Skiing this week?

[BroadHopper]

Just for clarification, Cannon NH resident senior pass is M-F only for $39. Gunstock senior pass is any day in the season for $49. This year the BFF pass is excluded.

With the Cannon pass, I was able to secure an Indy Pass for $129 before prices went up. The pass allows two days at any Independent ski area in the US. I'm planning on a couple of days at WV and Saddleback.

Gunstock has no plans to join the Indy pass.

BTW, Gunstock had a great year. It was obvious as it was busy mid-week. They predict it will be busier this season. Looks like I will be skiing elsewhere after all! I hate crowds!

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by BroadHopper

Just for clarification, Gunstock senior pass is any day in the season for $49. This year the BFF pass is excluded.

I have no clue as to what the BFF pass was or is?

https://www.gunstock.com/on-snow/nor...dic-trail-map/

And, Tuesday Nov 30 is the last day to buy this $49 Gunstock everything pass. Most ski areas allow you to use snow shoes on their xc-trails as long as you stay off to the side edges. What the heck, 4"-wide fat tire bicycles now get rented out by some ski areas for use on their x-c ski trails?

[fatlazyless]

Is 20-degrees, about 1/2" or less snow fell here yesterday, late afternoon, and there's headlights from two snow vehicles up there on Mt Tecumseh's Upper Bobby's and Utter Abandon trails. So, it looks like the first night for snow making at Waterville Valley is happening right now ...... think snow!

Back in 2010, the first year for Team Sununu, they actually ran the snow guns on the night of November 1 probably thinking it was totally doable until it all melted a day or two, later ...... oh well ...... today is Wednesday, November 24, I think!

[fatlazyless]

Maybe it's it just my political leaning but the intimidation factor created by local Gilford-Meredith State Rep Norm Silber could maybe be the demise, next year, for this super low priced Gunstock $50 senior ski pass for age 70+ skiers which now includes myself.

Will the $50 everything, everyday ski pass still be here next year? What do you think?

Anyway, it's here right now for this winter, and today and tomorrow, Nov 29 & 30 are the last days for purchasing it for 50-bucks ...... eh ..... make that $49 .....even lower.

Google "Gunstock Mountain winter prime pass" to see what's what.

[John Mercier]

I don't think so.
Silber is trying to promote the belief that should Gunstock be privatized that more money would be sent to Gilford and thus save Gilford taxpayers some money.
Since the property would always be owned by the County, and the County would not be willing to pay any more toward Gilford than it doe now... and the other members of the delegation have their own municipalities to answer to that are going to want that money.

[fatlazyless]

Hey there ........today is Dec 4 opening day, 1st day this winter, www.waterville.com/cams, and the price for a one day lift ticket is $55., age 18-65.

Is it worth it or are you better off heading over to the nearby Livermore parking area, a one mile drive north of the ski area, and hitting the Livermore Rd for cross country skiing or walking/hiking or pedaling a mountain bike on the natural snow covered road-trail. "The area of Livermore is now an unincorporated civil township and ghost town, inhabited roughly from 1870-1930 where most of the logging was done in the winter by transient men. (Wikipedia)"

While the Livermore Rd is immediately close to the Waterville xc trail system, it is a U.S. Forest Service multi-use trail and it costs $5/car/day or a WMNF window $30-sticker/year to pahk your cahr, there, and hit that Livermore Rd-trail.

The Livermore parking lot seems to attract a lot of locals and people up from Massachusetts who know where to go plus it has a good view of the ski trails on nearby Mt Tecumseh-Waterville Valley ski area from about one mile distance, looking upward. ........http://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ne...ore-road-trail ...... 219 photos along Livermore Rd/trail

Dec 14, 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/14/t...ki-resort.html ...... ".... so much uncertainty"

Dec 15, 2021: Nat'l Weather Svce for Waterville Valley-03215; predicted high-49, low-36 with chance of showers .... and the price for a one day lift ticket is $65., age 18-65

[fatlazyless]

Saturday, January 8, 2022: www.skinh.com reports the famous Wildcat Ski Area ... aka 'the Cat' ...... http://www.skiwildcat.com/the-mounta...tain-cams.aspx has just eight out of its 48 trails now open. A lift ticket costs $99.

So, if you go to Wildcat maybe you want to load up your car with fresh snow from southern NH and bring snow to Wildcat trails. .... .... which has 1/6 of their trails open, and 5/6 of their trails are closed ..... 5/6 closed! ...

Today is a very sunny Saturday with single digit temps, just a small number open ski trails on Wildcat, but what a super view across to Mount Washington with Tuckerman and Huntington Ravines .... https://www.mountwashington.org/prem...s/ravines.aspx ... today's Mt W cam shot is brite blue, sunny, not a single cloud ..... like a publicity promo, best shot.

A great day to go do a short planned day hike, on a trail in the huge forested mountain area ..... www.fs.usda.gov/whitemountain .... and say goodbye to the crowds of skiers.

Supposedly, Wildcat's lack of snow problem has to do with their old snowmaking system and with all the snowmaking employees banding together and walking off the job for unknown reason? So, what's up with Wildcat ...... anyone know? See 'Tough early sledding for Vail at Attitash, Wildcat' .... Jan 5, 2022: Conway Daily Sun.

Dec 31, 2021: The Colorado Sun; 'Epic crowds are colliding with epic labor shortages at ski areas' ...... www.epicliftlines.com

Saturday, January 8, noon: Wildcat ski area, Gorham NH-Snowcat triple chair injury; https://www.necn.com/news/local/man-...ntain/2649049/ ... "expect to close chairlift for about one week" while it is inspected by NH Fire Marshal-Tramway & Amusement Ride Safety