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  • Activities
    • Tubing
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    • Ski School
      • Learn to Ski Lesson Package
        • Why Take a Beginner Lesson?
        • What to Wear
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2020/21 Winter Season Pass
2020/21 Winter Season Pass

Streamline your visit ~ get a Season Pass! Purchase before December 1st for incredible savings! First time passholders get 50% off! 

Mt. Washington SnowCoach Tours
Mt. Washington SnowCoach Tours

Enjoy a guided tour on the famous SnowCoach to an extreme world at treeline on Mount Washington!

Take a Nordic Ski Lesson
Take a Nordic Ski Lesson

Never skied before? Let our experts teach you everything you need to know for a successful day on skis. 

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Snowshoeing 

Offering groomed and ungroomed trails for everyone to explore

Snowshoeing is the easiest way to experience the solitude and adventure of winter at Great Glen Trails. You can follow our groomed trails or strike out on our well-marked backcountry trails for the feeling of a real expedition. Whatever path you choose, you will be treated to the sights and sounds of the White Mountain National Forest in winter. Best of all, you are never far from a hot chocolate at the Glen View Café.

Try an Evening Snowshoe Tour! Led by an Applalachian Mountain Club Naturalist, listen for owls calling and explore your senses as you view the winter landscape.


SNOWSHOEING RATES

  Adult Junior (12-5) Senior (62+)
  Snowshoe Rental (Snowshoes & Poles)
Full Day Rental $20 $15 $20
Afternoon Rental
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
$15 $10 $15
Trail Pass $22 $12 $12
Afternoon
12:30 pm - 4:00 pm
$15 $10 $10

 

A Brief History of Snowshoeing

The history of the snowshoe is a history of necessity. Without a reliable means of winter transportation, arctic tribesmen were limited to short treks around their camps. The advent of the snowshoe allowed for effective winter hunting and transportation.

From the first snow walking devices, most probably made of bent wood and animal skins, to today’s modern snowshoes, very little has changed in design. The snowshoe effectively distributes the hiker’s mass across a larger area of snow, thus allowing him/her to float on the surface of the snow. The real changes in construction have come in the arena of material, not function. Aluminum and composite plastics replaced the bent wood and animal gut of the snowshoe’s predecessors. These advancements lead to lighter, stronger, more reliable snowshoes.

 

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Gorham, New Hampshire  03581

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