little help from the New England crowd?

[Dave Pushee]

Loon has the best full service <i>resort</i> experience in that area. Cannon is rather old-timey (which is cool if you want that), and Sunapee is more of a "ski area", not quite a resort. Although I haven't been to Waterville Valley in a while, I think the trail layout and skill level is better at Loon for family skiing. There is some tough stuff for you there too. The only downside to Loon is that there are 2.5 base areas, so it is possible to get separated. Just keep the kids in sight and tell them to stop at any intersection and you'll be fine.

What he said (mostly). Jack, when was the last time you were at Loon? If the half base area is Camp 3 then you need to add one more. There is a base area at the bottom of the South Peak area now.

The worst place for getting disconnected from your party has got to be Sunday River. I took a Boy Scout Troop there 10 or so years ago. It was about an hour after lifts closed when our missing 2 boys came back via ski patrol snowmobile. It was dumping snow and we had to drive in a whiteout from there over to the base lodge at Wildcat where we were to spend the night. I vowed that I would never take another group of scouts there! Mind you, I like SR but not when I'm responsible for keeping track of other people's kids.