The leaves are down, the ski guns are warming up, and Vermont has moved indoors in the best way. Stick season is concert season, craft-fair season and winter-market season: Punch Brothers play Rutland on Sunday, a brand-new crafters expo takes over the Champlain Valley Exposition, the winter farmers markets open in Brattleboro and Rutland, and the maple makers hold their annual conference in Randolph. Okemo, Stowe and Mount Snow are all making snow toward a Saturday, November 21 opening day, so there is no skiing yet, but there is plenty to do while we wait.
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A few notes before you head out: early November is stick season, so dress for raw, changeable weather and plan on headlights for the drive home, since it gets dark before 5pm now. Several of these are one-night-only, so check the event's own page for tickets before you drive. Winter hours have started at many farms and museums, and a few seasonal places have already closed until spring, so a quick look at the linked page is worth it.
Have a great weekend out there.