Bretton Woods holds a special place in our family history. It is where my husband and I met! I was a teaching little folks how to ski in the resort’s Hobbit program during my winter break from college. My husband-to-be had been talked into working in the Adult Ski School by a buddy. As fate would have it we ran into each other on the stairs in the now ‘old’ lodge and the rest is history! We started dating that winter and were married four years later. In fact, the tables at our wedding where each named after trails at the Mountain!
Bretton Woods remains one of our most favorite, if not favorite mountain to ski. We have skied many New England peaks, and my husband even spent a winter in Colorado and we still have to rank this NH gem amongst our favorites. Our love for this mountain goes beyond the emotional connection it holds for us (I learned to ski there when I was 6), it really has some outstanding terrain and the commitment to keeping skiers on the mountain and not on the lifts is evident each run.
Many years ago Bretton Woods was known for being a great mountain to learn to ski on or family destination. However, in recent years this has really changed. With recent expansions Bretton Woods has added some real steep and challenging runs to the repertoire, making this Mountain a great destination for ANY skier. The most advanced can spend the day carving huge turns down some of the newer terrain or in the wooded glades, while the younger or less experienced can enjoy some of the mountain's old favorites! Can you tell we just love this Mountain?
When I was a kid learning to ski at Bretton Woods, the Rosebrook Condos were just being built and the Mountain’s logo was a bunch of yellow trees clustered together. Today if you visit the Mountain, you’ll notice all of the luxury townhouses and condos that hug the slopes and mountainside along with a logo that depicts the Mount Washington Hotel and Resort. These two entities are now one and when you make a ski trip to Bretton Woods you can also enjoy everything the Hotel has to offer. Many ski and stay packages are available as well as the many resort activities that the Mount Washington provides.
If you have never skied this mountain, give it a try. I don’t think you’ll be sorry, and if like me, you learned to ski there many years ago and haven’t been back in a few years, give it a go. The spring skiing is some of the best around! You can’t go wrong!
**So now that you have decided to pack up the fam. and head for the Mountain, be sure to pack the camera. There is no better view of Mount Washington than from the top of the Upper Express lift. When it comes time to scrapbook these great pictures, you will want to checkout the Close To My Heart paper packet Aspen and the Snowflake Kisses stamp!
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