SUMMER 2008 FACT SHEET
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RAGGED MOUNTAIN www.raggedmountainresort.com
Location: Rt. 104, Ragged Mountain Road, Danbury
Phone: (603) 768-3600
Email: info@ragged-mt.com
Dates/hours
of operation: Open year round
Highlights: Ragged's 18-hole championship golf course offers challenging play in a spectacular mountain setting.
Rates: $49 including golf cart; early season and midweek specials available.
Food service: Cafeteria open daily; function space for wedding receptions and other events, able to accommodate up to 300 people.
WATERVILLE VALLEY www.waterville.com
Location: 1 Ski Area Rd., Waterville Valley
Phone/Lodging: (800) GO-VALLEY
Email: info@waterville.com
Dates of operation: Memorial Day-mid-October
Highlights: Summer guests at Waterville Valley can enjoy mountain activities or explore Town Square. Activities include golf, tennis, scenic chairlift rides, mountain biking, skateboarding, boating, hiking, and more. In Town Square there are live concerts on Saturdays and eight special event weekends. "Summer Unlimited" packages combine local lodging with all of Waterville Valley's activities. Summer skatecamp offers overnight and day sessions. Visit www.wvskate.com for details.
Kids' programs: There are full and half-day programs for children and teens, ages 4-16, throughout the summer, as well as specialized skateboard camps. Waterville Valley is also home of the Curious George Cottage, former residence of Margret and H.A. Rey. The cottage serves as headquarters for story hours, nature walks and astronomy nights. The Curious George Cottage Family Festival will be held Saturday August 9,2008 featuring a Curious George Character lunch, fun family activities, nature walks and hikes, children's games, curious George movie viewing, and astronomy and star gazing.
Food service: Town Square offers a number of casual dining choices including a deli, pizza shop, coffee shop, Diamond's Edge Restaurant, Aglio's Restaurant and the Wild Coyote Restaurant.
WILDCAT MOUNTAIN www.skiwildcat.com
Location: Rt. 16, Pinkham Notch
Phone/lodging: (603) 466-3326 or (888) SKI-WILD
Dates/hours
of operation: Weekends, Memorial Day-mid-June; daily, mid-June-mid-October
Gondola Skyride: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Restaurant & Gift Shop: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Highlights: Fly Wildcat on the ZipRider, New Hampshire's newest thrill ride offering exhilaration and beautiful views. Now with four cables, the ZipRider has double the capacity. Ride the 4-passenger Gondola Skyride, the Wildcat Express, to the 4,062' summit. In just twelve minutes, view Tuckerman Ravine and gaze out at the stunning Presidential Range, crowned by world-renowned Mt. Washington. The Atlantic Ocean sparkles to the east; the Canadian Woods loom to the north. Cast a line in the stocked trout pond, or take a picnic lunch for the mile walk to Thompson Brook Falls or along part of the famous Appalachian Trail. New this summer is the ZipRider, a half-mile zip-line cable that reaches over 45 miles per hour. Special programs and events are offered. Join a Tin Mountain Conservation Center naturalist and explore the natural surroundings of the White Mountain National Forest every Wednesday throughout July and August.
Food service: Mountainside deli-style restaurant, lunch and ride packages and make your own ice cream sundaes
Rates: Gondola Skyride - adults: $15; juniors (age 6-12): $7; children (age 5 & younger): free
ZipRider - all ages: $20; add a 2nd ride: $10
Family Fun Pack - $64.95 (includes Skyride and lunch for two adults and two children ages
12 and under)
WINDBLOWN CROSS COUNTRY www.windblown.info
Location: 1180 Turnpike Rd., Rte. 124/123, New Ipswich
Phone/lodging: 603-878-2869
Dates of operation: May-October
Highlights: Windblown offers two shelters along the Wapack Trail to hikers. The shelters are three sided, and have an outhouse, views and water.
Ski NH is the statewide association representing 37 alpine and cross country resorts and more than 200 lodging properties in New Hampshire. For more information on recreation facilities, lodging packages, and updated summer and autumn events at Ski NH mountain resorts, call Ski NH at (800) 88-SKI-NH (800-887-5464) or visit the Ski NH website at www.SkiNH.com. For statewide media relations assistance, visit the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism's media room at www.visitnh.gov under Travel Industry.
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