In one hemisphere or another, mountains and cold weather add up to frosty fun practically year round - including downhill and crosscountry skiing, snowboarding, ice skating, ice climbing, snowshoeing, glaciering, and many other pursuits that depend on snow and/or low temperatures. Here we discuss it all!
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storylanding The Granite State is blessed with more than 20 great winter resorts, most of them in the White Mountains in the north center of the state, around a two-hour drive from capital Manchester and 2½ hours from Boston, and most of them are just as enjoyable to visit for nature and adventure activities the rest of the year when the snow is gone. So to give you a flavor of what winter fun New Hampshire style is like, here´s my pick of the top half dozen (all in the White Mountains unless…
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I just thought I would let you know I am the new Big Earth snow sports expert (expert in the loosest sense of the word). So I am frantically trying to gather information for some features and news items and of course thought of my friends over at Tripatini for advice.
I am currently researching new trends in the ski/snowboard world - which resorts are trying different things in terms of the environment, pricing, access etc.
Also if any of you know of any new resorts opening this year (season 2010/2011) then please let me know.
Cheers
Mike
Thanx
Bianca
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