Black Mountain is the closest and is rarely ever crowded. It's a smaller mountain though, so if that's not what you're looking for, any of the other mountains in the area (Cranmore/Atitash/Wildcat) will be crowded similarly. My personal favorite is Sunday River in Maine. It's big and spread out so it handles the crowds well.

Attitash or Wildcat are great mountains. A lot of schools are on vacation this week and next week so they might be a little crowded.

This is the crossover vacation weekend - Mass. school vacations ending and NH starting. It’s going to be crowded everywhere. One of the busiest weekends of the season.

Thanks. That’s why I asked which would be least crowded…

And Bretton Woods is not much further up the road.

Wildcat probably. It has the least amenities but if the conditions are good, the day will be awesome.

LOL in that case try Loon for sure.

But for real, they're not kidding, on vacation weeks and especially weekends there isn't an un-crowded mountain. All the families are thinking the same thing you are and they will inundate everything, even tiny skidmark mountains. It's why most of us natives without kids wont even try to go during this two week period.

Look out of ?

Head up to Burke in VT, it may be a little further but will not be as crowded and is a Great mountain

Cranmore or Black. Black probably the least of all crowded, Cranmore second. Bretton Woods can be good, too, as it’s just far enough that people either make a destination of it or opt for Attitash/Wildcat. Cannon might be worth the drive as well.

Keep in mind Attitash and Wildcat are part of Vail, so loads of people buy into the Epic pass and they get crowded, especially on this spring break overlap. Loon has a similar problem as it is part of Ikon. What you want are the smaller, independent areas.

If you’re willing to drive then Sunday River could be a great bet as well.

Thanks for the feedback. I didn’t realize wildcat and attitash were part of Vail.

Going to hit up black mountain for a half day. Not even a 10 minute drive.

I do have an Ikon and didn’t realize Sunday River was so close. Next time up, that’s the move.

Next trip up here, Sunday River is the move. I’ve got an ikon too so wouldn’t need a tix.

It's the best bang for your buck in my opinion!

Next week is NH school week so New Hamshirites will be enjoying their mountains most likely… js…

Good luck, get there early so you can find parking

Seriously

Even fucking Whaleback has like 20 minute lift lines this weekend

If you are willing to travel a longer distance, Sugarloaf will give you the big mountain experience at a lift price more reasonable than SundayRiver. We went last Monday during vacation week and was surprisingly not that busy. The longest lift wait may have been about 10 or so minutes and most of the day had no wait. I think not everyone wants to travel that far.

Vacationers hate two things when it comes to skiing:

1. Getting out of bed early.
2. Single-digit and especially subzero temperatures.

Use these facts to your advantage if you want to get some serious skiing in. Find a mountain with a high speed quad and get all your runs in by 10am or 11am. Gear up if it’s going to be cold (like today), because that means you get bonus runs.

omg I need that confirmed on whaleback…that’s insane

Got there at 12:25 for a half day starting at 12:30. Parking spot right by the ticket window was there waiting for me.

though I can see why you said that..right quarters

Black mountain had no lines! Was a great day.

I love Burke but too far

Where were you traveling from? Same area? Looks like the drive is pretty long

We’ll, I live near Concord NH. Drove up to my Brother’s place in Errol NH. Was a 1.5 hour drive in the morning from there to ski. Drove about 4 hours home after. Look to be about 2.5 hours from Jackson. Could be done if you are ambitious.