The Green State Vermont's autumn landscape is world famous, when the first early frost brings its oaks, sumacs, maples and birches aflame with colour. But the state caters spectacularly for tourists all year round. It is a major ski area for the USA, with 20 alpine resorts and 50 cross-country ski areas offering man-made if not natural snow. Vermont's warm weather recreation activities include fishing, hunting, golf, tennis, hiking, bicycling, boating - the list goes on and on. The landscape is one of picturesque mountain villages, tall white churches, lush dairy farms and glacial lakes.