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02/14/12
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The UD Guide to Snow Tubing
Happy Valentine’s Day. Speaking of love, we’re smack-dab in the middle of snow tubing season. Here are our three favorite spots in the area to slide down things on your belly.
Cranmore Mountain Tubing Park
Why we like it: Ten wide lanes. Specially groomed chutes for long, straight, surprisingly
fast runs. And nightly bonfires courtesy of a fire pit.
Key time to go: Fridays and Saturdays. Fireworks are shot halfway up the ski slopes, and there’s a great local bar scene in North Conway.
Key après-tubing action: A homebrewed Tuckerman’s Pale Ale at Cranmore’s Mountain Lodge.
Key time to go: Fridays and Saturdays. Fireworks are shot halfway up the ski slopes, and there’s a great local bar scene in North Conway.
Key après-tubing action: A homebrewed Tuckerman’s Pale Ale at Cranmore’s Mountain Lodge.
- 411:
- $25 for two hours, Cranmore Mountain Tubing Park, 1 Skimobile Rd, North Conway, NH, 800-786-6754
Thrill Hill at Gunstock Mountain Resort
Why we like it: It’s got the longest tubing run in the state: 1,069 feet. And when you
reach the end, you roar into a 20-foot-high wall of snow.
Key time to go: Early afternoons midweek to avoid throngs of children.
Key après-tubing action: A fireside, leather-couch-adjacent bourbon at the Ellacoya Barn & Grille (an old barn in Gilford).
Key time to go: Early afternoons midweek to avoid throngs of children.
Key après-tubing action: A fireside, leather-couch-adjacent bourbon at the Ellacoya Barn & Grille (an old barn in Gilford).
- 411:
- $18 for two hours, Thrill Hill at Gunstock Mountain Resort, 719 Cherry Valley Rd, Gilford, NH, 603-293-4341
Woodbury Ski Area
Why we like it: Largest tube park in New England. Also a great stopping point on the way to
Manhattan. And Trail 3 has camel humps for killer jumps.
Key time to go: After 5pm, when the snow packs down and faster speeds are possible.
Key après-tubing action: The dive-y Charcoal Chef, 10 minutes down the road. Or: NYC.
Key time to go: After 5pm, when the snow packs down and faster speeds are possible.
Key après-tubing action: The dive-y Charcoal Chef, 10 minutes down the road. Or: NYC.
- 411:
- $39 for three hours, Woodbury Ski Area, 785 Washington Rd, Woodbury, CT, 203-263-2203
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