McIntyre Ski Area is southern New Hampshire's winter playground! Thousands of children and adults have enjoyed skiing and snowboarding at McIntyre since the chairli began turning in 1971. The school opened up 7 years later, and we've been your learn-to-ski/ride mountain ever since. As the ski & snowboard school continued to expand, the need for a retail/rental shop was in high demand.
Loon Mountain ski resort is located in Lincoln, New Hampshire, within the scenic White Mountain National Forest. The ski area is within a two-hour drive of Boston and Manchester and a four-hour drive from Providence. Each of these cities provides an airport and rental car services. Loon Mountain offers skiers and riders access to 2,100 feet of vertical, 61 trails serviced by 11 lifts (including a gondola) and 370 skiable acres. Loon's summit elevation tops out at 3,050 feet and sees an average annual snowfall of 160 inches.
King Pine sits in a valley in the White Mountains National Forest and primarily serves the beginner and intermediate skier or snowboarder. That's not to say there aren't some steeps. The sheltered location protects the slopes from cold winds making most ski and ride days pleasant. The resort is known for it's family-friendly atmosphere, affordability and great grooming. The vertical is a short 350 feet, so keeping track of the kids is easy. Guests will love the adjacent Purity Spring Resort, where they can find lodging, home-style food and world class amenities.
Gunstock's tradition of family skiing began during 1937, when the first snowtrains arrived at Laconia. Gunstock has grown into a high quality ski area, still catering to families, mostly from the Boston area, and offers one of the region's largest night-skiing operations.
Granite Gorge Cross Country on the north side of Otter Brook in the shadow of Pinnacle Mountain is in a cold hollow protected from the wind near Keene, NH. There are 14 km of groomed trails for classic and skate skiing and a 1 km fully lighted loop that is covered with machine-made snow and great for skiing on Friday and Saturday nights. The trails and snow conditions at Granite Gorge are some of the best in southern New Hampshire due to advantageous weather patterns and terrain.
TDartmouth Skiway offers big-mountain challenges in a family-friendly setting with more than 100 ski-able acres spread over two mountains and enough terrain variety to thrill any ski or snowboarding enthusiast. The Skiway has something fun for everyone: a 968-foot vertical drop, full-service day lodge, superb grooming, and exciting terrain features.
100 acres of impeccably groomed terrain, tree glades, and challenging steeps catering to a variety of experience levels. Home to the Rocket and Midnight Madness making Crotched Mountain the only ski area on the east coast that allows you for skiing & snowboard 'til 12am!
Cranmore, to put it mildly, is a classic. The resort has been in operation for more than six decades and was where Hannes Schneider, the celebrated Austrian skimeister and father of modern skiing, first opened his ski school and brought skiing to the New York and Boston masses. The original skimobile li is now a museum piece, but there are plenty of modern replacements. Cranmore offers a good dose of daily skiing and surprising challenges.
Nestled in Franconia Notch State Park, Cannon Mountain plus the additional 98 acres of the Mittersill Area, offers skiers and riders the highest ski area summit and longest vertical drop in all of New Hampshire. Home to the New England Ski Museum at the base of the iconic aerial tramway, 282 skiable acres entertain skiers and riders on 81 named trails and glades. 10 lifts including the aerial tram provide access to terrain rated 21% beginner, 47% intermediate, and 32% expert. With 97% snowmaking ability, a normal season will begin late November and go through mid-April.
As New Hampshire's largest ski area, Bretton Woods offers skiers and riders long groomed trails combined with spectacular views of Mount Washington and the Presidential Range. The ski resort is consistently ranked as one of the best resorts in the east.
The resort is home to an extensive trail system connected by updated chairlis. The ski area also has an excellent snow-making system covering almost all of their 464 acres of skiable terrain.