Welcome to the Boston College Ski Team!

The Boston College Ski Team is arriving at the Lodge this weekend for a 3-day stay. They will be participating in a downhill race this weekend at Cranmore Mountain.  Reserving 2/3 of our rooms 32 rooms here at The Lodge, team members and their families will be partaking of a hearty, early breakfast each morning and then heading to the slopes for the competition.  We wish them all the best of luck!

A Stitch in Time

For awhile there, I was beginning to think that knitting was becoming a thing of the past, a real ‘lost art’! Everywhere you looked knitting stores were systematically going out of business, stores that historically carried yarns were shutting down those departments or drastically diminishing the choices. But lately, knitting enthusiasts have been coming out of the closet and starting knitting circles all over the Mount Washington Valley! From the Jackson Women’s Sewing Club, which meets the first Tuesday of each month; to the Jackson Public library (now in its glorious new building; to the wonderful new knitting store in North Conway (Close Knit Sisters) … to even Starbucks, which has a knitting circle every Wednesday night from 6-8 (with a free cup of coffee!).


Tonight is the inaugural Knitting night at the library from 6-8 pm. Everyone with a fondness for wool is invited to attend abd to bring your knitting project to work on, settle into a comfortable chair, sip some tea and enjoy an evening with fellow knitters. It will be hosted by Kim, who willpoint out many invaluable resources that the library provides for both knitters and crochet-ers.

Close Knit Sisters is the knitting store located near the Soyfire Candle in North Conway. Run by two close-“knit” sisters Zoe and Cheryl, this store is their long-time dream come true. They carry lots of yarn and knitting supplies, books and accessories, and have the expertise to help you out of any close-knit scrape you get yourself into. Several times I have taken my projects into their shop and they are always willing and able to help solve a problem! The last 2 hours of each day is a knitting social … just show up with your project and meet others knitters … all of whom seem to be lovely interesting people (of course!).

Character Breakfasts in the Hundred Acre Wood

The Believe in Books Literacy Foundation, the same people who bring us the Polar Express, have started  Saturday Character Breakfasts starting January 29th at 9am in the Hundred Acre Wood. Join them for a continental breakfast with one of your favorite storybook characters (see character schedule below).
Breakfast is $5 per child and will include a brand-new book, a small breakfast, the reading of a storybook about that week’s character, a visit with the character, and the opportunity to use the trails/storywalks in the 100 Acre Wood for the day. Your options for activities in the Wood are:

- take a guided nature observation tour with Carrie
- explore our trail system on your own
- take in our StoryWalk on your own

Whatever you choose, your $5 towards breakfast gives you an all day pass to the 100 Acre Wood ~ Enjoy!!

Character Schedule:
January 29 - Olivia
February 5 - Max
February 12 - Maisy
February 19 - Clifford
February 26 - Poky Puppy
April 16 - The Lorax
April 23 - Peter Rabbit
April 30 - Frog & Toad
May 7- Corduroy
May 13 - Froggy

The NH Snow Sculture Competition

The 10th New Hampshire Sanctioned &Jackson Invitational Snow Sculpting Competition held at Black Mountain was a Huge Success! Congratulations to this year’s 1st Place Winners: Team Devellian of NH - the NH SanctionAward!


Congratulations also to: TeamRothstein of MA - the Jackson InvitationalAward; TeamBluck, Byard&McNaught of ME - People’s ChoiceAward; and TeamGrady of NH - Sculptors Choice Award.

Thousands ofvisitors enjoyed the weather as well as the incredible art frozen in time, creating endless photo opportunities. Because they are well lit at night there is even more time to capture just the right shot. With 16 competing teams Jackson enjoyed the biggest New England gathering of snow sculptures in quite sometime. Over the course theweekend 30 amazingly talented artists produced some of the most memorablep ieces gracing the mountainside. Represented were the states of ME, MA, VT and, of course, NH. Next year Dick Devellian will be headed over to Lake Geneva WI representing his home state of New Hampshire in the nationals. He will have the chance to delight over 250-thousand spectators. Although Jackson didn’t see a quarter of a million people we did have more than2,000 people pass through our quintessential New England Village to get a peak at these splendid sculptures. If you haven’t already had a chance to see them they will be displayed at Black until Mother Nature recalls them with warmer weather and melting.  For more photographs and information on this event,contact the Jackson Area Chamber at (603) 383-9356 or at www.jacksonnh.com.