Burr Morse and his friends propose opening a ski center

“East Montpelier-Add trail grooming to Burr Morse’s list of duties. In addition to tapping trees, boiling sap and mixing up batches of maple creamees and popcorn, Morse and his family hope to run a cross-country skiing center out of their sugaring house and store that will crisscross their 240-acre farm and surrounding crountryside with groomed trails...

The center, which Burr and wife Betsy will own and manage with partners Nat Winthrop, Bill Kaplan and Chip Stone, all of whom live locally, has been mapped out by a professional planner, John Morton of Thetford.

‘He’s really impressed with the lay of the land here,’ said Morse....

‘Ours will really be state-of-the-art. It will be fun skiing.’