Open to All Touring at Cranmore, NH
You do not need to have toured before, and you do not need to be fit in any particular way. Going uphill is the part we teach you on the day. What we do ask is that you can get yourself back down a blue square trail, because the descent is your own.
What the day costs, all of it
Every cost for this program day
| Cost | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Our program fee | $20 | This is the only part the code inclusive waives, and it waives it in full. Anyone can use it and nobody will ask why. |
| Uphill access (ticket or pass) at Cranmore | $19 | Bought in person at the ticket window that morning. An Uphill New England season pass covers this instead, and it is valid at every mountain we partner with. |
| Touring gear rental, only if you need it | $20, returned to you | A $20 reservation fee at Mountain Sports Lab which comes straight back to you as store credit, so the gear itself is effectively free. |
| Most you would pay | $39 | Fee, ticket and a rental setup, if you need one. |
| Least you would pay | $19 | Our fee waived with the code inclusive, and your own gear. |
If our program fee is what would stop you joining us, use the code inclusive at checkout and our fee is waived in full. Anyone can use it, there is nothing to apply for, no documentation, and nobody will ask you why. To be clear about what the code does and does not do: it waives our fee and nothing else. Uphill access is priced by the resort and rental gear is priced by the shop, so neither one is ours to waive. What we have done about those two instead is negotiate them down as far as we can, and every number is in the table above.
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Pick a date below. Our fee is $20, and if that is a barrier use the code inclusive at checkout and our fee is waived in full. The Cranmore uphill ticket is $19, bought in person at the ticket window that morning.
What this is
A beginner-friendly, no-drop day of ski touring and splitboarding at Cranmore. Our volunteers teach skins, uphill technique and transitions, and the group regroups together the whole way. You should be comfortable skiing or riding down a blue square trail.
What is included
Instruction from our volunteers, and a group that waits for you. Not included: uphill access and rental gear, both of which are priced in the table above.
Day of timeline
Check-in 8:45 to 9:15 in the base lodge. On snow by 9:30. Back to the lodge around midday. Cranmore Mountain Resort is in North Conway, New Hampshire. Park in the main lot and come into the base lodge.
Cost, tickets and what if money is tight
Registration for this program is $20. If our program fee is what would stop you joining us, use the code inclusive at checkout and our fee is waived in full. Anyone can use it, there is nothing to apply for, no documentation, and nobody will ask you why. To be clear about what the code does and does not do: it waives our fee and nothing else. Uphill access is priced by the resort and rental gear is priced by the shop, so neither one is ours to waive. What we have done about those two instead is negotiate them down as far as we can, and every number is in the table above.
The Cranmore uphill ticket is $19, bought in person at the ticket window that morning.
An Uphill New England season pass covers the uphill access at every mountain we partner with, so if you uphill more than a handful of times a season it pays for itself and you can skip the ticket window entirely.
A comparable guided day of instruction costs about $150. Donors, sponsors and volunteers cover the difference, which is why the price on this page is what you actually pay.
Cancellation and weather
If nobody has registered by the Thursday before, we cancel the day. Weather calls go out the evening before. If we cancel for any reason you are refunded in full.
No drop, and no apologizing
We move at the pace of the group and we regroup together. Nobody gets left behind and nobody apologizes for being slow. Read our full policies.
What you need to be able to do
No uphill experience at all is needed. That is the part we teach you, on the day, from putting skins on to transitioning at the top.
The one thing we do ask is that you can get yourself down a blue square trail. We are not downhill instructors, and the descent is your own. If you are not there yet, a few lessons first will make this day far more fun.
What to bring, and renting gear
Weather-appropriate layers, a helmet, water and a snack. If you do not own touring gear, we have a shop or rental partner at every location we run and we have negotiated a discounted rate there for our participants. See Plan Your Trip for the gear guide, the layering guide and sizing.
This is the best rental deal we have anywhere, thanks to Mountain Sports Lab. There is a $20 reservation fee and it comes straight back to you as store credit, so the gear itself is effectively free. Reserve by emailing sara@mtnsportslabnh.com with the subject line Cranmore IST Gear Reservation. The shop is about 1.5 miles from Cranmore. Pick up the night before until 7:00, which is what we recommend, or from 8:00 on the morning. A full day rental, if you want to keep the gear and ski afterwards, is $75.
Splitboards come from White Mountain Ski Co. instead, at $50 rather than their usual price, and because they open after our program starts you have to reserve one and collect it the day before. Note on the form that you are on an IST program.
See a day for yourself
Three minutes of an actual program day, filmed on snow with our participants. It is the fastest way to know whether this is for you.
Thank you to Cranmore
Cranmore Mountain Resort is our Mount Washington Valley home and hosts more of our program days than any mountain except Mt. Abram. Between them and Mountain Sports Lab, the $20 rental reservation comes back to our participants as store credit, which makes a first day here close to the cheapest way to try touring anywhere in our programs.
