North Conway is home to Cranmore Mountain Resort for the best downhill skiing in town. The area around North Conway has about 5 different ski resorts depending on how you count and how far you will drive. A 30 min radius from North Conway will bring you as far as Bretton Woods and Shawnee Peak in Maine bringing the count up to 7 +/-.
Ski Resort in North Conway NH
Cranmore Mountain Resort is the only downhill aka alpine ski resort actually in the Town of Conway NH at all. The Village of North Conway NH grew as a direct relationship to the proximity of Cranmore Mountain to the North Conway NH train station, once serving weekend ski trains from North Station in Boston. As a result, the ski industry in New England evolved and became the 4 season tourism industry that supports North Conway NH and the Mount Washington Valley all the way into Maine, to this day.
Cranmore Mountain Area Condos in North Conway NH – Keller Williams Realty local expert Bill Barbin offers the best in North Conway NH slopeside properties. For $325,000 you can walk out onto the slope or just watch the skiing or the mountain views from your deck. Call or Text Bill at 603-986-0385
North Conway NH is a village district in the Town of Conway. The only ski resort in the entire town of Conway is Cranmore Mountain Resort.
Skiing Near North Conway NH
Just north of Conway the Town of Bartlett NH is home to Attitash – Bear Peak Ski Resort and just a little further north is Jackson NH, with Black Mtn ski resort. Madison NH is just south of Conway NH and is home to King Pine Ski Resort, while just to Conway’s southeast, In Bridgton Maine, is Shawnee Peak Ski Resort, with the largest lit terrain for night skiing in Maine.
All of these towns are part of the Mount Washington Valley and there are a few towns in-between. Each offers a different take on the vacation property. You can have ski in ski out condo living or you can find a 4 season camp on a pond. You can have a ski chalet community and a summer lake community all in one.
Skiing Destination – White Mountains of NH and Maine
No matter what your outdoor interests are, the dining and shopping in the Mount Washington Valley add to all of the outdoor opportunities to make this the best vacation destination within 3 hrs of Boston MA and 4 – 5 hours from Providence RI and most of Eastern New England and New York. The “average” tourist is no longer a hiker or skier. Today’s visitor to North Conway NH and The Mount Washington Valley of NH and Western Maine can come here in high heels and sneakers and see the scenery and enjoy the culture just as well as when they have their hiking or ski boots.
The Mount Washington Valley is very unique to the vacation hubs around the lakes and the other hamlets around the White Mountains in that the interest in The Valley continues 52 weeks of the year. This four-season appeal is often the element that creates a greater opportunity for positive cash flow in vacation rental properties and supports a broader and deeper variety of local businesses.
Bill Barbin is a local real estate expert with Keller Williams Lakes and Mountains North Conway – Intervale office and can be reached for voice or text at 603-986-0385 or email bill@ilovenorthconway.com
