White Mountains welcomes families for the easy, fun sport of snow tubing

For a sport the entire family can enjoy together, snow tubing reigns supreme, and there’s no better place to go tubing than the Androscoggin Valley, where snow comes early and stays late, making it ideal for winter sports enthusiasts. Bring the kids (and your own inner kid) to the Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center, where super-slick tubing hills will have you all screaming in delight as you zoom down to the bottom – then (no fancy lifts involved!) climb back up the hill to do it all over again. One pass at the center is good for two hours of tubing, with morning and afternoon sessions, and hot cocoa and s’mores are available on the hill on select days.

Do you know a kid who loves to go snow-tubing? Is that kid you? For youngsters and the young at heart, Great Glen Trails Outdoor Center offers the best old-fashioned tubing hill in the East. No expensive rentals, no lifts: just good fun on the traditional walk-up Tubing Hill. Children must be at least 5 years old, but there is kiddie tubing for those 4 and under. There’s a heated warming shack at the top of the hill and, on selected days, you can buy hot cocoa and s’mores, although you’re also welcome to bring snacks and a thermos with you. Reservations may be made three days in advance for two-hour passes starting at 9 and 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Loon Mountain is rated one of the most accessible mountain resorts in the East by readers of Ski Magazine. But outdoor winter fun does not begin and end with skiing or snowboarding. Located just two hours north of Boston in the scenic heart of the White Mountains, you can enjoy all the thrills of sliding down a mountain on snow tubes - and you don’t need lessons to get in on the action. Kids must be 48” tall and 50lbs to ride the chairlift. With Mom and dad present at the tot tubing area, smaller kids can tube at the base of Little Sister. Snow tubing is offered in one-hour segments and reservations are recommended.

Tubing is open mid-December through mid-March, snow conditions permitting. Advance reservations and tickets must be purchased on the website - please take a moment to review the tubing hill rules prior to arriving.