The Red Bench Speaker Series presents, 40 Years of the Catamount Ski Trail on Thursday, January 25th at 6:30 PM at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum.

This winter marks the 40th Anniversary of Vermont’s Catamount Ski Trail. Covering over 300 miles from Massachusetts to Canada, the Catamount Trail is the longest backcountry ski trail in North America. To celebrate the Catamount Trail Association's 40th Anniversary, Catamount Trail Founders Steve Bushey, Paul Jarris, and Ben Rose are recreating their original journey with the help of a few friends, and are aiming to ski end to end on the trail in February and March this winter.

Ben and Paul will be joined on the Red Bench by CTA Executive Director Matt Williams and CTA Board Chair Jay Stearns to talk about that initial 1984 ski, how the CTA has evolved over the decades, this winter’s end to end ski, how climate change is impacting the Catamount Trail, and what the CTA and the trail will look like in the years to come.

This discussion will be moderated by David Goodman.

Doors to the Museum will open at 6:00 PM and guests are invited to enjoy the exhibits and socialize. The discussion begins at 6:30 PM. Event admission is $10 and helps support the museum's mission to "collect, preserve, and celebrate Vermont's rich skiing and snowboarding history.”

This event is IN-PERSON at the Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum, 1 South Main Street, Stowe, Vermont.

Series sponsors include Schoeller Textil, Sisler Builders, and Vermont Ski + Ride.