Smugglers' Notch (or Smugglers or Smuggler's) is a mountain pass in Lamoille County, Vermont.The notch separates Mount Mansfield, the highest peak of the Green Mountains, from Spruce Peak and the Sterling Range.Most of the notch is in Mount Mansfield State Forest.North of the height of land, Smugglers Notch is drained by the Brewster River, which drains into the Lamoille River, and into Lake Champlain.