I got nothing on Burlington but southern VT is real, real nice this time of year. I'm not talking on a skating tip but I used to love taking a few days to camp and bike on the fly out there. could go south on 7 right from Burlington, or 116 back to 7/7A, down through Grn Mtn Ntl Forest, to Bennington/Pownal down into Clarksburg MA, to Williamstown, Adams/North Adams via Rt. 2/Mohawk trail and cut back up to Rt 9 onto Brattleboro where there's an intersection with 91 or stay on 9 and make your way to Concord NH, stay on 9/202 and get to the coast and take 95 up to Maine if you're trying to take an interstate. Or from Concord, NH, you could hop on 3 and split up the middle to Laconia and Lake Winnipesauke and White Mtn. National Forest. Again, I can't speak to the skating on those routes, but it's some beautiful land, assuredly good biking, and the backroads are easily navigable at this time of year, sans some tourists.