Killington Base Lodge Destroyed By Irene, Other Tourists Stranded at Sugarloaf

Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene surprised many people in Vermont with the sheer volume of water laid down over the weekend.  As a landlocked state that's well removed from the Tornado Belt, many Vermonters didn't think they'd get hit too hard.  That, combined with an infrastructure that's ill-equipped for huge amounts of unfrozen water, and, well, you get what you see here.  The Killington base lodge, collapsed and fallen over, with a brook running through it.

Some more Killington area flood damage from Facebook:

And this photo from the Stratton area:

Highly recommend checking out this Facebook album if you want to see some incredible pictures of the flooding from around the state. If you've done an East Coast swing, you'll recognize the names of many Vermont ski towns that were heavily impacted by this event.

Meanwhile, the access road up to Sugarloaf (the only way in or out) was washed out, stranding about 100 tourists on the mountain.  Luckily the weather there is now excellent, so hopefully the golfing is good because it doesn't look like anyone's driving up the road any time soon:

Thanks to Stever Bartlett for the tip.


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