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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
Waterville Valley, NH - Yesterday's March 12 rainstorm closed about 25% of the trails for the rest of the season with the trail count going from 52 open trails down to 38.
Will the ski area go spend the big money and build a new chairlift and trails on the neighboring Green Peak area? Who knows but maybe those deep money connections of the Sununu's will go and get it done this year? The last trails addition was the Sunnyside Slopes in 1972 so for the last 40-years, building out the Green Peak has just been a lot of talk. So, will the big money be talking this construction year?
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WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. —The White Mountain National Forest is expected to release a decision in April on a major expansion of Waterville Valley ski area
It would be the first such expansion of the resort's terrain in 25 years.
Waterville Valley's Green Peak Expansion Project would increase beginner and intermediate terrain and glade skiing lower down the mountain along the driver's left of the access road and mean a new detachable quad chair connecting in the area near the Sunnyside Triple.
It would occur entirely on lands designated in the 750,000-acre forest's essential master plan, or its current "Forest Plan" for use as an alpine ski area, according to the Scoping Report prepared by the Forest Service's Eastern Region Winter Sports Team.
It's expected implementation date is June 2013.
The project was identified in the previously-approved master development plan of 1999.
Owned by Waterville Valley Holdings, LLC, Executive Councilor Chris Sununu and the Sununu family hold a majority share of the group, which purchased it a little more than two years ago from Booth Creek of California.
Last year was a particularly poor snow winter but this year is looking up.
The ski area operates under a special use permit of the forest which authorizes 3,010 acres, including Mount Tecumseh for alpine skiing and has another 2,154 permitted acres for Nordic skiing and mountain biking terrain.
The current special use permit for the ski area at Waterville Valley expires in 2050.
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