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Hmm...North Country native who has kept the Cog railway running for 33 years, rescued Bretton Woods ski area, rescued Bretton Woods golf course, and rescued the Mt. Washington Hotel, wants to build a hotel on private property. Clearly they have no idea what they're doing. Don't they know their...

Mad River Glen has a northeastern exposure that acts as a catcher's mitt for snow, whereas Saddleback has a northwestern exposure, which can leave it more vulnerable to wind. They had no snowmaking when they started. There were some pretty lean snow years in the 1930s-50s (multiple winters...

What do you base that on? Mad River Glen opened in the late 1940s, when New England had a terrible stretch of natural snow years. New England natural snow ski areas have fared much better in recent years than they did during the first few decades of lift served skiing in New England. A...

The growing destruction of hiking trails and related structures in the WMNF is extremely troubling. We need *more* well maintained trails and associated structures. The bridge removal trend has perhaps received a pass due to the last few dry summers, but when we inevitably get another wet one...

I disagree. A landowner should not be mandated to clearly mark flagging tape on their property in order to protect it from hikers taking it down.

With regard to summits, I agree that it's a good idea to have something marketing the highpoint, as the impact of people searching probably far exceeds a few pieces of metal in a tree. With regard to flagging, I think folks should avoid taking down flagging tape unless they know it to be...

Spin? Fact: The state and landowner have ignored key parts of the agreement. Fact: The state and landowner closed trails that were, with our Federal tax dollars, to be ensured maintained and open to public use. Fact: The check to the landowner was well in excess of a million Federal tax...

In theory, WMNF volunteers are only asked to work on their trail two days per year, which means a blowdown could sit there for a very, very long time if no one else touches it, resulting in trail creep, herd paths, etc. Removing blowdowns is just one of many duties volunteer maintainers have...

I think it's very important to note that there are folks who have ad hoc agreements with various organizations. For instance, there is one NETC/VFTT poster who regularly does axe blowdown removal throughout the WMNF and has received an award from the WMNF for his hard work.

Oh come on, the Searsburg VT failure was just an anecdote. We're gonna be fine!

Here's an article with background about the Balsams and the NP involvement: http://www.newenglandskiindustry.com/viewstory.php?storyid=395 For those who don't remember, the Balsams was sold to the current ownership to block Northern Pass, and SPNHF fundraising dollars were used. In addition...

Saddleback has not opened this season. http://www.newenglandskihistory.com/Maine/saddleback.php has a running series of news articles about it.

The House committee hearing is set: Wednesday 02/03/2016 11:15 AM LOB 208

That is correct. At the time of the Sunapee leasing in 1998, there was a handshake agreement that the proceeds would be used to provide Cannon improvements for 10-15 years, then would be spent on state parks/forest throughout the state. We're now approaching 20 years and Cannon has actually...

DRED could have very easily asked the Legislature for permission to tap into a large revenue stream that DRED controls (about $3 million over the past 5 years). It appears they would prefer to take money from volunteers rather than ensure that revenue stream is used effectively. Yes...

There are admission fees charged at other state properties, however one can argue they fund the base facilities (such as the picnic area and playground at the Kearsarge trailhead). DRED has the money to fund a $40K/year policy if they really want it. It's despicable if they genuinely think...

No, what you're reading are legitimate concerns raised by posters who have donated thousands of hours of hard labor in our state parks across the state for decades. At least two of the posters have developed successful volunteer organizations that have made significant improvements to trails in...

There is an inaccurate notion that DRED is self-funded and thus starved for cash. This is untrue, as DRED does indeed receive funding from the General Fund. Yet, under this legislation as written, volunteer groups would have to pay DRED to maintain DRED's properties. Volunteer groups have...

There have been e-mails going around about this, but I wanted to post this to alert other trail maintainers of legislation that was just introduced a few days ago. HB1569 Anyone involved with groups who volunteer in New Hampshire State Forests/Parks should be aware of this, especially: "The...

Right...Boulder Trail on Belknap is rougher, but the Boulder Loop Trail on Major can be vexing too. Straightback gets a reasonable amount of use in winter (NETC report as recent as yesterday in fact). It's not uncommon for Mack to see some snowmobile use.