Tone Bratland was born in the quaint Old World seaport of Bergen, Norway, and immigrated with her parents to the United States in 1964, eventually settling in the Boston area. Family road trips to visit relatives in Montreal, by way of Vermont, led Tone to fall in love with the green rolling countryside and majestic mountains. In 2004, Tone saw an opportunity to purchase property on Lake Dunmore and jumped at the chance. As proprietor of HighWinds, Tone is now living her dream and eager to share the Lake Dunmore experience with her guests. She has proudly maintained her Norwegian heritage and has infused her resort establishment with a subtle Scandinavian flavor. Come discover the hygge for yourself.
In both Danish and Norwegian, hygge refers to a form of everyday togetherness, a pleasant and highly valued experience of safety, equality, personal wholeness and a spontaneous social flow"