It's well known by now that the downhill ski mountain here, not owned by Orange Lake, is closed. What a disaster. I can't tell you anything about xc skiing--sorry.
I can tell you that summer in VT is lovely and that you are not far from Woodstock--the quintessential NE town. The Rockefellers, who owned the Woodstock Inn early on, paid to bury electric wires to remove "unsightly" poles. That's just one example of how gentrified this town is.
Big horsey scene nearby as well as golf, platform tennis, and other perennial upper class favorites.
Queechy Gorge and the town of Queechy rebuilt after the flooding well worth the visit.
Not that far from Hanover, NH, the home of Dartmouth and a very nice college town.
For the arts minded, just across the border was the long time home/hideout of JD Salinger. Also, the illustrator Maxfield Parrish mixed his famous blue color to match the evening sky above Mt. Ascutney.
The resort is nothing to write home about, though. The units are all around the bowl of the defunct ski mountain--oops. How Orange Lake could have made this mistake is beyond me.