Temple Mountain Skiing

23/02/2017

I'd like to congratulate Joe Manning for being awarded citizen of the year by the Jaffrey Chamber of Commerce for his many years of community service. Among his many contributions, he was a volunteer on Temple Mountain's ski patrol for 24 years and he introduced many area young people to skiing. Congratulations, Joe!

17/11/2016

I have some talks on the history of skiing and book signings coming up that I'd like to let you know about:

The History of Skiing at the Nashua Rotary, November 28th at noon at the Nashua Country Club

The History of Skiing at The Hollis Library, Hollis, NH, December 6th from 7-8 pm

The History of Skiing, Crotched Mountain Race Team, Saturday, December 10th, 4-7 pm

The History and Spirituality of Skiing, The Happy Space Lunch and Learn Series, Friday, December 16th, noon-1:30 at The Nashua Country Club.

For more information on these events or if you'd like to host one too, please contact Mike at (603) 654-9203.

27/03/2016

2016 "Winter" was a No-Show

This "Winter reminds me of 1980, a similar snow-less winter that frustrated snow lovers. I'm very glad I'm not still in the ski business now!!

Usually I ski about 40-50 times a season since selling Temple Mt. This year maybe I made turns about 15 days. And the snowshoeing I do several days a week right out of my house only happened twice this year. I never even fired up my snowmobile once which is unheard of.

One of the usual perks of living in NH is skiing at Cannon Mt. My last time skiing was on March 12th at Cannon Mt with Masters racing buddy Bill Crabtree. Once the cloud cover cleared it was good skiing on the upper mountain. One of my favorite parts of the Cannon experience is the big vistas, especially looking East across Franconia Notch toward Mt. Lafayette. The only other New England ski mountain offering similar spectacular visitas is looking West from Wildcat toward Mt. Washington and Tuckerman's ravine.

If you wanted the big mountain vistas. the Rockies and the alps were the mountains to ski in 2016. New England this "winter" was a sea of browns. My grandson Hunter went with his freeski team to Big Sky and had several days of powder, which made me happy.

Perhaps, we skiers can take some wisdom from the post-season commentary of my favorite NFL coach, "It is what it is".

It's likely we New England skiers will caulk up 2016 as a painful character building experiences and hope that 2017 will be far better. However, weird weather appears to be the new normal as global climate change is evident. Mike Beebe

17/03/2016

We are all sorry to hear about long time Temple Mountain neighbor, Ed Hampson;s passing. He is a beloved part of the Temple Mountain family. He had a small camp behind the West Area long before the lodge and Broadway trail were there. His son Jon still lives on Temple. We have many fond memories shared with the Hampsons.

11/03/2016

My new book is now available! You can visit the Toadstool Bookshops in MIlford, Peterborough or Keene or you can order one through my website, TempleMountainSkiing.com. I look forward to sharing our memories with you!

If you have a group that would be interested in a talk on Temple Mountain or the history of skiing, please feel free get in touch with me.

11/03/2016

This is a really nice article from The Milford Cabinet this week. Thanks to correspondent, Jessie Salisbury!

02/03/2016

Mike recently spoke to a group of skiing enthusiasts at the Tarbel Library in Lyndeborough.

02/03/2016

The Beebe Family welcomes you to this site designed to share our memories of Temple Mountain. Mike Beebe's memoirs of the Beebe family's involvement with Temple Mountain from 1937-1984 is coming out soon. "My Cathedral: Temple Mountain" is a heart-felt look behind the early days of skiing and the growth of Temple Mountain.

02/03/2016