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Category: recreation

Mount Sunapee Resort Five Year 2020-2025 and Revised EMP
NH Parks, public policy, recreation

Mount Sunapee Resort Five Year 2020-2025 and Revised EMP

June 14, 2020September 16, 2023

Mount Sunapee Resort’s five-year Master Development Plan (MDP) and Environmental Management Plan (EMP) 2020-2025 (revised 2023) is online. The plans,…

hiking, recreation

COVID-19: Mount Sunapee closes for one week, hikers turn to the Summit Trail

March 17, 2020April 2, 2020

Update (April 2, 2020) – Vail/Mount Sunapee Resort did not reopen for the remaining 2019-20 winter ski season after closing…

recreation

More boat trailer parking coming to Mount Sunapee State Park

February 17, 2020October 14, 2023

The New Hampshire Division of Parks and Recreation plans to increase the number of boat trailer parking from 12 to…

climate change, environment, public policy, recreation

Protect Our Winters comes to NH

May 9, 2019February 24, 2020

Protect Our Winters is coming to New Hampshire. POW, an international group of outdoor enthusiasts and climate activists, will work…

natural heritage, public policy, recreation

DNCR announces Sunapee lease transfer and amendments

October 12, 2018February 22, 2020

Read FOMS latest Enews The state-owned ski area at Mount Sunapee State Park recently took another significant turn. Commissioner Sarah…

DNCR to announce Mount Sunapee lease decision at Sept. 26 meeting
advocacy, land protection, natural heritage, public policy, recreation

DNCR to announce Mount Sunapee lease decision at Sept. 26 meeting

September 19, 2018February 19, 2020

Special Alert: Mount Sunapee State Park Public Information Session – Wednesday, September 26 (6 pm) at Mount Sunapee State Park…

hiking, land protection, recreation

Andrew Brook Trailhead Update

February 20, 2016February 22, 2020

Members of the hiking community around Mount Sunapee put their enthusiasm for a popular trail to Lake Solitude to work…

hiking, recreation

Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Supermap is now available

February 6, 2016February 6, 2016

A new Greenway Super Map is now available from the Monadnock-Sunapee Greenway Trail Club. Price: $10.00. The full color map…

environment, hiking, land protection, recreation

Forest Society working to buy popular trailhead for Mt. Sunapee hike to Lake Solitude

December 30, 2015February 19, 2020

When the Society for the Protection of N.H. Forests (Forest Society) posted on Facebook a plan to buy a property…

environment, exploration, hiking, natural heritage, recreation

SooNipi Magazine: ‘Hiking Mount Sunapee’s Summit Trail’

June 18, 2015February 20, 2021

Enjoy and explore the Summit Trail at Mount Sunapee State Park. The SooNipi Magazine, always a fun and informative read,…

advocacy, environment, public policy, recreation

Is a ‘Timber Ripper’ coming to Mount Sunapee?

April 28, 2015February 19, 2020

A Disney style amusement ride — a mountain coaster, which Okemo calls its “Timber Ripper” in Vermont — maybe coming…

advocacy, environment, recreation

Help protect the Summit Hiking Trail on Mount Sunapee

January 9, 2015February 22, 2020

“The proposed ‘West Bowl’ expansion will fatally compromise the Summit Trail,” says Steve Russell, Newbury. “The trail as it now…

hiking, recreation

History of the Summit Hiking Trail

December 18, 2014March 17, 2020

“Enjoy the beauty and recreational opportunities of New Hampshire state park properties. Join us as stewards of these natural wonders…

environment, recreation

A Must See: Resorting to Madness

November 7, 2014December 28, 2014

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Latest news

  • MAY 19TH NEWBURY CONSERVATION COMMISSION PUBLIC MEETING
  • Exemplary Forest System Expanded at Mt. Sunapee State Park
  • Request for Public Meeting on Septic Issues and Proposed New and Expanded Parking Lots
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  • Film: “The Return of Old Growth Forests” – New England Forest

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Friends of Mount Sunapee advocates for the permanent protection of Mount Sunapee State Park's old growth forest and exemplary natural community system of which it is a part; thus, preserving the unique character and natural beauty of the rural communities in the mountain's shadow.

Friends of Mount Sunapee
P.O. Box 199
Georges Mills, NH 03751

Contact us: friendsofmountsunapee@gmail.com

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