Nordic Center

The Dublin School Nordic Center is nestled on the North side of Dublin School's campus on Beech Hill. Equipped with lights and snowmaking to extend the hours of accessible skiing, we welcome public use of this incredible facility. The Nordic Center is the home facility for Dublin-XC a youth to masters skiing club.

Celebrating our 10th season, the Nordic Center opened in January 2014. The trails are designed to be challenging and fun, with lots of twists and turns to keep young people entertained while developing important skills and balance for the sport. The 9 km trail system provides the School with a state of the art training and racing facility to complement its long-existing 20 km trail system below Dublin Road.

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New Year, New Snow!

Jan 21 2025 10:17 AM

Happy New Year! After a slow start due to some equipment malfunctions, the snowmaking operations are back in full swing. Mother Nature helped out with 8 inches of very light snow over the long weekend. All trails at the Nordic Center are open, with some thin spots. We will not be grooming the lower trails until we get more, and denser, natural snow.

The first of the sculptures for the Putnam sculpture park was installed in December on the Placid trail, check out "Heron" by Joseph Gray next time you ski!

New for the 2025 winter, introducing our super helpful ambassadors Maya and Alix! They will be on site on Sundays this season to open up the yurt and warming hut, and help visitors navigate the Nordic Center. Thank you both!

Great Recovery!

Dec 14 2024 2:01 PM

After three inches of rain, warm temperatures and high winds on Wednesday, the many amazing people who are part of the Nordic Center community came out to save the skiing! The Grooming and Snowmaking teams got to work resurfacing the icy remains and taking advantage of the cold to make a TON of snow! We had skiable terrain by Thursday afternoon. Our local skiers started picking up the many sticks that blew down on the trails. On Saturday morning the Dublin School students came out and got even more cleaned up! The new location for snowmaking at the top of Sapporo held up incredibly well and has a base 1 foot deep. The goal is to finish linking this down to the stadium as soon as possible. Thank you all for your help, your donations, and your community spirit!

A Fantastic Opening Weekend!

Dec 8 2024 3:30 PM

Many teams, clubs and individuals were out enjoying the great conditions this weekend! A wonderful crew of Dublin School students were out getting the warming hut ready. Thank you all for coming, and for your donations to support all the amazing work of the snowmakers and groomers. Many thanks to Steve, Dave, and Francis for all their work to get things ready this early in the season. You are all a huge part of making the Nordic Center such a special place!

12/1 update. Welcome Winter!

Dec 1 2024 9:40 AM

Welcome back everyone! We have rolled the natural snow and are making snow! Need things to firm up before real grooming begins. Thin cover but skiable with caution. Reminder that the grooming report is found on the Nordic Pulse interactive map on the home page. This page is just for occasional news!

Getting ready!

Nov 3 2024 1:09 PM

Happy November everyone! The next expansion of the lighted snowmaking loops is almost complete, and Steve has begun testing the snowguns and tuning up the grooming machines. We will begin making snow at the earliest opportunity. Our local teams and clubs have begun dryland training and we all look forward to an exciting season ahead. Think COLD and stay tuned!

In other news, a big THANK YOU to our crew of local bikers and Dublin students who have been working to expand and improve the mountain bike trails all summer and fall. These are open to the public, just remember your e-waiver and please consider a donation to the Center.

Upcoming Events

The following races are on the calendar this season. In addition multiple High School and Club teams practice weekdays from 3:30-5:30. When terrain is limited to the snowmaking loop these groups have priority. Please see the grooming report for details during low snow times.

12/11 Prep School Race 1-5 pm

1/8 NH High School Race 2-5 pm

2/19 NH High School Race 2-5 pm

2/22 NENSA Dublin School Winterfest. All day event.

2/26 NH High School Race 2-5 pm

3/1 NEPSAC championship. All day event.

Using the Nordic Center

Using the nordic center

The Nordic Center is free and open to the public when not being used for school and regional events, and when conditions are safe for skiing. Our center runs off of donations that can be made above, with Venmo payments to Dublin School, or with a check payable to Dublin School. In all cases we ask that you put "Nordic Trails" in the memo/message box so we can track support for the Nordic Center. Dublin School is happy to pay for Nordic Center infrastructure, grooming and labor. We are hoping to raise money to pay for generator rental and fuel costs for snowmaking. Based on last year's figures we anticipate these costs to be $20,000.

All skiers must do the following in order to use the Nordic Center:

Fill out the Nordic Center Waiver.
Follow all safety guidelines at the Center and ski in the designated direction of travel.

Suggested Donation Amounts for use of snowmaking area:

Single skier $10 per day/ $100 per season
Family $25 per day/$250 per season
Team use of a single time slot: $100

Dublin XC, Keene, and Conval all pay an annual fee for their team's use of the Center. Please contact Lisa Bates (lbates@dublinschool.org) if you would like to work out a seasonal rate for your team.

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About

About the nordic center

We thank Michael Lehmann and Nancy Haynes, children of the founders of Dublin School—Paul and Nancy Lehmann, who donated the land and resources to develop the Nordic Center. They believe strongly in the power that comes from getting young people outside in the winter on a pair of skis.

The Dublin School Nordic Center opened in January 2014. The 9 km trail system, provides the school with a state of the art training and racing facility to complement its long-existing 20 km trail system below Dublin Road. By combining the School's trails with those of Yankee Publishing's trails, skiers can now ski from the Dublin General Store to the summit of Beech Hill. The trails are designed to be challenging and fun, with lots of twists and turns to keep young people entertained while developing important skills and balance for the sport.

In 2015 the International Ski Federation (FIS) voted to award Dublin School’s Nordic Center a homologation certificate for it’s five kilometer John Morton designed race course. The homologation process establishes an international standard for race courses to provide guidelines for course design and construction. Today the School is adding an extensive snowmaking and lighting system to one of its race loops. The course plans to or has hosted College Carnivals, Eastern Cups, Prep School races, and BKL and Citizen’s races.

Dublin’s course was intentionally designed to take advantage of Dublin’s high elevation (the course tops out at 1800 feet above sea level) and north-facing aspect. The course is in high demand due to its proximity to Boston and surrounding communities. According to Brad Bates, Head of School, “FIS homologation prequalifies Dublin to host national and international events where athletes hope to earn FIS points and qualify for the US National Team. For us, however, we are just happy to have such a fun and technical venue for our skiers to learn and enjoy the sport of skiing. None of this would have happened without the vision and support of Michael Lehmann, the son of our school’s founders, Paul and Nancy Lehmann. I also appreciate the efforts of our Buildings and Grounds Team and the support of trustee George Foote, who were all involved in constructing these trails.”

Mountain Biking

Mountain Biking at the Nordic Center:

Our trails are free and open to the public. We ask that you fill out the online waiver and use caution as conditions are variable and hazards may exist. Please consider a donation to the Nordic Center to help us with the costs of maintaining trails and access to this beautiful place! Any amount is much appreciated!

In addition to being open for skiing in the winter, our Nordic Center trails are used by our school's Mountain Biking team in the off-season, and are also open to local bikers in the area!

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