Besides being New Hampshire's largest ski resort, Bretton Woods has plenty to brag about in terms of its top-rated family programs and acclaimed snow conditions. The resort overlooks the 6,288-foot Mount Washington in New Hampshire's beautiful White Mountains. The ski area has grown significantly in the last 10 years, expanding its previously beginner and intermediate-friendly wide-open terrain to include challenging gladed terrain for the experts. At the mountain's base, the Ammonoosuc valley is home to Bretton Woods expansive cross-country facilities, one of the largest in the east. The famous nearby Mount Washington Hotel means the family-focused ski area can double as an up-scale resort experience as well, providing an all-around ideal winter vacation.
West Mountain and Rosebrook Canyon are recently added areas for experts and upper-intermediate skiers and riders. West Mountain boasts double-diamond glades with short steep pitches and Rosebrook Canyon has a backcountry feel, with some of the most challenging gladed terrain on the mountain. Intermediates have plenty of smooth cruising options, including Herb's Secret and Crawford's Blaze. Sawyer's Swoop, Big Ben and Range View are Bretton Wood's classic cruising trails, great for strong beginners. The Learning Center quad serves first-timer slopes. Night Skiing and riding is available on Big Ben, Bigger Ben, and Bretton's Wood trails, in addition to Rosebrook Meadow trail for beginners. Intermediate riders can head to Accelerator Halfpipe and Terrain park or just enjoy the rest of the mountain's wide open cruisers or gladed trails. Bretton Wood's 62-mile trail network caters to cross-country skiers of all skill levels.
8 lifts including 2 surface lifts and 6 chair lifts.
$$$ (Expensive)76 runs - 29% beginner, 39% intermediate, 32% expert. Longest run is 10,560 feet.
100 km of Cross Country trails.
Mountain Statistics: 1,500 feet vertical drop, 3,100 feet summit elevation, 375 acres, average annual accumulation 200 inches.
Overlooking Mount Washington, Bretton Woods is New England's fastest growing ski resort. Once recognized as a strong novice area, Bretton Woods has since doubled in size to include more wide open cruising terrain and an abundance of black diamond glades, including 13 new trails and glades for the 2004/05 season, for a total of 101! With the addition of a fourth high speed quad lift last season, the most of any resort in NH, skiers and riders will enjoy more time on the slopes. Join us this winter at New Hampshire's Largest Ski Area... Bretton Woods!