Great Hosmer Pond provides the venue for Craftsbury’s sculling programs, as well as serving as the focal point of Outdoor Center summers. The Center partners with the State of Vermont to monitor the lake’s health and fight invasive milf... Read more
The new dining hall utilizes ground source heat pumps, among other green construction technologies. The Outdoor Center buys local food whenever possible. During the growing season, food grown across the Center’s campus is used in meals fo... Read more
Each cabin has a porch, private bath, small kitchenette, and beautiful views either to the west overlooking the lake, or to the east looking out over the ski trail toward the hills. They are heated by our innovative central heating system t... Read more
The Outdoor Center uses long and short cut wood to heat buildings across campus. The long cut wood is used to power a large highly efficient wood boiler, while the short cut wood is used in a smaller boiler and in stoves across the campus. ... Read more
The main heating system of the campus is driven by two Froling wood gasification boilers. During snowmaking operations, heat is recovered from the diesel generator which powers the snow guns by insulated heat recovery pipes and is used to ... Read more
Underneath the concrete pad off the northeast corner of Cedar lodge is a 20,000-gallon water tank. This tank is a heat reservoir for the Craftsbury Outdoor Center’s waste-heat recovery system. Heat from our wood-fired boilers, solar hot w... Read more
In the upper parking lot of the Outdoor Center, near our main lodge, there is an electric car charging station. Look for the marked spaces to find a 220V outlet with several different types of plugs to suit your car. If you drive your elect... Read more
The eight tracking solar arrays located in the upper field produce between 39,000-50,000kWh annually. Two Activity Center arrays produce a total of 67,000-78,000kWh annually while arrays on the maintenance garage and shed produce about 40,0... Read more
In the fall of 2014, the Center opened a high efficiency Activity Center. Highlights of this building include radiant floor heat, an EarthTube air exchange, concrete floor slabs, insulated concrete form (ICF) walls, and well-sealed windows... Read more
