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Attitash, Bartlett, NH
6 learn-to-ski programs and activities
for kids. The resort stretches across
MAP M4 • Rte 302 • 800 223
7669 • Ski: late Nov–Apr • Adm three peaks, with 9 lifts serving 78
• www.attitash.com trails. The skiing at Smugglers’ can
Not as big or challenging as some be challenging, despite its family
New England areas, Attitash (and orientation; the Black Hole is the
attached Bear Peak) have vistas of only triple black diamond trail in the
the White Mountains to make the Eastern US. Visit during the summer
skiing memorable. The longest and other attractions are offered as
vertical drop is 1,750 ft (534 m), well, including fishing, waterparks,
but 11 lifts serve 70 trails. canoeing, and golf.
Mad River Glen,
9
Waitsfield, VT
MAP K3 • 802 496 3551 • Ski:
mid-Dec–early Apr • Adm
• www.madriverglen.com
This mountain, with some of the
East’s most challenging terrain, is
run by a co-op of hardcore skiers
who keep it simple: no snowboards;
a single-chair lift from 1948 that
limits numbers on the slopes; and no
fancy lodge or hotels with hot tubs.
0
Ski lift going up Sugarloaf Stratton Mountain,
Stratton, VT
Sugarloaf, Carrabasset
7 MAP K6 • 5 Village Lodge Rd • 802
Valley, ME
297 4000 • Ski: Nov–early May • Adm
MAP N2 • 5092 Sugarloaf Access Rd • www.stratton.com
• 207 237 2000 • Ski: mid-Nov–late A pioneer in snowboarding, this
Apr • Adm • www.sugarloaf.com resort is located in the Green
Offering the only lift-served skiing Mountain National Forest near
above the treeline in the East, its 54 Manchester, a town popular with
miles (87 km) of trails crisscross both skiers and shoppers. The 16
Sugarloaf, Maine’s second-highest lifts serving 97 trails and top-ranked
peak at 4,237 ft (1,291 m). The terrain parks include four six-person
continuous vertical drop chair lifts. Summer golf resort.
of 2,820 ft (860 m) is New
England’s longest. Sixty C ANAD A
of Sugarloaf’s 162 trails 3
are rated difficult (black 89 Newport MAINE
diamond) or expert
Groveton
(double black diamond). A p p a l a c h i a n M o u n t a i n s Wilton
91
Summer golf resort. Burlington St. Johnsbury 2
2
Smugglers’
8 89 Montpelier W h i t e M o u n t a i n s Jackson Lewiston
Notch,
Jeffersonville, VT 7 VERMONT 302 95
MAP K3 • 4323 Rte 108 S 93 Conway
• 802 644 8851 • Ski: mid- Brandon G r e e n Hanover Portland
Nov–mid-Apr • Adm M o u n t a i n s Laconia 202
• www.smuggs.com Rutland 89
NE W
Smugglers’ Notch, an HAMPSHIRE 0 km 95 50
all-season family resort, 91
is well known for its Concord 0 miles 50

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