Sunday was a cold and blustery day. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to stay warm out in Great Glen Trails’ open fields, so I put on every layer I had. I was there with grandson Iver for the Bill Koch Ski League activities.
On Sundays from 1:30-3:30 p.m., young skiers from first- to eighth-grade meet there to play games on skis, learn skills and make new friends. They come from nearby Gorham, Jackson and Fryeburg and farther away in the southern part of the Granite State and Maine. There are currently 14 children in the program, but numbers fluctuate from week to week.
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