The White Mountain Blog

Hannes Schneider: The Father of Modern Skiing Hannes Schneider turned his back on the family cheese making business and became a ski instructor and guide at the Hotel Post in St. Anton am Alberg, Austria.  It was there he developed the "Arlberg Technique" of ski instruction.  Maybe you Baby Boome...

Winter in The White Mountains Is So Much More Than Skiing!I love sharing with my clients who come up looking for Real Estate why I love the Mount Washington Valley.  The other day a lady asked what she could do with two small children under 5 who didn't ski?For a second I was stumped.  We focus s...

The 1876 Jackson Honeymoon Covered BridgeI was out taking pictures of real estate in Jackson NH this morning and got this shot.  Well, yesterday I mentioned the famous "Honeymoon Bridge" in Jackson, NH so I thought I would share it with you today.Its unique feature is a sidewalk added in 1930 on ...

A Cross Country Ski Through Jackson VillageYou can guess today was not a Real Estate day.  It was a "SNOW DAY"!This is not the famous Jackson Honeymoon Bridge, but the Wentworth Golf Course Bridge which is about 300 yards farther up the road.As you can see Jackson has plenty of snow for cross cou...

GOT SNOW?Bartlett NH is a winter wonderland.I think the look on my son's face says it all!  Real Estate may be slow but that's not the most important thing in life.10 Important ThingsBuilding Snow FortsHitting Dad With A SnowballCross Country SkiingHot Coco With MarshmallowsWarming Up In-front Of...

Go For The Record Jackson!10 Feet of snow by the first of March is a record in the making!  Jackson reported 130.7 inches of snowfall this season.Bretton Woods, North Conway, and Bartlett New Hampshire have all also approched records this year. Last Night we had 11 inches of the most beautiful "C...

NEVER TO COLD TO SKI!Here are students (and my 7 year old son in yellow) from the Bartlett school, enjoying the Eastern Slope Ski Club ski program at ATTITASH this Thursday.Boy was it cold!!!One day a week in January, February & March the kids from 1st - 6th grade leave school and head to one of ...

All Right, Have You Had Enough Snow Yet?It is getting harder and harder to sell houses.  Not because of the soft real estate market, but because we can't find them under all this snow!Last night's storm dropped another 12 inches in Bartlett, North Conway & Jackson and we expect another 3-4 inches...

 When I first moved to New Hampshire I thought Cross Country Skiing was getting from the Lodge to the Lift Line.  But, now it is my favorite way to spend a day with the family.  Yesterday we skied the High Water Trail from The Dana Place Inn down the Ellis River Trail to Jackson Village.  It was ...

Eyes to the sky!This week we had a beautiful lunar eclipse and three more snow storms!  The gods have blessed us & skiing at Bretton Woods Resort is perfect.We have lots of Condos and Properties for sale in the area.  From a 2 bedroom with stunning Mount Washington views for $258,500 to a Mountai...