This page provides documents pertaining to the lease and operations of the state-owned ski area at Mount Sunapee State Park.
The New Hampshire Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) and the Division of Parks & Recreation are responsible for the management of the state park. (Prior to July 1, 2017, legislative reorganization of the Dept. of Resources and Economic Development, DRED was the responsible agency.)
Request for Proposals – Operation of State-Owned Ski Area at Mount Sunapee State Park – Issued by N.H. Joint Legislative Committee to Develop Proposals for Operation of Cannon Mount and Mount Sunapee Ski Areas and DRED – 1998 January (pdf 3.1MB)
Okemo Proposal for the Operation of the Mount Sunapee Ski Area – 1998 April (pdf 2.2MB)
Click to enlarge. Map of Mt. Sunapee Ski Area filed with 1998 Lease Agreement between the State of New Hampshire and Okemo, Inc.
Mt. Sunapee Ski Area Operating Lease (1998) (pdf 520kb)
- Appendix 1- Map
- Appendix 2 – Property Description of Lease Premises
- Appendix 3 – Assets
Revised lease area at Mount Sunapee State Park, 2015
Mount Sunapee Lease Amendment 2016 March 11(pdf)
Revised Master Development Plan Approval Letter of Conditions 2016 March 11 (pdf)
Public Involvement & Oversight Policy for the Mount Sunapee Ski Area, DRED, 1998, August(pdf)
Land and Water Conservation Fund
- Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) State Assistance Program (pdf)
- Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Contracts for development of Mount Sunapee State Park (pdf 1.2 MB)
- LWCF Pillsbury Sunapee Grant 33-00088 (pdf 2 MB)
- LWCF 33-00088 MAP Color Legend (pdf 580 kb)
- LWCF Grants – Associated pages for Mount Sunapee State Park Grants – SCORP (State Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan) (pdf 878 kb)
- NH Outdoors Resource Protection Page 38 (pdf 140 kb)
Guiding Principles for Leases Adopted by the State Park System Advisory Council
2012, February – SPSAC Guiding-Principles-for-Leasing (pdf)
Enabling N.H. Legislation to Lease State Ski Operations (1996) – Section 12-A:29-a (pdf).
Section 12-A_29-a Lease Agreement; Terms Effective July 1, 2017 (pdf)
See our Mount Sunapee Advisory Committee resource page for MSAC meetings minutes
Most Recent Master Development Plans
Submitted to DNCR in June 2020 and subject to a public hearing and public comment:
Mount Sunapee Resort Five-Year Master Development Plan (MDP) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 2020-2025, June 2020
- Master Development Plan (MDP) 2020-2025, pages 1-55 (pdf 0.7 MB)
- MDP 2020-2025, Figures (pdf 26 MB)
- MDP 2020-2025, Appendices (pdf 5 MB)
- Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 2020-2025, pages 1-35 (pdf 12 MB)
- EMP 2020-2025, Appendices A-C (pdf 19 MB)
- EMP 2020-2025, Appendices D-F (pdf 31 MB)
Revised Master Development Plan and Environmental Management Plan (2016-2020) – Read the revised plan and related documents in parts:
Revised Five Year Master Development Plan 2016-2020 Mt-Sunapee_2016-2020_RMDP (pdf 10.2 MB)
Appendix – MSR-Master-Appendix (pdf 9MB
Environmental Management Plan – Mt-Sunapee_2016-2020_EMP (pdf 3.3MB)
Lease Amendment – Mt-Sunapee_Lease-Amendment_031116
Conditions Letter – RMDP-Approval-Letter-Conditions
Lease Amendment West Bowl Lands – Exhibit A – Lease-Amend_WB-Lands_Exhibit-A
Lease Amendment Conservation Lands – Exhibit B – Lease-Amend_Conserv-Lands_Exhibit-B
Public Comment Analysis presented by DRED:
Appx-A_Mt-Sunapee-Public-Comment-Summary-Response_041615
Appendix-B_Public-comments-spreadsheet_081315-Rel_111715
Final_Public-Comment-Analysis-Response_UPDATE-REPORT_031616_ttl_JJL
This is the original, proposed plans for 2015-2019 (June 2014) – Read in four parts:
I. Master Development Plan (pdf 16MB)
II. Environmental Management Plan (pdf 11MB)
III. Appendices Document I and Document II (pdf 11MB and 20MB)
Other Operating and Development Plans. Here are documents submitted to DNCR by Vail/Mount Sunapee Resort and earlier to DRED by Okemo/Mount Sunapee Resort for the Mount Sunapee ski area. The agency’s written responses are provided here as well.
