MotoRevRoute Twisty Staff Pick
Smugglers Notch (VT 108)
Stowe to Jeffersonville
- Distance
- 18 mi
- Riding Time
- 35 min
- Climb
- 1,765 ft
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Surface
- Paved
- Character
- Twisty
- Saves
- 0
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Road Guide
- Best Season
- Late May to mid October, when the notch is open.
- Closures
- The section through the notch is closed in winter, usually from about mid October or November until May. Tractor trailers and large vehicles are prohibited.
- Fuel
- Fill up in Stowe or Jeffersonville. There is none in the notch.
- Watch For
- Very tight blind hairpins, a one lane section between boulders, oncoming cars and stuck oversize vehicles, hikers and parked cars at the top, and wet rock.
Weather Along the Route
Forecast at the hour you reach each point, from the riding time. Leave Departure empty to leave now. Forecast from Open-Meteo.
VT 108 climbs from Stowe past the Stowe Mountain Resort and squeezes through Smugglers Notch, a narrow pass between Mount Mansfield and the Sterling Range. At the top the road narrows to a single lane that twists between large boulders before dropping to Jeffersonville.
Stops
- StartStowe
- FinishJeffersonville
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