CONWAY â Despite limited ski area ticket sales and restrictions on restaurant seating due to the pandemic, Mount Washington Valley businesses still described the two February vacation weeks (President s Day vacation week, followed by New Hampshire vacation week) as busy with increased traffic, sales and bookings. The fact that regular snow falls kept local areas with great conditions for skiers and riders certainly didn t hurt.
Last year at this time, nervousness about the brand-new coronavirus was just beginning to flare. Yet the February vacation weeks were still strong.
Fast forward to 2021. Lodging members of the chamber weighed into the survey with mostly positive comments. In fact, Christopher Bellis, co-owner of the Cranmore Inn in North Conway, was featured in a story on WMUR-Channel 9 about what a strong vacation week the valley had.
HO, HO, HO, to all ye fellow last-minute shopping elves. Looks like Santa gave us all what we most wanted for Christmas â snow!
Although we didnât get the jackpot that other parts of New Hampshire received, weâll take the 6-11 inches that the Norâincher (as my buddy Roy âthe Skiing DJâ Prescott of WMWV 93.5-FMâs âMorning Weather Showâ likes to call it) did give us Thursday.
According to WMUR-TV 9 meteorologist Mike Haddad, top N.H. snow ville was Croydon with 44 inches, followed by Claremont with 43, Springfield with 42, Cornish with 40 and New London (36 inches).
AFTER THURSDAYâS FRESHIES, IT WAS WONDERFUL Friday morning to take in the always spectacular sight of new snow and dazzling sunshine.