STRATTON — Local ski resorts got into gear for Green Up Day.
At Stratton Mountain Resort, staff were "out in full force cleaning up around the resort in celebration of Green Up Day," according to a social media post. They held it Wednesday, May 1, said Andrew Kimiecik, digital marketing manager at the resort.
"This was primarily an employee effort to help green up the resort, as we enjoy the in between season of winter and spring," he said. "Employees spread across the resort to help pick up loose ends and give a fresh start to spring. After the hard work, our food and beverage team treated all participants to a free lunch to reward a hard days work."
Stratton's social media post encouraged people to help protect the environment by consuming less, composting, choose reusable over single products, recycling properly, using less water, and shopping local and second hand.
Mount Snow staff joined efforts to clean up Route 100 on Green Up Day, May 4, as part of Green Up Vermont's Guinness World Record attempt. Called Vermont Top to Bottom, the project covered Route 100, known as The Skier's Highway, from the Quebec border to the Massachusetts border.
Green Up Vermont said it was "organizing the longest litter pick up team ever."
Towns along the route included North Troy, Newport, Troy, Westfield, Lowell, Eden, Hyde Park, Morristown, Stowe, Waterbury, Duxbury, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren, Granville, Hancock, Rochester, Stockbridge, Killington, West Bridgewater, Plymouth Notch, Ludlow, Weston, Londonderry, Jamaica, Wardsboro, Dover, Wilmington, Whitingham, Readsboro, Heartswellville and Stamford. An event after party was scheduled in Killington.
Stowe Mountain Resort staff cleaned up the resort on Friday, May 3, before partnering with Green Up Vermont to clear a section of Route 100 from Gold Brook to Bear Run in lower Stowe Village, near the Moscow Road/Route 100 intersection.
"Mount Snow and Okemo's Epic Promise teams also partnered with Green Up Vermont to help clean Route 100 ...," states a news release from their parent company Vail Resorts. "Each year, our resort teams and their family and friends gather to help clean up our local roads and waterways — on a mission to promote the stewardship of the state’s natural landscape and waterways, and the livability of its communities."