Sweetest Day on the Trails"
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Annual Chocolate Festival

NORTH CONWAY NH – Wow… it is exciting to think this event has been gaining popularity for more than thirty years! People come from great distances to cross country ski, snowshoe or drive from inn-to-inn along the trails of our 45 KM network to enjoy the spectacular scenery, warm hospitality, and great chocolate treats at stops throughout the network, most located along the trails.

Known by many as the ‘Sweetest Day on the Trails”, this may be the only day of the year when chocolate indulgence is totally guilt-free! Chocoholics cross country ski or snowshoe the trails to enjoy chocolate prepared every way imaginable. Many return year after year to enjoy the Chocolate Festival, often returning with a larger group of friends each time! Trail-side businesses prepare a variety of goodies from hundreds of pounds of chocolate!

There are a FEW TICKETS AVAILABLE now for this previously sold out event!!!
Scroll down to place your order online!

If you need lodging for this event …
there are a limited number of tickets available for lodging members to sell to their guests. Be sure to request Festival tickets if needed when making your lodging reservation. Click for a list of lodging members along with links to more info about each one.

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Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Event – March 8-10

NORTH CONWAY NH – Celebrate the 27th Hannes Schneider Meister Cup Race, honoring the life of the renowned Austrian skimeister whose pioneering ski teaching brought excitement and prosperity to North Conway and St. Anton, Austria and the world of skiing at large.

Hannes Schneider was a mountain soldier on the alpine front in World War I, and his son Herbert and several of his instructors served in the 10th Mountain division in World War II. The race pays tribute to several generations of America’s mountain troops, and features the color guard and mountain instructors of the Army Mountain Warfare School of Jericho, Vermont.

The Meister Cup is more than a race—it is a spectator event with an Opening Ceremony with Color Guard, vintage ski fashion show, awards ceremony, the music of the Bavarian Brothers Band and a Sunday morning screening of an award-winning ski history documentary film. Race it or watch it, the Meister Cup has something for everyone.

If you can turn around a few gates on intermediate terrain on alpine or telemark skis or a snowboard, you are invited to participate in the race…and win! The fastest male and female finishers in ten age classes take home unique awards, as do the fastest telemark, snowboard, and junior racers. Teams of five racers compete for the Meister Cup Trophy, with winners’ names engraved on the award which is on display in the New England Ski Museum.

Competition is intense at the highest level, but for most racers the event is a simple fun run down a gentle racecourse on a day of slopeside pageantry and social events. Past racers have ranged in age from 4 to 95.

The Carroll Reed Cup, awarded to the fastest team made up of racers from the ski resort industry, honors the ski business pioneer whose early Eastern Slope Ski School provided the basis for Hannes Schneider’s arrival in 1939.

Apart from the ski race, the Hannes Schneider Meister Cup features a full slate of weekend social activities including a welcome reception and buffet, the opening ceremony, a silent auction, the popular vintage skiwear show, the awards ceremony, and a ski history presentation. Whether you race it or watch it, the Meister Cup has something for everyone.

There are many ways to be involved! As a racer, spectator, patron, or sponsor. Please see below for more information about these!

HSMC Sponsor Flyer

HSMC 2024 online racer entry

Racer entry form (mail, email, or call in): HSMC 2023 Racer Entry Form

HSMC online patron donation link:

Detailed schedule of the full weekend festivities!

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The Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon
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The Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon, March 18th 2023

PINKHAM NOTCH NH – Burgeon Outdoor Presents The Northeast’s Toughest Single Day Winter Adventure Race

Individuals and relay teams of two to five people compete to see who will be the fastest to cover a rugged backcountry course traversing Mount Washington’s eastern flank from Great Glen Trails to Tuckerman Ravine. Proceeds benefit the Mount Washington Avalanche Center.

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Red Parka Challenge Cup Race
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Red Parka Challenge Cup Race – March 17th

BARTLETT NH – The Red Parka Pub Challenge is held on the third Friday in March every year at Attitash Mountain Resort, located in Bartlett, New Hampshire. Limited to 175 racers. Entry fee $70 includes lift ticket, Challenge Cup hat, buffet featuring our signature pub favorites & discount beers.

  • All registered racers get a full day lift ticket to Attitash and guaranteed two runs on the race course. Additionally, registered racers will receive a race hat and be eligible to win raffles. This is an age 21+ race.
  • There will be an Awards Party in Ptarmigan’s Pub after the race. Unfortunately, we will not be able to offer the Racer’s Buffet this year. Ptarmigan’s will have full food service available.
  • Registration closes at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, March 15. There will be a Bib Draw at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 16 at the Red Parka Pub. The race fee is $100 to sign up on the day of.
  • All proceeds from the race benefit the Eastern Slope Ski Club. There are no entry refunds.
  • All racers must pick up their bib and sign an Attitash Waiver prior to the race. Registration is open 7:30am-8:30am.

Fundraising

  • All registered racers can opt-in for the PledgeReg, which allows you to set up a personal fundraising page for ESSC.
  • The two highest fundraisers at the close of registration on Wednesday, March 15 will be awarded Bib #1 & Bib #2 for Race Day.
  • The #1 fundraiser will also be receive recognition and a prize at the outdoor awards ceremony after the race.
  • A racer who raises over $500 will have their race fee waived.

