Potential Mountains that would Rock with a lift

[from_the_NEK]

It is the age old question: What currently undeveloped mountain would be awsome to have a lift(s) built on it? Let's leave Mt Washington out of this since it It is obvious that it would rock even if it would only be open 1/4 of the time. My vote goes to a mountain that is a neighbor of Sunday River.

Old Speck
Top Elevation = 4170 ft
Bottom = 1450 ft
Vertical = 2720 ft

It would be a really steep mountain overall. The steepest spots reaching 82% or 40 degrees! There would be plenty of room to expand East to Slide Mt (2 miles) and Sunday River Whitecap (3.3 miles). There would also be a huge back country potential and it in the Northern NH/Western ME snowbelt at the northern end of the Mahoosuc Range. I would almost call it an East Coast version of Big Sky.
Only part of the mountain is in Grafton Notch State Park (North-Northwest side). I'm not sure about the rest. It could be for sale

 

[snoseek]

moosilake.

 

[Marc]

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[TwinTips21]

Mount Equinox in southern Vermont

 

[Newpylong]

Put a lift on Equinox I think you'd have better luck repelling down than skiing, lol. : )

 

[wa-loaf]

Bigelow ME. Directly accross from Sugarloaf and actually had trails cut on it before they started on Sugarloaf. AT goes over it now, so it will never see them.

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/154452/bigelow-mountain.html

 

[Greg]

Everett in Massachusetts

I've always thought that Mount Everett in Southwest Mass would make a cool ski hill:

The summit is a bit over 2,600' and the base where the old Berkshire School ski area (you can see the trails in the center of the image) was is at about 900'. A ski area with 1,700' vertical would be the most in Massachusetts. It seems like the lower elevation might offer the steepest terrain. This is the Dolomite Ledge area. Pretty steep!

 

[AHM]

For some steep shots..........

Mt Abe: Long trail north from Lincoln Gap. This is above treeline, has some super steep shots and leads to some huge potential. Check it out.

Camel's Hump: Another above treeline VT peak which is skied by backcountry skiers. However, we need to leave some of them undeveloped.

Cardigan: This would be pretty prime too.

And, no one has mentioned Mt Washington. Toss a cable car up there like La Grave's telephrique and that would be some serious lift served. Do it LG/Silverton style: no patrol or avi maintenance (although Silverton does a great deal of bombing).

 

[takeahike46er]

The northeast face of Algonquin would offer some great skiing.

Pros:
All the snow blows off the summit and collects in the northeast bowl below. Algonquin arguably receives more snowfall than Whiteface. It has over 2000' of consistently pitched vertical. There is plenty of steep terrain. Base and summit elevations are relatively high for snow preservation. Views would arguably be among the best in the northeast.

Cons:
Landslides are likely on this face (there is already at least one). The forests are thick and riddled with balsam. Arctic vegetation would be ruined. The face funnels into a drainage making trail design difficult. Higher elevations would be extremely cold. Tough access.

 

[snoseek]

also shaw mt in ossipee looks like perfect grade for skiing. good vert potential with a shorter drive.

also the wonalancet range would be pretty cool.

 

[Jonni]

Mt. Kearsarge (south) would make for some good skiing down the northern face. Build a lift from Winslow state park to the top and I would be happy all day.

 

[jerryg]

I totally agree with Old Speck. It's a HUGE mountain and there is a lot of backcountry skiing that currently doesn't get accessed because you either have to hike the front side of OS or you wouldhave to go from the Mahousac Mile, which would be nearly impossible in winter.

Bigelow's time has come and gone. Yes, there was a CCC trail and in the late 70's, it was to be a huge development, which was voted down by the Maine voters.

On the Maine/New Hampshire border, I would go with the Baldface range. Lots of snowfields and tons of backcountry access. Snow might be an issue, but it would be a great spread.