• Experience some authentic axe hrowing. This signature resort activity takes place each day, offering guests the opportunity to experience a bit of the region’s logging history by hurling these chopping tools at wooden targets 20 feet away.

• Go from barn to yarn. When the Dodge family opened their doors to guests in 1865, Mountain View Grand was a working farm generating much of its own food. Today, tour the destinations’s orchard, greenhouse and gardens, and spend time with an array of farm animals including sheep, goats, alpacas, and rabbits. Yarn from the sheep’s wool is woven into the unique Mountain View Farm Blend, which can be purchased at the resort.

• Hike through Crawford Notch State Park. This verdant destination is home to several natural wonders, including Mount Carrigain and South Twin Mountain.