Tag - Northeast Skiing

Skiing Slave To The Traffic Light Runner's Zine

Gunstock Mountain Part 2 – 1962 and Beyond

February 26, 2024Jay Flemma

PART 1 OF THIS STORY IS HERE. PLEASE READ IT SO YOU DON’T WALK INTO MACBETH AT THE BEGINNING OF A CT IV🙂 1962 – GUNSTOCK ARRIVES 1962 saw the next great step for the mountain: renaming and modernization. A new $250,000 Mueller double chair finally reached the summit of Gunstock Mountain, a lift that became the backbone of the resort and a seed from which...

Border War! Vermont vs. New Hampshire Skiing – The Genesis of Gunstock Mountain

January 31, 2024Jay Flemma

[Author’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-part series on New Hampshire’s Gunstock Mountain.Though usually overlooked when discussing the gnarliest terrain in the east, Gunstock’s contributions to skiing history are monumental, dating all the way back to the primordial age of the sport in America. Small, but plucky, what Gunstock lacks in haute chic, it...