Does anybody know anything about this place?

[walkerd2]

Saturday we had just gotten on the Kanc. from the Rt. 16 side heading west, I looked up and saw this place. We stopped the car, grabbed our boards, and did some fun little runs through the powder. Up on top of the hill there was a wooden ramp at about a 45 degree angle. At the bottom of the ramp it flattened out lightly, then got really steep afterwards. We had a blast. There was a little shed near the bottom of the wooden ramp. The ramp looked exactly like part of those old time gigantic ski jumps.
It would be great to learn a what that place was, it was pretty cool and felt good to get some fresh tracks.

 

[sledhaulingmedic]

Saturday we had just gotten on the Kanc. from the Rt. 16 side heading west, I looked up and saw this place. We stopped the car, grabbed our boards, and did some fun little runs through the powder. Up on top of the hill there was a wooden ramp at about a 45 degree angle. At the bottom of the ramp it flattened out lightly, then got really steep afterwards. We had a blast. There was a little shed near the bottom of the wooden ramp. The ramp looked exactly like part of those old time gigantic ski jumps.
It would be great to learn a what that place was, it was pretty cool and felt good to get some fresh tracks.

I first saw that place from the air 2 1/2 years ago. We were getting hauled up to Middle Sister by Helo to replace a solar powered radio repeater for the USDA Forrest service and flew right over it. I'll dig around aand see if I can find pix, but I think I might have deleted them.

 

[millerm277]

I might have found it on google earth.....

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/millerm277/thing1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/millerm277/thing2.jpg

 

[walkerd2]

I might have found it on google earth.....

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/millerm277/thing1.jpg
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f168/millerm277/thing2.jpg

That is definitely it.

The ramp was on the east side (left in the picture). There were two slopes heading up, and the one on the right (west slope) had a staircase built into the ground.

 

[millerm277]

Go mention this on the nelsap forums....you might have just found an undiscovered lost area congrulations, I couldn't find it on nelsap.
www.snowjournal.com

 

[walkerd2]

All set, I'll link any info from there to here.
Heres the link to the other thread.

 

[riverc0il]

if that is the area i am thinking of, it isn't "lost" perse, but just with those pics i can not be certain i am thinking of the right area. it is listed on nelsap as a still open area:
http://www.nelsap.org/nh/nh.html#sj

 

[walkerd2]

if that is the area i am thinking of, it isn't "lost" perse, but just with those pics i can not be certain i am thinking of the right area. it is listed on nelsap as a still open area:
http://www.nelsap.org/nh/nh.html#sj

That's not it. It was on the east side of the Kancamangus, just a little bit after you turn off of 16, and before Bear Notch Rd. The trails were steeper and straighter than in the picture. I'll keep looking, but I am pretty sure it is not on the NELSAP site.

 

[Terry]

I think that is where Kennet High School ski jumping team practices but I am not sure.

 

[AdironRider]

Im 99% positive its owned by a school somewhere in NH, I drive by it at least 20 times a year. Havent seen people using it ever though.

 

[from_the_NEK]

I think that is where Kennet High School ski jumping team practices but I am not sure.

This is likely the case. NH is the only state in the country where High School ski jumping is still a sanctioned sport.

 

[walkerd2]

Im 99% positive its owned by a school somewhere in NH, I drive by it at least 20 times a year. Havent seen people using it ever though.

That sounds like the most plausible explanation. There were lights on the trees, but it looked as though nothing had really been used up there for quite a while. There wasn't any jump built at the bottom of the ramp, but there were some snowtube tracks going down the hill.

 

[trailertrash]

so you were tresspassing?

lets hear the justification.

 

[walkerd2]

so you were tresspassing?

lets hear the justification.

POWDER!

 

[SIKSKIER]

Terry's got it.