Trapp Family Lodge

Trapp Family Lodge is the home that Maria and Georg von Trapp built after fleeing Austria in 1938 — the real family behind The Sound of Music. They chose Stowe, Vermont, because the Green Mountains reminded them of the Alps, and they planted the European alpine resort tradition — including the sauna — directly into American soil. The lodge's sauna and steam facilities serve the largest privately owned Nordic skiing network in the eastern United States: 100 kilometers of groomed trails that the Trapp family opened to the public in 1969. The combination of Austrian heritage, genuine alpine skiing culture, and European bathing tradition makes Trapp Family Lodge the most historically significant sauna destination in New England.