Jeffersonville is just over Smugglers' Notch from Stowe but miles away in feel and attitude. In summer, you can drive over the notch road as it curves precipitously around boulders that have fallen from the cliffs above, then pass open meadows and old farmhouses and sugar shacks on the way down to town. Below the notch, Smugglers' Notch Ski Resort is the hub of much activity year-round. Downtown Jeffersonville, once home to an artist colony, is quiet but has excellent dining and sophisticated art galleries.