Enron mostly gave money to the GOP.

The only gondolas in NH are at Loon and Bretton Woods. Loon’s is such a POS, it shouldn’t even count. Wildcat is in Pinkham Notch. Wildcat has a scenic chairlift. Definitely no gondola. That place is decrepit, especially since Vail did a hostile takeover. Bretton Woods is in Crawford Notch. Saying those areas are in Franconia Notch is like saying Burke and Jay are in Franconia Notch.

Word,

The state just keeps sinking money into Mt.Sunapee since it’s on state land, even though all profits go to vail

Well Cannon is state owned and the profits go to the state of NH, so no.

This is a donkey brained take, honestly. Waterville and Cannon are not competitors in that way. They’re both partners on the Indy Pass. Small independent ski areas have nothing to gain by tearing each other down. Their number one enemy is Vail, who has formed a near monopoly on NH skiing and is generally considered to be the fucking worst by everyone.

The last thing Sununu wants to see happen is have Cannon (or Gunstock) fail and have Vail control another NH mountain. Hot take but Cannon is the only good ski area in NH. It would be fucking tragic to see those crooks ruin it like they did at Wildcat.

The only people that want to see Cannon and Gunstock fail are those Free State carpetbaggers.

Here’s an article stating they have cost the taxpayers 9.3 million since 2000. If true it would likely be much more as that graph stops in 2016.

http://www.taxpayersforcannon.com/financials.php#:~:text=Cannon%20Mountain%20Ski%20Area%20Cost%20to%20State%20Even,Hampshire%20millions%20of%20dollars%20since%202000%3A%20%249.3%20Million

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People with low plates in NH are politically connected. Gotta know somebody who knows somebody high up in the DMV. Normal people are outta luck!

Now, MA couldn't handle the look-the-other-way corruption. So much so that the patronage/bribery around low plates became a scandal, so they instated a yearly lottery for 4-digit and lower license plates. I scored a 4-digit plate starting with the number 4 a few years back. Most people don't care but some people find it cool.

Only thing I can find is them recently stating they are going to be increasing ticket cost and parking costs to offset $825,000 from increasing energy and labor costs. Do you have anything to back up your claim that cannon provides a 7 million dollar boon to taxpayers?

I wanted to comment on this post but you pretty much summed up everything I was going to say perfectly. Hit the nail on the head with the last sentence lmao.

There is nothing at Cannon for the Jerries that go to Loon. It is a completely different mountain, and one lift is not going to change that.

If only we cared so much about restoring our historic railroads, as we do about this archaic tourist trap.

Compared to gondolas, trams cost 10x as much and get 10x fewer people up the hill per hour. They’re also gigantic Petri dishes, and it bled money like a stick pig during corona (there will be more pandemics). They’re archaic and inferior in every possible way, although they would have to design the gondola properly to keep its scenic value for summer tourists (some gondolas are cramped and have poor views).

The pro tram people just have that insufferable allergy to any change whatsoever that’s endemic around here. This tram was built in the Reagan administration. It’s not the tram from the 1930s, and by that logic, why aren’t we using government funding to restore the historic rail access from Concord to Boston? They’re fucking hypocrites, that’s why.

Fuck trams, seriously. It’s like wanting to maintain the pony express when we could have the modern USPS instead.

The only trams that have any business staying around are the Big Sky and Jackson Hole trams, for very different reasons than the Cannon boomers give.

Sununu’s on team gondola because he’s not 90 years old and possesses more than the bare minimum understanding of ski lift economics.

Calling it a giant is not hyperbole, they can be used to recover Blackhawks. This one flew right over me, felt it in my teeth. The journey that I saw on Flightradar24 showed it taking off somewhere in South Royalton (not sure how accurate that is) and landing at West Leb.

https://imgur.com/a/64iID1k

Agree but it’s already close.

Cannon generates $7M annually for the state. A good chunk of that is solely summer tourists riding the tram. The long term benefits outweigh the temporary cost.

This is why I prefer the backroads. I don’t care if they don’t plow. The shittier the roads, the better as far as I’m concerned. It’s the worst when it’s just shitty enough for all the flatlanders with bald no season tires to come out and play.

Nothing you can do if some masshole with 4WD and zero-wheel-stop in an adjacent lane fishtails straight into you. You can be a defensive driver all you want. You can be the best winter driver in a car that’s unstoppable in snow and ice. Make your whole driving setup winterproof, and winter will build a better Masshole to put you in a ditch anyway.

No, it’s not that bad. Yes you should have snow tires, and yes you’ll drive below the speed limit at times. But if you do that, it’s fine. It’s a highway and well-plowed and tens of thousands of people commute on it everyday.

Probably because it’s going to cost 25 million dollars. If it’s tax payer funded let people walk up the hill.

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They demonstrate it in this new legalization bill they are trying to push through...the alcohol board would now be the weed and alcohol board AND they left out home growing just to make sure they can rake in all that cash.

We’ll, I live near Concord NH. Drove up to my Brother’s place in Errol NH. Was a 1.5 hour drive in the morning from there to ski. Drove about 4 hours home after. Look to be about 2.5 hours from Jackson. Could be done if you are ambitious.

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Can't have real news... in 20 years the ghost of Fitz Weatherby will be telling the tail of the misparked trailer at 7.

I’ve heard of this as well, but no idea if it’s true.