Whaleback Mountain

The owner and operator of Whaleback Mountain is the Upper Valley Snow Sports Foundation. The Upper Valley Snow Sports Foundation (UVSSF) is a nonprofit entity with the mission to support and enhance an affordable, healthy, and sustainable snow sports experience in the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont. UVSSF members first came together in the spring of 2013 on the heels of Whaleback Mountain LLC shuttering operations. Like our fellow residents, we recognize the importance of Whaleback as a community asset and started our journey to purchase and operate the mountain. We took action after the Whaleback foreclosure auction on August 1, 2013 at which time the bank retained ownership of the property and immediately started negotiations with the bank. Those negotiations culminated with a lease and purchase agreement during the week of September 16. In December 2013 UVSSF was able to purchase the property. UVSSF is striving to preserve Whaleback because every youth and adult i...