Will this be hotel based ski travel? Seasonal Rental? Buying a second home?
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FWIW NH State Sales tax 0.0% VT sales tax 7-10% on prepared food and alcohol.
NH taxes 9% meals tax so that point is moot.VT sales tax 7-10% on prepared food and alcohol.
Will this be hotel based ski travel? Seasonal Rental? Buying a second home?
Sunrise and Topridge at Bear Mnt. A friend of mine skis to Bear when it is open from Topridge almost every day , she only drives early/late season to the K 1 lodge. Lives there year round and has a spectacular view. It can get a bit breezy at times however!
Second home. Until the kids refuse to ski with their parents.
You're not a fan of skiing trees then? Your kids would love that!A third candidate would have been Bretton Woods, as they have nice slopeside townhomes, which are expanding along Crawford Ridge, and the best scenery of all. But even for an advanced skier who's willing to settle for Okemo for the sake of the family, Bretton Woods is too lacking in terrain.
Actually that's the one I was talking about. Unless my memory is wrong, they had wine only on less than one side of their walls. The staff is very nice though. No doubt about that.
Thanks for the info! Had no idea there were ski-in/ski-out over at Bear. I'll check it out. But if it's at Bear, I have to admit its value as ski-in/ski-out for my wife diminishes a bit.
Besides Sunrise Village over at Bear there are also condo's/town houses along the lower section of the Skyeship gondola.
I've never been to Loon but it's gotta be better than Okemo. I get bored at Okemo in a day, can't imagine if I were there every weekend. If you can make the extra drive to Killington, definitely do that. Way more of everything you'd want and when it's super busy, you can head to Pico and avoid the big crowds.
The trail difficulty is evenly distributed at Okemo vs Loon being 60% blue.
Hey New Daddy,
PICK OKEMO! We would love to have you and your family join our family. Tim and Diane Mueller have been operating Okemo Mountain Resort for 30 years. They raised their two children here and they know what families are looking for in a home mountain. There's a certain something about Okemo that sets it apart from other mountains. When you make this your home mountain, you become part of something bigger than yourself. It's not a mountain or a community that people outgrow; it's the kind of place where traditions are formed and celebrated for generations. It's the kind of place you'll still want to visit as you grow older. It's the place where you'll enjoy skiing and riding with your grandchildren some day.