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Winter 2003 Issue

To some, Mount Washington is called Home

When Mount Washington first opened its slopes 25 years ago, it offered two chairlifts and “rubber tire” service for people driving up the dirt road to the day lodge. Now, close to 400,000 people visit the resort every winter, and six to 10 families live at the resort full time. They’re even getting their own post office at the Resort.

Need a Boost?

Need a Boost?

Help will be close at hand this winter on Mount Washington.

Bernie’s Bench Dedication

Two longtime Mount Washington Resort employees who passed away last year were honored in a special way this summer, with memorial benches on Memory Lane.

Measured Growth… A strategy For Success on Mount Washington

Measured Growth… A strategy For Success on Mount Washington

When Harry Measure left his native Trail-Rossland area in the early 1970s, he knew that one day, he would be back in the mountains. Now Measure, the principal in Harry Measure & Associates in Whistler, spends a lot of time in the mountains – not so much skiing as developing.