Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Glenn Seward, Asctuney Outdoors operations manager (center) surrounded by board members and volunteers cuts the ribbon official opening the Ascutney Outdoors Center. Over 500 donors from the community helped fund the project. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Ted Siegler ex-officio Ascutney Outdoors board member (center) hold up a plaque thanking the efforts of from left: Glenn and Shelley Seward, Siegler, Steve Crihfield and Jim Lyall. The plaque will be displayed in the center. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Who made this sign? Mike Howe (left) found this sign while cleaning out his dad's garage. Here he's pictured with other Ascutney Mountain ski patrollers from the 1970s who don't remember this sign at the ski patrol hut-Dave Rhoad, Frank Brock, Alan Lewis and Alan's brother Bob Lewis.. "We'd love to find out who made it and when it was made" said Howe. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Windsor County State Senator Alison Clarkson speaks with Jim Lyall about the trail around the Ascutney Outdoor Center in West Windsor. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Kaya Stewart and Own Cobb race down the hill in front of the Ascutney Outdoor Center in West Windsor on Sunday at the Grand Opening of the center. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Steve Crihfield, Ascutney Outdoors board chairman welcomes the crowd of a few hundred people. He explained that the board had a five year plan to complete the center "But we completed it in eighteen months" he said. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Friends Sloan Phillips, 10 (left) and Trinity Percy, 9 (right) both from Brownsville, ride their mountain bikes on the trail next to the Ascutney Outdoor Center in West Windsor. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Friends Trinity Percy, 9 (left) and Sloan Phillips, 10 (right) both from Brownsville, ride their mountain bikes on the trail next to the Ascutney Outdoor Center in West Windsor. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.

Ascutney Outdoors Center Grand Opening

Jim Lyall Ascutney Outdoors board member and designer of the Ascutney Outdoor building in West Windsor finishes his mountain bike ride on Sunday at the Grand Opening of the center. Nancy Nutile-McMenemy photograph.