Current and Prior Annual Operating Plans
July 2020: MSR AOP 2020-2021, revised July 20, 2020, (pdf) and letter of approval/response by Commissioner Stewart, July 22, 2020 (pdf)
May 2020: MSR AOP 2020-2021 (pdf 1 MB). See the revised AOP above.
June 2019: MSR AOP 2019-2020, revised June 22, 2019, (pdf) and response by Commissioner Stewart (pdf)
May 2019: MSR AOP 2019-2020 (pdf 13 MB). See the revised AOP above.
May 2018: MSR AOP 2018-2019 (pdf 13 MB) and, in June 2018, the Commissioner Stewart’s response (pdf 904 kb)
May 2017: MSR AOP 2017-2018 (pdf 6 MB ) and, in June 2017, Commissioner Rose’s response (pdf 210 kb)
May 2016: MSR AOP 2016-2017 (pdf 7 MB ) and, in June 2016, Commissioner Rose’s response (pdf 138 kb)
May 2015: MSR AOP 2015-2016 (pdf 35MB) and, in June 2015, Commissioner Rose’s response AOP-2015-2016 (pdf 414 kb)
May 2014: 2014 AOP-FINAL (pdf 20MB) and, in June 2014, Commissioner Rose’s response to AOP 2014-2015 (pdf 1.1MB)
May 2013: Mount-Sunapee-Annual-Plan-2013-2014 (pdf 25MB) and, in June 2013, Commissioner Rose’s response with NHDES comments (pdf 3.4MB)
Feb. 2012: Mount Sunapee Annual-Plan_2012-13 (pdf 496kb) and, in March 2012m Commissioner Bald’s response
May 2011: AOP 2011-12 Final (pdf 96kb) and Okemo/MSR Summer-Recreational-Proposal (November 2011) (pdf 1.7MB) and, in June 2011, Commissioner Bald response to AOP 2011-2012 (pdf)
May 2010: AOP 2010-11 (pdf 2MB) and, in June [2010] Commissioner Bald’s response
May 2009: AOP 2009-2010 (pdf 1.47MB)
May 2008: AOP 2008-2009 (pdf 3.59MB)
Earlier Master Development Plans
June 2009, for 2009-2014 – Download/view in four parts:
MSR-MasterPlan_pg-i-34 (2009-2014)) (pdf 7MB)
MSR-MasterPlan_pg-35-79 (2009-2014) (pdf 5.01MB)
MSR-MasterPlan_pg-80-84-Maps (2009-2014) (pdf 7.66MB)
MSR-Master-Appendix (2009-2014) (pdf 9MB)
Commissioner Bald’s Letter in Response to MSR MasterPlan (2009-2014) (pdf 108.76kb)
2004 Proposed Master Development Plan Documents
NOTE: The 2004 MDP documents were scanned in 2004 from original copies obtained at the Newbury NH Town Hall.
Okemo Master Development Plan with Real Estate 2004 (6.2 MB)
Okemo Environmental Management Plan 2004 (2.5 MB)
Appendix E Base Area Well Evaluation 2004 (1.9 MB)
Appendix F Wastewater Facilities 2004 (356.8 KB)
Appendix G Wetlands and Water Survey 2004 (1.3 MB)
Appendix H Snowmelt Drainage 2004 (1.2 MiB)
Appendix I Traffic Impacts 2004 (2.1 MB)
Appendix J Wildlife Study 2004 (321.5 KB)
Appendix K Economic Impact Study 2004 (1.4 MB)
Map West Bowl Skiing Proposal 2004 (1.1 MB)
Map West Bowl Real Estate 2004 (1.0 MB)
Map EMP-2 2004 (1.0 MiB)