As I mentioned back in August when I started this thread, this season was an opportunity for me to explore New Hampshire skiing before I picked up my daughter in Boston for school breaks. I had a good time on two ski safaris, in Dec and Mar. I’ve also stopped by for a quick look at the base of some of the smaller ski areas in the last few years while driving around New England during fall colors in recent years. The history of NH skiing is fascinating. If I were living in eastern MA, wouldn’t see much reason to drive farther to VT or ME for midweek skiing.
Skied (* once): Attitash*, Bretton Woods*, Cannon*, Loon, Sunapee, Tenney, Waterville Valley, Wildcat
Base look only: Abenaki, Dartmouth Skiway, Gunstock, King Pine, Ragged
Early or late season can be a good time to check out a new place in what I call "tourist mode" for future reference.
Wed, 12Dec: Loon - Ikon
Thu, 13Dec: Wildcat and Attitash - $42 ticket online
Fri, 14Dec: Bretton Woods - $20 lift ticket, special offer in early Sep
Wed, 19Dec: Waterville Valley - $50 ticket online
Sun, 10Mar: Tenney, 9:00-12:30, snowing! - half-day AM $50
Mon, 11Mar: Cannon - $45 motel voucher
Tue, 12Mar: Sunapee Ladies Extravaganza, demo day - $25 lift ticket, $35 registration
Wed, 13Mar: Waterville Valley - free voucher from BSSC Nov kick-off
With a little advance planning via PM and Meet On The Hill threads, it was nice to meet up with Divas for at least a few runs. Always a bonus during a ski safari to meet a new Diva in person.
For those who come across this thread in the future, here are related trip reports. Most are from 2018-19 but I also included a couple earlier threads that have pictures.
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/i...afari-plus-sunday-river-dec-15-17-2018.23345/
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/i...e-valley-nh-first-impressions-dec-2018.23572/
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/i...rom-boston-for-fresh-snow-on-3-10-2019.23905/
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/tr-tenney-nh-3-9-2018.22656/
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/demo-day-at-sunapee-ladies-day-3-12-19.23810/
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/index.php?threads/suicide-six-attitash-wildcat-and-crotched.23743/ - by
@Serafina
https://www.theskidiva.com/forums/i...y-river-after-whiteface-early-dec-2014.18818/