SkiMom

We have a place in Lisbon, which is a 2 1/4 hour drive from home on Friday night. Then we drive about an hour from there to Wildcat on Saturday. And since we don't have Peak passes, it's $156 for our family of 5 to ski (little one is still free). I'm leaning toward no, as we have stuff we could (and probably should) do at home, but I really want 1 more day of skiing!

But it's going to be raining and windy...are they really going to open/run? And even if they do, do I want to go?

Cannon Saturday Cannon or BW Sunday

My favorite are Haze and Green. The husband insisted we spend a kid-free morning after a wedding waiting in line for beer. It's good beer, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort...

Sat: Cannon or Bretton Woods (wind dependent) Sun: Cannon Monday: Likely BW as I'll be solo with all 3 kids and the bigger ones can have more freedom without an adult at BW (less dangerous stuff to get hurt on)

Cannon was a mess on Saturday, which was only made worse by unusually large crowds (or maybe that was just a result of the upper mountain being closed). We left at lunch. Sunday it skied like a totally different mountain. The snow was great, and there was even a little powder on the upper mountain. Let’s hope it stays like that for a few more weeks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Cannon Sat/Sun

But at least there is still summit access...they've been running the tram in response.

Me. He goes nicely with Josh Groban 😋

I'd guess Bretton Woods will be completing the Gondola (that was supposed to be in this winter) and building out the new summit lodge. What I really wish they'd do is put in another HSQ to summit of Mt. Stickney and add more trails over there!

Took the 8 and 10-year-olds down the snow fields on Saturday. I’m a big wuss and it was the steepest thing I’d ever skied, but we all had fun and made it down in 1 piece [emoji1787]! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Awesome! Thanks for feedback. The walk won’t phase him...he regularly hikes the saddle at Cannon and even hiked Lafayette last week. Maybe we’ll see you there tomorrow. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I saw they're opening the backside snow fields at Sugarloaf. How intense are they? The 10-year-old is always wanting to ski the hardest thing he can, and so far he's been able to handle it all (DJ's and Kinsman at Cannon, Left Gully on Tucks, etc.). How do the snow fields compare?

Sugarloaf Sat & Sun

We're looking at spending a lot for passes next year. $979 x 2 for the adult superpass, $359 x 3 for kids Cannon pass, free kids BW pass with their ski rentals. $649 x 2 for the adult Ikon Base, $159 x 3 for kids Ikon Base. Total = $4810 (ouch!) We are weekend/school vacation skiers who have a place in NH and ski every weekend. The Ikon will be new for us, but we plan to go west next year. The cost for tickets for a week out west is slightly more than the Ikon, but this will allow us to ski at Sugarloaf, Loon, Sunday River, and Killington as well.