No fee cross-country skiing: WV

upthesaukee · 12-23-2010, 09:00 AM

How many miles (or km's) of trails will you have? Not wanting to hijack the WV thread, but I'm curious. Maybe start a new thread to keep us updated on your progress.

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fatlazyless · 12-23-2010, 09:37 AM

Hey Baygo....that sounds like a real smart move because xc skiing and then restauranting go together real good.....here's hop'n you got a real wood burning fireplace or wood burn'n woodstove as opposed to one of those propane faux wood stoves to go along with the xc atmosphere......so it sounds like the xc ticket money just gets to be reused paying for the restaurant food..... what a smooth move.....just glide on in to the 'bull hill cabin!'

How can the city administrators in Laconia not approve the golf course for use as a xc ski trail considering that golf and cross country skiing go together just like tennis and downhill skiing! There's a number, like a big number, of public and maybe private golf courses that go xc ski in the winter. The Putterham Course in Brookline Mass. has been doing that for maybe 40-years.

At the WV combo XC & golf course, what they use for grooming is a super-duper Piston Bully groomer that must cost macho money, however, they also use a Skandic snowmobile, made by Skidoo, which is probably considered a utility style snowmobile. It tows a small groomer trailer around on the trails when there's not enough snow to support the heavy weight of the Piston Bully which has been the case a lot in the past few years.

fatlazyless · 01-14-2011, 01:38 PM

Livermore Rd xc trail, north end of town, Waterville Valley: Team Sununu, the new owners of WV, have gone and put up some informative signs announcing the NO-FEE 4.5km Livermore Rd and 3.?km Tripoli Rd Rd to be what they are; no-fee, White Mountain National Forest multiple use trails. That means hiking, snow showing, cross country skiing and even mountain biking although that would be at least a little difficult. The free trails are groomed and double-tracked by a great big snow-groomer.

People are showing up and using the freebie trails, too. Probably the Nordic Center sees it as a "Hey, try it & if you like it then purchase a $19.00 trail pass for the other 100-km of groomed trails!"

Smart move Team Sununu......did I really say that....oh well.....one big snow storm makes one big difference for WV cross country!

12-23-2010, 09:00 AM	#1
upthesaukee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Alton Bay Posts: 5,606 Blog Entries: 2 Thanks: 2,476 Thanked 1,984 Times in 1,084 Posts	How long How many miles (or km's) of trails will you have? Not wanting to hijack the WV thread, but I'm curious. Maybe start a new thread to keep us updated on your progress. Back to channel WV __________________ I Live Here... I am always UPTHESAUKEE !!!!

12-23-2010, 09:37 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,834 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,033 Times in 752 Posts	Hey Baygo....that sounds like a real smart move because xc skiing and then restauranting go together real good.....here's hop'n you got a real wood burning fireplace or wood burn'n woodstove as opposed to one of those propane faux wood stoves to go along with the xc atmosphere......so it sounds like the xc ticket money just gets to be reused paying for the restaurant food..... what a smooth move.....just glide on in to the 'bull hill cabin!' How can the city administrators in Laconia not approve the golf course for use as a xc ski trail considering that golf and cross country skiing go together just like tennis and downhill skiing! There's a number, like a big number, of public and maybe private golf courses that go xc ski in the winter. The Putterham Course in Brookline Mass. has been doing that for maybe 40-years. At the WV combo XC & golf course, what they use for grooming is a super-duper Piston Bully groomer that must cost macho money, however, they also use a Skandic snowmobile, made by Skidoo, which is probably considered a utility style snowmobile. It tows a small groomer trailer around on the trails when there's not enough snow to support the heavy weight of the Piston Bully which has been the case a lot in the past few years. __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

01-14-2011, 01:38 PM	#3
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,834 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 302 Thanked 1,033 Times in 752 Posts	Livermore Rd xc trail, north end of town, Waterville Valley: Team Sununu, the new owners of WV, have gone and put up some informative signs announcing the NO-FEE 4.5km Livermore Rd and 3.?km Tripoli Rd Rd to be what they are; no-fee, White Mountain National Forest multiple use trails. That means hiking, snow showing, cross country skiing and even mountain biking although that would be at least a little difficult. The free trails are groomed and double-tracked by a great big snow-groomer. People are showing up and using the freebie trails, too. Probably the Nordic Center sees it as a "Hey, try it & if you like it then purchase a $19.00 trail pass for the other 100-km of groomed trails!" Smart move Team Sununu......did I really say that....oh well.....one big snow storm makes one big difference for WV cross country! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!

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