All NEC students ski and snowboard for FREE

Whether you’re a skier, snowboarder, or tuber or just want to enjoy the fresh mountain air and beautiful scenery of the great outdoors, NEC students get to enjoy free skiing, snowboarding, and tubing at Pats Peak with their student ID. We also host a variety of events at the ski area, and Pats Peak is home to our NCAA alpine skiing team.

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New Hampshire Is a Playground

NEC students are eligible for free lift tickets at Pats Peak, just two miles from campus, Monday through Friday and free tubing on Saturday nights with a student ID. Holidays, vacation weeks, and rentals are excluded. But it only costs $10 to rent skis or a snowboard.

Learn more about free snow sports and everything else NEC has to offer by emailing admission@nec.edu or apply today and begin your adventure at NEC.

And free snow sports are just the beginning. At NEC, you will find river access on campus for fishing, kayaking, canoeing, mountain biking, rock climbing, surfing, and so much more, all within reach!

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Annual Pats Peak Takeover

Each winter, NEC Takes Over the Peak. This longstanding tradition is open to everyone in the NEC community, whether you enjoy winter sports or not. The day includes food, drinks, live music, games with prizes, a fire pit with s’mores, and more. Get out on the slopes with free skiing, snowboarding, and tubing, or spend the day in the lodge. Either way, this annual event is one a kind.

About Pats Peak

Pats Peak skiing

28 Trails and Slopes with 9 Gladed Areas

Most trails are named after winds.

Novice: 14 trails
Intermediate: 6 trails
Advanced: 3 trails
Expert: 5 trails

11 Lifts

4 Triple Chair Lifts
2 Double Chair Lifts
1 J-Bar Tow
1 Beginner Handle Tow
1 Park Handle Tow
2 Carpet lifts

Mountain Stats

Summit Elevation: 1,460 feet
Base Elevation: 690 feet
Vertical Drop: 770 feet
One of the highest capacity computer-controlled snowmaking systems per acre in the Northeast. One hundred percent snowmaking coverage guarantees great conditions all season long.
Easiest run from the summit: Breeze to Zephyr to Blast
Longest run: 1.5 miles Breeze to Zephyr to Squall Line
3 separate beginner areas with their own lifts
F.I.S. race trail and race facilities on Twister
Terrain Parks with features of all sizes and for all abilities
Some of the longest and steepest pitches in southern New Hampshire
Blast is the only novice run off the summit in all of southern New Hampshire.

Night Skiing

Pats Peak offers the most diverse terrain for night skiing in northern New England with the only beginner run in the state open day and night. Whether it’s after work or after school, head to Pats Peak to relax on the slopes and enjoy 100% of the main mountain lit for night skiing. Pats Peak has the most lit double diamond terrain and glades in northern New England.

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