And like-minded trail names. Whaleback added lift-serviced snow tubing, the latest craze to hit ski country, for this year. Don't be fooled by short-looking runs of a few hundred feet. They are all this 40-something downhill slider wanted. There is a definite, and appreciated, small-mountain feel to the base lodge and the lounge upstairs.
Part comes from the people.
The day we tubed, several of our fellow tubers were ski patrollers and lift workers getting out to try it on an offday and having a great time. And this is the type of place where skiing regulars chipped in to help clear downed trees as the mountain bounced back from January's crippling ice storm. Try Upper Gauntlet to lower John Meck to get the blood rushing on Holt's. You might find the Dartmouth Ski Team working on its giant slalom technique on Don Worden Schuss. Then there's the Thomas Trail, named after Lowell Thomas, the son, not the radio announcer.