Loon Mountain Features New Segway Tours and an Adventure Package for an Affordable Day of Fun

Lincoln, NH - Loon Mountain Resort, featuring new Segway® tours, a zipline adventure, New Hampshire’s longest scenic gondola skyride and an affordable Adventure Package, kicks off the summer season this Saturday for a Memorial Day weekend opening. The mountain resort will be open weekends from May 28 through June 19, with daily operations beginning on June 25.

New this summer, Loon will offer area tours via Segway - a self balancing two-wheeled personal transport device that is fun and easy to ride. Participants will get a short orientation to learn how to ride a Segway and then they will glide on a guided tour of the local area, learning about the area’s history and logging heritage, and how it transformed from a logging and mill town to the popular year-round destination that it is today.

The Gondola Skyride, with access to the 2,750’ Loon Peak and Summit Adventures, will be open weekends from May 28 through June 26 then daily through October 16. In addition to spectacular White Mountain views, the summit offers glacial caves to explore, where kids can hunt for the ‘Lost Loon Gold’ and take home their own gold token. Treasure maps are available inside Loon Mountain Sports Retail & Gift Shop, where Skyride tickets are available for purchase. An interpretive self-guided nature walk, observation tower, and mountaintop playground round out the family fun available at the summit. The Summit Café offers lunch and refreshments with a scenic backdrop and families can also visit with local artisans as they practice their crafts.

Loon Mountain Announces Significant Increase in Snowmaking is Centerpiece of $1.8 Million Capital Investment for Winter 2010-11

Other Improvements include State-of-the-Art Grooming, Additional Lift Capacity, New Loading Carpet for Seven Brothers Lift and New Zip Line

Lincoln, NH - New Hampshire's Loon Mountain continues its commitment to providing a consistently great guest experience with a capital investment of more than $1.8 million to further enhance its ability to deliver the best snow conditions and superior service for 2010-2011.

Already well known for delivering great snow conditions, Loon has invested an additional $1.2 million to augment and upgrade its impressive snowmaking system that covers 97% of skiable terrain.

An addition of 428 highly-efficient Low-E HKD tower snow guns will allow the resort to boost overall snow production by as much as 150%, as well as maximize snow output at a wider range of temperatures.

For skiers and riders, this will result in more terrain opening earlier, as well as giving the Resort a better ability to replenish snow and resurface terrain even more quickly when weather conditions are less than ideal.

A new Prinoth "Beast" grooming machine, with 40% more grooming surface and pushing power than a standard machine, will provide state-of-the-art snow surfaces at Loon this winter. The Beast, the first machine of its size in New Hampshire, and one of only two in New England, will allow for more terrain to be groomed better and more efficiently. In addition to providing superior snow surfaces, this will also help the Resort reduce its fuel consumption.

Loon Mountain's Fall Line-Up of Events Kicks Off with the Labor Day Family Fun Weekend

Fall Events Also Include New Hampshire Highland Games, Nor'easter Festival, and Oktoberfest

Lincoln, NH - New Hampshire's >Loon Mountain says good-bye to summer with its annual Family Fun Weekend, September 4 & 5. Each day Loon will host live music at the Adventure Center while guests can also enjoy Loon's newest activity-the zipline which stretches right across the Pemigewasset River.

The resort also offers mountain biking; bungee trampoline; rock climbing; scenic gondola skyrides; hiking; horseback riding and more.

In its 35th year, the New Hampshire Highland Games (September 17-19) is a three-day festival celebrating all things Scottish. Gates open daily at 9:00 a.m. for the event and highlights include:

Gathering of the Scottish Clans (over 60 clans and societies represented)

Massed Bands

Sheepdog Trials

Celtic World Music Concerts

New England Regional Scottish Fiddle Championship

Scottish Athletics

National Highland Dance Competition

Solo Piping & Drumming

Scottish Harp (Clarsach) & other instrument competitions

New Zip Line is Now Open

Lincoln, NH - New Hampshire's Loon Mountain Resort is pleased to announce that the new zip line adventure spanning the Pemigewasset River is now open.

Riders soar more than 700 feet across the river, and then ride a separate line to cross back to the Adventure Center. The Loon Zip Line Adventure is unique because of its river crossing, and is the latest addition to the adventure and activity offerings at Loon Mountain.

A round trip zip is $25, and riders must weigh a minimum of 100 lbs. and no more than 250 lbs. Kids 12 or under must meet the weight requirement and be accompanied by a paying adult.

Loon Mountain Adds New Zipline, Extended Hours, and Entertainment Series to Summer Adventures

Lincoln, NH - Loon Mountain, featuring New Hampshire's longest scenic gondola skyride will open for summer operations on June 26. Adventures include horseback riding, glacial caves, and the Loon Mountain Adventure Center with bungee trampoline, mountain bike rentals and tours, climbing wall and more.

An exciting new addition for this summer, vacationers will have another exhilarating activity to enjoy - a new zip line, opening in early July. Starting at Loon's Adventure Center, located at the base of the mountain, guests will be able to soar from the Adventure Center over the Pemigewasset River, and back again.

Also new for this summer, the Loon Adventure Center will have extended hours until 7:00 p.m. from opening day through September 5.

Women's Droppin' In Snowboard Camp

Lincoln, NH - Loon Mountain's annual Women's Droppin' In Snowboard Camp takes place March 6-7, 2010 and is being presented by Oakley. The camp is designed for intermediate women riders, age 13 and up, who want to build their riding skills in the park, pipe and on groomed trails.

"This camp is all about learning to ride freestyle in the park, the pipe and on the trails in a super-fun, supportive and instructive atmosphere," commented Carla Hess, the camp's head coach since its inaugural year in 2004. "Whether you're learning your first ollie or looking to improve your current repertoire of tricks, this camp will help you achieve those goals and give you the building blocks to continue progressing, even after the weekend is over."

The weekend begins with a yoga clinic to get participants in the perfect mindset and condition for landing their new tricks. Then they'll move to the Oakley 'Goggle Bar,' where then can custom-build their own pair of goggles before they even take their first run.

A private park will be set up exclusively for Droppin' In participants, so they will have the perfect setting for concentration and learning, without the distraction of the activity in the big park. Each day includes a video review, so the coaches and pro riders can provide more feedback to each participant and participants can really see their improvement.
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