Friends of

Mount Sunapee

Division of Parks & Recreation

Mount Sunapee State Park: Ski Area 

Documents include those submitted to NH-DRED by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Difference, Inc., operators of the ski area within Mount Sunapee State Park.

Download the Public Involvement & Oversight Policy for the Mount Sunapee Ski Area" (1998, August) NH Dept. of Resources and Economic Development (~74 Kb)

Download the Lease and Operating Agreement (1998, May) NH Dept. of Resources and Economic Development and Okemo, Inc. (~550 Kb)

Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Grants Manual (1991) supporting document available at NH Division of Parks & Recreation, Link...Mount Sunapee Ski Area Advisory Committee (MSSAAC)

Download the Enabling NH Legislation to Lease State Ski Operations, 1996 (34 Kb)
 

Okemo/Mount Sunapee Difference, Inc.

Download the  Annual Operating Plan for Mount Sunapee Resort, 2008-2009, proposed by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort (3.59 MB) *** Note the size of this file.

Download the proposed Annual Operating Plan for Mount Sunapee Resort, 2007, proposed by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort (631 Kb)

Download proposed Master Development Plan for the Mount Sunapee Ski Area for 2005 - 2009, 2004-06-01 Proposed by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort for 2004-2009 (~1.1Mb)

Download the proposed Environmental Management Plan (EMP), Master Development Plan for the Mount Sunapee Ski Area, 2004-06-01.. Proposed by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort for 2004-2009 (~601 Kb)

Download the proposed Economic and Fiscal Impact Analysis, Master Development Plan for the Mount Sunapee Ski Area, Appendix K, 2004-06-01. Proposed by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort (~1.57 Mb)

Download Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resprt Q & A Handout for Public Hearing, 2004-04-15 (431 Kb)

Mount Sunapee Ski Area Advisory Committee (MSSAAC) on DRED website

Download the Proposed 2008-2009 Annual Operating Plan

Read Union Leader coverage of the 2007-2008 AOP

See Public Involvement & Oversight Policy for more informaiton.

The commissioner of DRED chairs the MSSAAC, and committee members includes the Director of the NH Division of Parks and Recreation and representatives from the Natural Heritage Bureau of the NH Division of Forests and Lands, NH Department of Environmental Services, towns of Newbury and Goshen, Lake Sunapee Protective Association, Lake Sunapee Region Chamber of Commerce, Society for the Protection of NH Forests, and Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission.

Meeting Minutes: 2006, April 11 -  not yet published

Download Meeting Minutes: 2005, June 21 (83 Kb)

From the NH Natural Heritage Bureau

Area Inventory of State Lands:
Mount Sunapee State Park

Available from the NH Natural Heritage Bureau is the 2003 Natural Heritage Inventory of the East Bowl at Mount Sunapee State Park (2003).  It includes:

"A comprehensive assessment of the ecological context, land-use history and present status of the East Bowl of Mount Sunapee. An analysis of historical land use and vegetation information is combined with field survey results to (1) describe the locations of exemplary natural communities in the East Bowl with an emphasis on old forests, (2) describe the state and regional ecological significance of Mount Sunapee’s forest communities, and (3) recommend Natural Area designations. 51 pages, maps, figures, 8 color plates."

A pdf version of the report is available by visiting the NH Natural Heritage Bureau website.

Or send a stamped, self-addressed CD mailer (available at most post offices) to NH Natural Heritage, PO Box 1856, Concord, NH, 03302-1856.  (The report will be provided in a word document.)

Read about the Pillsbury-Sunapee Ridge Forest Project, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and partners, 2007
 

Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC)

Dowload UVLSRPC Letter (2004) re: Mount Sunapee Master Plan, 2004-06-15 (282 Kb) 

Download Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests: Statement on Proposed Boundary Change and Lease Expansion at Mount Sunapaee State Park, 2004-03-03 (61 Kb) 

Download Report: Goshen, NH Visits Ludlow, VT, 2004 (183 Kb)