Plymouth, New Hampshire — Tenney Mountain Resort has been making major moves lately.
Since it was sold to Northcountry Development in 2022, the new owners have rapidly upgraded the ski resort’s snowmaking infrastructure, renovated its lifts, converted the Witches’ Hat into a food and beverage outlet with cider donuts, and refurbished its base lodge. This season has brought more changes to the ski resort. However, Tenney just made one of its biggest moves yet, but it went kind of under the radar.
Earlier this month, Tenney opened a rope tow. This Tow Pro is around 600 feet long, has a speed of 1000 feet per minute, and can fit 20 people at one time. It services the PLN Park, Tenney Mountain’s terrain park.
Once a Midwest phenomenon, Tenney has become the latest in the United States to add a rope tow/surface lift to its terrain park. Other ski resorts that added surface lifts in the park this season include Big Sky and Mt. Spokane. Bridger Bowl is also considering a rope tow to one of its terrain parks in the future.
Tenney plans to celebrate this new surface lift with a rail jam this weekend. On March 1st, starting at 1 p.m., Tenney Mountain will host a rail jam at its new terrain park. Judges will include Annalisa Drew, a former Olympian and X Games athlete and an ambassador for Tenney Mountain. The event will be in honor of Nolan Trottier, the former Terrain Park Manager at Tenney, who tragically passed away last September. After the rail jam, there will be a PLN Park Dedication that will celebrate the changes made at this terrain park.
Despite these successes, Tenney has still faced some hurdles this season. The Hornet Double, which services the summit, is currently out of operation. Hornet’s gearbox needs to be refurbished, so its summit chairlift will be out of service until mid-March. In response, Tenney has dropped lift ticket prices to $50. This is a commendable move and not something many ski resorts would do under these circumstances. Skiing will still be available from the Eclipse, Platter Pull, and Rope Tow lifts.
Overall, it’s cool to see all these changes at Tenney. Obviously, losing Hornet for a bit is a tough break, but they’ve been doing a lot of great things here, and it’s worth a visit this season. Additionally, I think more improvements are on tap soon.
Image Credits: Tenney Mountain Resort, Tenney Parks
