Between the outdoor pools and fountains and treatments like the Mountain Spirit Purification with its clay body mask and juniper-sage massage with hot stones, it delivered all the relaxation this resort promised.

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Choose among offerings that emphasize ingredients indigenous to Vermont including a White Clay Body Mask, Mountain Man Facial or Mother Earth Massage.

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In another sign of the devastation, a nearby mountain showed two streaks of red clay apparent mudslides that appeared to have wiped out all vegetation.

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