CONWAY — At its annual meeting June 5 at Cranmore Mountain’s Fairbank Lodge, Ski New Hampshire reported there were an estimated 2,166,857 visits to its member resorts for the 2023-24 season.
The report showed alpine visits down 4 percent from the previous season, and collectively, alpine, cross-country and tubing visits were off by 6 percent.
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