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20th
Annual Chocolate Festival - Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Wow... it is exciting to think this event has been gaining popularity for twenty years! People come from great distances to cross country ski, snowshoe or drive from inn-to-inn along the trails of our 65 KM network to enjoy the spectacular scenery, warm hospitality, and great chocolate treats at stops throughout the network, many located along the trails.
Known by many as the 'Sweetest Day on the Trails", this may be the only day
of the year when chocolate indulgence
is totally guilt-free! Hundreds of people travel over the network trails
to enjoy chocolate prepared every way imaginable.
Many return year after year to enjoy the Chocolate Festival, often returning with a larger group of friends each time!
These are just some of the treats you'll
enjoy at the trailside stops between 11:00 am and 4:00 pm. A festival
map listing all the chocolate stops will soon be available online and on the day of
the event when you purchase your ticket or at your first chocolate stop
if you've purchased your ticket in advance. Each business will validate
the Festival map to confirm your stop. More chocolate awaits the chocoholics
that have completed the tour! Present your stamped Festival map on the
day of the event to other North Conway area businesses for more special offers! Be sure to check back for details.
For complete details about the 20th Annual Chocolate Fest,
click to read our Event Press Release.
TRAILSIDE CHOCOLATE
STOPS: Open from 11am - 4pm
Visit each
of these stops to enjoy the trailside treats.
 1785 Inn Adventure
Suites Eastern Inns
New England Inn Old Field House Riverside Inn B&B
Stonehurst
Manor the Touring Center at Ragged
Mountain Equipment
NEW this year ... Whitaker Meeting House. Start or end your tour at the Whitaker Meeting House stop and sample a chocolate treat prepared by Tammy Armstrong, the chocolatier from DOVE Chocolate Discoveries. Tammy will be offering samples of restaurant quality desserts prepared with an exclusive line of Chef-Series chocolate in milk, dark, white and sugar-free dark chocolate. Samples offered will include White Chocolate Cheesecake, Truffle Berry Brownie Trifle and 5-Minute Mousse all prepared exclusively with Dove Chocolate! Learn how to make many of our decadent desserts in the privacy of your own home with family and friends at an In-Home Tasting Party or workshop where you will receive Free Chocolate. Fun activities for showers, birthdays, wedding parties and fund raisers. Now booking in home tasting parties and hiring chocolatiers. This will be the perfect start or finish to your 'sweetest day on the trails'.
TRAILSIDE REFRESHMENT STOP: Open from 11am - 4pm.
Believe in Books Literacy Foundation will operate a trailside refreshment stop along the Intervale Trail between the Touring Center and 1785 Inn. They will be offering refreshments and scarves for sale along with some comic relief. You must plan to visit this stop to enjoy the views, see what fun they have planned, and support this non-profit organization.
COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE SERVICE: Operates from 1 - 5pm.
A White Mountain Transit shuttle will operate continuously between some of the trailside chocolate stops beginning at 1 pm at the Stonehurst Manor. Shuttle will then circulate between New England Inn, the Touring Center, 1785 Inn, Adventure Suites, John Fuller School and back to Stonehurst Manor.
OTHER AREA STOPS:
Bernerhof Inn: located a few miles from the Touring Center on Route 302, the Bernerhof Inn will be open from 3 - 5:30 pm serving a Swiss Chocolate Marzipan Taste Treat.
Buttonwood Inn: open from 11am - 5pm for chocolate treat
Cathedral Ledge Resort: open from 11 am - 8 pm. Located at the corner of Hurricane Mountain Road and Route 16-302, a convenient stop on your way to the Buttonwood Inn. Stop by for a visit, some hot chocolate, and you'll receive all you need to sit by their bonfire and prepare your own s'more.
Cranmore Mountain: until 9pm - present your Festival pass and receive $3 off a ticket for the tubing hill
Molly B's Ice Cream: open from 11am - 6pm located on Route 16-302 next to Elvio's Pizza and just a short walk from Whitaker Woods Meeting House. Stop by for a hot fudge sundae or chocolate ice cream cone.
Vintner's Cellar Winery: open from 11am - 6pm. Visit this new addition to the area located south of North Conway Village on Route 16-302 at Willow Place, next to Bellini's. Adults are invitied to stop by for a taste of their Chocolate Tart Cherry Port - a nice new way to end the 'Sweetest Day on Cross Country Skis'.
TRAILSIDE FOOD STOPS: The following locations are on the trails and will be serving lunch or lighter fare and/or refreshments for those needing something other than chocolate to keep going. Food and beverage at these stops are not included with the Festival pass.
Tuckerman's Restaurant and Tavern - located at New England Inn. Opens at noon for lunch.
1785 Inn and Restaurant: in additon to complimentary chocolate offered, soups and salads from a limited menu and beverages of all kinds will be available for purchase during the Festival.
from a limited menu.
Stonehurst Manor: beverages of all kinds will be available for sale at their bar in addition to the complimentary chocolate served.
Moat Mountain Smokehouse & Brewing Company: opens for lunch and beverage service at 11:30 am.
TOUR TRAIL SUGGESTIONS: Skiers can decide which trails they want to utilize for going between stops. All trails are in excellent condition with excellent skate or classic lanes. We will have some of the best ski conditions we have ever had.
Between the New England Inn / Old Field House / Riverside B & B and Ragged Mountain the Intervale Trail is the only way.
From Ragged Mountain to the lower end of the network the shortest link is the Intervale Trail to the Pasture Trail to the 1785 Trail.
The Stonehurst Trail connects the 1785 Trail via the Adventure Suites to the Stonehurst Inn and east to the Powerline Trail.
From the 1785 Inn or Stonehurst Manor, take the Powerline Trail to Whitaker Lane then Bancroft Loop. The Bancroft Loop will take skiers directly to the Whitaker Meeting House.
For Eastern Inns skiers turn off the Bancroft Loop and go a very short distance on the Bancroft Connection before turning right on the Eastern Inn Trail to go to the Eastern Inns. Skiers going to the Eastern Inn need to watch for a signs directing them off the Bancroft Loop to the Eastern Inn Trail. Directional signage will be placed by Sunday to help skiers in Whitaker Woods.
Tickets are now available at any of the trailside
and network stops.
Avoid the crowds and SAVE when you purchase your ticket in advance.
Sorry, all pass holders must purchase the Festival Pass
to indulge in the chocolate treats!
2009 Festival
Pass . . . New this year...
$20 when purchased in advance - $25 when purchased on Festival day
Tickets may be purchased at the Touring Center or any trailside Chocolate Stop.
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