02-Aug-02 : Attitash, NH

Attitash Mountain Village

Drive to the White Mountains in New Hampshire

We said goodbye to the Best Western Bar Harbor after breakfast and set off on the long drive across Maine to Attitash in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

Grasshopper outside out room	Moose in front of the Best Western Hotel	Best Western Bar Harbor
Lighthouse in front of Best Western Inn

The journey was uneventful and under largely cloudy skies. There was little point in stopping because the clouds were obscuring the views of the Mountains from below and also the views from the top of the Gondolas and Chair lifts. We stopped once for coffee in mid morning and for lunch at Macdonalds, arriving in Attitash in the early afternoon.

"Eat Here .. Get Gas!"	Attitash Village	The local cemetary

In the winter Attitash is a ski resort. In the summer, the longest chair lift becomes a scenic lift. Lower down there is a pool with flumes and an alpine slide. We all took the chair lift to the Summit, although Sue was not very comfortable.

The Scenic Chair Lift	The Scenic Chair Lift	The Scenic Chair Lift
Water slides	Water slides	Scenic Chair Lift
Vegetation under Scenic Chair Lift	Vegetation under Scenic Chair Lift	Vegetation under Scenic Chair Lift
Sue at the top of Attitash	View from the top of Attitash	View from the top of Attitash
View from the top of Attitash	View from the top of Attitash	The top of the Scenic Chair Lift
View from the top of Attitash	The top of the Scenic Chair Lift	View from the top of Attitash
View from the top of Attitash	Sue at the top of Attitash	Ski runs at the top of Attitash
Sue at the top of Attitash	Mike at the top of Attitash	The top of Attitash
The top of Attitash	The top of Attitash	Vegetation at the top of Attitash
Vegetation at the top of Attitash	Vegetation at the top of Attitash	Vegetation at the top of Attitash
Sue and Mike at the top of Attitash	Mike at the top of Attitash	The top of Attitash
Vegetation at the top of Attitash	The top of Attitash	The Scenic Chair Lift
View towards Bear Peak	Snowmaking equipment waiting for winter	Ski pole left over from last winter

Chris and I had a couple of rides on the Alpine Slide. The first was extremely cautious, the second a little less so.

Queue for the Alpine Slide	Lift for the Alpine Slide	Lift for the Alpine Slide
Alpine Slide	Alpine Slide "Sleds"	Chair lift to the Alpine Slide
The Alpine Slide	The Alpine Slide	Chris at the bottom of the Alpine Slide
Mike at the bottom of the Alpine Slide

We originally intended to go out for dinner, possibly on the dinner train, but it didn't work out. Instead we went to the "restaurant" at the clubhouse for Attitash Mountain Village. This was pretty poor. Ordering was chaotic, service was slow and Pizza Hut left them standing for quality.