SPORTS AT NIGHT.
♪ AS THE SUN GOES DOWN ON GUNSTOCK
MOUNTAIN RESORT IN GUILFORD THE , LIGHTS COME ON, AND WINTER
RECREATION IS ALIVE.
>> WITH THE NIGHT SKIING WE HAVE, WE HAVE 22 TRAILS AND
LIFTS OPEN.
FIVEIT IS VERY ACTIVE AT NIGHT.
SEAN: IF YOU’RE NOT HERE NIGHT SKIING OR SNOW-TUBING, YOU
MAY BE WALKING.
THE OTHER THING HERE AT GUNSTOCK RESORT IS NIGHT SNOW SHOEING.
I AM HERE AND THE SUN IS GOING DOWN.
I AM ABOUT TO HEAD ON THE MOUNTAIN TO DO SOME NIGHT
SNOWSHOEING.
I HAVE MY HEADLAMP AND SNOW SHOES AND I AM READY TO GO.
♪ FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS ALL
WINTER, PEOPLE CAN TAKE A GUIDED SNOWSHOE TOUR AS THE SUN GOES
DOWN.
>> IT IS A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING THAT’S DIFFERENT
OUTSIDE AT NIGHT THAT DOESN’T REQUIRE YOU TO BE AN OLYMPIC
ATHLETE TO DO IT.
SEAN: SOUNDS LIKE MY KIND OF WALK.
♪ IT STARTS WITH THE CHAIRLIFT
RIDE TO THE TOP, YOU STRAP ON THE SNOWSHOES TO HIKE THE RIDGE
TRAIL DOWN.
DUE TO THE PANDEMIC, I HUNG BACK FROM THE MAIN GROUP AS WE
DESCENDED THROUGH THE WOODS.
IT TURNS OUT SNOWSHOEING IS ONE OF MANY FAMILY-FRIENDLY
ACTIVITIES GOING ON AFTER DARK ACROSS NEW HAMPSHIRE.
♪ >> EVEN AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN,
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ACTIVITY THERE.
>> OUR BUSIEST TIME IS AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE PROPERTY
IS LIT UP.
♪ SEAN CURT TOWLE RUNS THE
ACTIVITIES AT NESTLENOOK FARM IN JACKSON WHERE PEOPLE ARE INVITED
, TO SKATE ON THE 3-ACRE ICE SKATING PARK, LIT UP AT NIGHT
LIKE A SCENE FROM CURRIER AND IVES.
>> THERE IS PEOPLE IN THE GAZEBO, AROUND THE FIREPLACE IS
OUTSIDE, ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS.
IT IS QUITE A THING TO SEE.
SEAN: ANOTHER POPULAR TRADITONAL ACTIVITY HAPPENS IN THE NIGHT
HOURS AT THE OMNI MOUNT WASHINGTON HOTEL.
♪ SLEIGH RIDES UNDER THE STARS ARE
A POPULAR WAY TO SEE THE FAMOUS GROUNDS.
ONE OR TWO HORSEPOWER.
>> THESE BEAUTIFUL BELGIAN HORSES THAT DRAW THE SLEIGHS,
GETTING OUT WITH THE FAMILY AND GOING THROUGH THE WOODS AND
HAVING THE NIGHT SKY UP OF YOU WHEN YOU HAVE A CLEAR NIGHT AND
THE STARS, IT REALLY IS BREATHTAKING.
BETWEEN THAT AND THE GONDOLA, IT SEEMS TO BE THE PLACE TO GET
ENGAGED ON PROPERTY.
SEAN: WHEN YOU ARE DONE COASTING THROUGH THE SNOW, ANOTHER
POPULAR ACTIVITY AWAITS.
>> ONE OF THE BEST INDOOR ACTIVITIES IS WHAT I AM DOING
RIGHT NOW, SITTING IN FRONT OF ONE OF THE MANY FIREPLACES, A BE
HAVING COFFEE OR COCKTAIL IN THE EVENING.
SE: IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING MORE PULSE POUNDING,
WHY NOT TRY UPHILL SKIING AT NIGHT?
♪ ANDREW DRUMMOND RUNS SKI THE
WHITES IN JACKSON.
EACH WINTER HE RUNS A SERIES OF NIGHT EVENTS AT BLACK MOUNTAIN.
SKIERS SKIN UPHIL USING SPECIAL SKIS THAT ALLOW CLIMBING UP
RATHER THAN DOWN.
IT GETS DARK WITH ONLY A HEADLAMP.
>> THAT’ PARTIALLY WHY I STARTED THIS, TO SHARE THE
EXPERIENCE OF BEING OUT AT NIGHT, UNDER THE STARS AND
MOONLIGHT, AND IT REALLY CHANGES THE WHOLE SKIING EXPERIENCE.
IT MAKES THAT UNIQUE.
SEAN: THE GEAR CAN BE RENTED AND FOR THOSE WHO WANT, THERE IS A
RACE PORTION MARKED BY LAMPLIGHT.
>> THERE IS A SENSE ADVENTURE AND I THINK EVERYONE WANTS TO
TAP INTO THAT EVERY NOW AND THEN.
SEAN WHICH BRINGS US BACK TO THE SNOWSHOE TOUR AT GUNSTOCK.
WE’RE BACK OUT HERE ON THE RIDGE TRAIL.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE, THE MOON IS OUT, ABOUT HALFWAY
THROUGH THE TRIP.
IT TAKES ABOUT 90 MINUTES BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE AND
TOTALLY PEACEFUL.
♪ TH TOUR TAKES YOU PAST ANIMAL
TRACKS, WINDING PATHS IN THE WOODS, AND THE HIGHLIGHT -- A
BEAUTFUL LOOK FROM THE RIDGE ABOVE GUNSTOCK, AT THE NIGHT
SKIING BELOW.
♪ SOON ENOUGH, I WAS BACK AT THE
BASE, WHERE THE SKIERS AND TUBE RS WERE STILL ENJOYING A
BEAUTIFUL WINTER NIGHT.
WHO SAYS THE FUND STOPS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN -- THE FUN STOPS
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN?
♪