Mittersill Ski Area
A Franconia, New Hampshire ski area founded by an Austrian baron in 1946, closed in 1984 and absorbed into Cannon Mountain in 2009.
- Region
- New Hampshire
- Country
- USA
- Status
- reopened
- Year opened
- 1946
- Year closed
- 1984
- Reason for closure
- Closed in 1984 after years of decline; the terrain was later acquired by Cannon Mountain through a land swap with the US Forest Service
History
Mittersill in Franconia, New Hampshire was established in 1946 by Baron Hubert von Pantz, who named it after his Austrian estate and built an alpine village atmosphere beside Cannon Mountain. A T-bar dating from the mid-1940s was joined by a second T-bar in the early 1960s and a double chairlift in the late 1960s, which took the vertical drop to around 1,400 to 1,500 feet across nine trails by 1973. The area closed in 1984 and the lifts were removed, after which it survived for years as an unofficial earn-your-turns backcountry zone maintained partly by the Franconia Ski Club. A land swap with the US Forest Service allowed the state-run Cannon Mountain to expand into the terrain, and a double chairlift was installed in 2009. Mittersill's condominiums and hotel remain the only on-mountain lodging at Cannon.
Lifts
| Name | Type | Manufacturer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-Bar | T-Bar | Installed mid-1940s, served about 450 ft of vertical | |
| Second T-Bar | T-Bar | Added in the early 1960s, extending the area by about 350 ft of vertical | |
| Double Chair | Chairlift - Double | Added in the late 1960s, extending the area by about 600 ft of vertical; removed after closure | |
| Mittersill Double | Chairlift - Double | Installed by Cannon Mountain in 2009 when the terrain reopened |
Runs
- Taft Ski Trail
- Baron's Trail
- North Slope
- Sky Line Trail
Sources and further reading
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Location
44.1720, -71.7120