History

South Peak Resort rests at the base of Loon Mountain known for its award-winning ski slopes and amenities. Right next door is the 800,000 acre White Mountain National Forest and the historical mountain towns of Lincoln and Woodstock. This is a land rich in the legacy of family fun and adventure which includes: skiing, kayaking, hiking and biking, tubing and also year-round cultural events.

The developers of South Peak Resort are inspired by the value and potential of this area to become the “Vail of the East”. There is a tremendous pull to this area as it expands and becomes a world-class destination playground for skiers and nature lovers, year round.

Located approximately 130 miles north of Boston in the heart of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, South Peak Resort is designed to be a full-service, amenity-rich, slope-side resort community at the base of Loon Mountain’s new South Peak, complement to Loon‘s overall expansion plan that will ultimately include four new lifts, 12 new trails, and a base lodge.

In addition to the convenience of slope-side living, the proximity of South Peak Resort to the wealth of multi-season recreational activities offered in the White Mountains and the town of Lincoln, such as hiking, mountain biking, kayaking, shopping and dining will make the resort a year-round destination.

Area History

New Hampshire was the first colony to declare its independence from Great Britain and the first to establish its own government. It was that same spirit of independence and self-reliance that led Sherman Adams to explore the New Hampshire wilderness and envision what was to become the now-famous Loon Mountain ski resort. Adams, who started as a lumberjack in the White Mountains and eventually became Governor of New Hampshire and then Chief of Staff in the White House, always loved these mountains and dreamed of the day when others would see the incredible potential.

That day came in February of 1964—soon after the completion of the Kancamagus Highway between Lincoln and Conway. Adams knew in his soul that there was a great ski area hidden in this mountain paradise, carved and scraped millions of years earlier by the continental ice sheet.

So he donned snowshoes and explored the newly accessible area.

When he came upon Loon Mountain, with its well-sheltered, northeast-facing slope and close proximity to the new highway, Adams’ search was over. After consulting with Sel Hannah, a former Olympic skier and fellow Dartmouth grad who had planned over a hundred ski areas across the United States, Adams realized he had indeed discovered a ski mountain the entire family would love.

Today the ski area is as much a landmark as the historical farmsteads, Civilian Conservation Corps camps, and old railroads that surround it. Its neighbor, the 800,000-acre White Mountain National Forest, has inspired not only Adams, but countless writers and artists such as Hawthorne, Whittier, Longfellow, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Even Robert Frost once explained that there was not one of his poems that didn’t have “something in it of New Hampshire.”

Now it’s your chance to be inspired. To embrace the New Hampshire lifestyle and to share in Sherman Adam’s dream come true.