Raffles

  • We will have a 50/50 raffle at the Bib Draw and raffles at the Awards Ceremony.

Housekeeping

  • Absolutely no alcohol is permitted on the race hill or at the bump. Alcohol is available to purchase at Ptarmigan’s Pub or the Cantina on the deck of the Attitash Lodge.

Racer Categories

  • M- Men – Top 32 will have run offs in finals – A & B Divisions
  • W- Women **The Women’s Finals will be based strictly on the top 8 Women’s Qualifying times. Women will run against Women**
  • MV- Vets 40-49 who have raced 3 times – Top 8 will have run off in finals
  • ML- Men Local – mailing address in Mt Washington Valley (includes Fryeburg) top 8 will have runoff in finals
  • Super Vets 50-59 who have raced 3 times – Top 2 will have run off in finals
  • MVL- Men Vet 40-49 Local – prizes for top 3
  • MVL50- Men Vet 50-59 Local – Prizes for top 3
  • MVL60- Men Vet 60-69 Local – Prizes for top 3
  • MV50- Men Vets 50-59 – Prizes for top 3
  • MV60- Men Vets 60-69 – Prizes for top 3
  • MV70- Men Vets 70+
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Nordic Meisters – Ski, Snowshoe, or Fatbike race series

The largest weekly citizen race series in the country!

PINKHAM NOTCH NH – Ski against the clock in the skate and/or classic division, choosing either the long course (~5k) or the short course (~3km), or both! The series consists of eight weeks of timed runs with participants’ (6) best age-graded times selected for series-end standings. Or, join the untimed division just to get out each week and enjoy the trails. Register directly online below; no online registration fees.

Timers are onsite starting at 10:00 am until 4:00 pm each Tuesday. The course is shared with snowshoers starting at 1:00 pm and fatbikers from 2:00-4:00 pm. All participants must leave the starting line by 4:00pm. Headlamps are required for anyone on course after 4:00pm.

Individuals may register for single day participation on-site only.
BIBS AND BENEFITS

$50 deposit for Meister Bibs (cash or check)

You will be responsible for bringing your bib each time you race. Please bring your deposit to bib pick-up on the first day you race. One-day racers will use paper bibs.

(8) weeks of timed age-graded results, posted online and in the Conway Daily Sun weekly
FREE all day skiing every Tuesday during the series
FREE use of rental gear every Tuesday for any new Nordic Meister! (Excluding snowshoes and fatbikes)
Eligibility for over $5,000 in end-of-season raffle prizes
Friendly competition and camaraderie, while enjoying some of the most scenic Nordic ski terrain in New England
All Nordic Meisters welcome to Snowshoe race from 1:00-4:00 pm and/or Fatbike race from 2:00-4:00 pm!

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Red Parka Challenge Cup Race
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Red Parka Challenge Cup Race – March 18th

BARTLETT NH – The Red Parka Pub Challenge Cup Committee is happy to be presenting the 47th Annual Challenge Cup Race. The committee is setting a modest fundraising goal of $10,000 and “Bump It Up” yet again this year.

Important

  • MASKING POLICY WILL FOLLOW VAIL’S PROTOCOLS ON THE EVENT DAY
  • Racers that deferred their enry fees from the 2020 event will have that credit used for their 2022 entry. The credit should show when you sign into your SkiReg account.

***UPDATE*** As of 1/14/21
Due to rise in COVID cases, there will be no Bib Draw at the Red Parka Pub the night before the race or skier buffet and raffle/auction after the race this year in Ptarmigan’s Pub. PLEASE REVIEW ALL INFORMATION BELOW TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS YEAR’S RACE WILL OPERATE.

Registration

  • All registered racers get a full day lift ticket to Attitash and guaranteed two runs on the race course. Additionally, registered racers will receive a race hat and be eligible to win raffles. This is an age 21+ race.
  • Registration closes at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, March 16th. There will be no Bib Draw event at the Red Parka Pub. There will be no day-of registrations for the 2022 race.
  • All proceeds from the race benefit the Eastern Slope Ski Club. There are no entry refunds.
  • All racers must pick up their bib and sign a Vail Resorts Race Waiver prior to the race in the South Wing of the Attitash Base Lodge. Registration is open 7:30am-8:30am

Red Parka Challenge Cup Website

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The Tuckerman Inferno
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The Tuckerman Inferno – March 19th

PINKHAM NOTCH, NH – The Tuckerman Inferno, an evolution of the original American Inferno ski races of the 1930s, consists of:

  • 6-mile fat bike ride at Great Glen Trails
  • 6-mile freestyle cross country ski at Great Glen Trails
  • 5-mile backcountry snowshoe from Great Glen Trails to Pinkham Notch Visitor Center
  • 3+-mile mountain run up the Tuckerman Trail to Mount Washington’s Tuckerman Ravine
  • A ski/snowboard mountaineering race with a giant slalom component in and/or around Tuckerman Ravine.

Skiers and snowboarders will continue down the Sherburne ski trail to a finish at the AMC Pinkham Notch Visitor Center.

Up to 600 athletes will compete–solo, or in relay teams–for a one-thousand-dollar cash prize, plus various additional prizes, and a chance to become the next Tuckerman or Tuckerwoman champion.

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