Chalet style hotel near stowe with pools and restaurants close to stowe mountain owned by the famed von trapp family from the sound of music trapp family lodge is a mountain resort less than a 10 minute drive from downtown stowe its a 15 minute drive to stowe mountain resort where you can ski and snowboard on mount mansfield and spruce peak ice cream factory tours the vermont ski and snowboard museum is a 10 minute drive and with a 20 minute drive you can tour the ben jerrys factory