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.
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.
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).
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.
