On the Fourth of July weekend, my son (Joe Minnich) and his family were looking for a place to ride bikes. Their goal was to find trails that everyone could ride and enjoy. Packing up four mountain bikes of various sizes, they headed to Bartlett’s Thorne Pond Conservation Area.
Thorne Pond Conservation Area is on Route 302 in Bartlett, right across from Attitash’s Bear Peak/Grand Summit Hotel entrance. It is named for Thaddeus Thorne, an early general manager at Attitash. The pond was created to provide water for Attitash’s snowmaking operation.
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