A four-star historic, grand resort hotel, featuring 27 holes of golf, mountain biking and hiking. Beautifully planted and groomed garden containing some 30,000 annual and perennial plantings. Guided natural history tours. Grand buffet luncheon daily at the hotel, patio luncheon at the golf club. Hiking and garden tour free.
Its original Dixville House carries a traditional Victorian clapboard exterior while the "new" Hampshire wing was built in 1917 in the Rhenish Style of architecture.
The Balsams is best known for its participation in the "First in the Nation Primary," where townspeople come out to vote every four years since 1968.
In the winter months, The Balsams provides guests with on-site alpine skiing offering 16 trails on two slopes served by 2 triple chair lifts, 5 gladed areas, snowboarding Terrain Park, and full-service base lodge; a 95 kilometer cross-country trail system; 33 km of designated snowshoe trails and ice-skating. For more information on winter fun at The Balsams, please visit our winter section.
