About Us

The Melrose Hickory Hawks Ski & Board Club (a.k.a. The Hawks) is located in Glen, NH nestled in the heart of New Hampshire's beautiful White Mountains in the Mt. Washington Valley/North Conway area. The Hawks Ski Club is within minutes of Attitash/Bear Peak, Wildcat Mountain, Black Mountain and Cranmore. Also we're less than an hour to Loon, Cannon Bretton Woods and Sunday River Ski Areas.

The Hawks have over 50 active and enthusiastic members. The unique clubhouse is the old Hickory Junction Train Station which sits right on the Conway Scenic Railway line. The clubhouse has a full kitchen, fireplace, bar, cable TV, stereo, ping-pong, and more. The spacious club also has a separate bunkhouse with sleeping accommodations for 22 men and 22 women.

PRIVILEGES OF BEING A HAWK

• Year-round access to the lodge facilities
• Opportunity to be a member of the ski and board racing team
• Access to discount tickets at mountains all over New England
• Close proximity to the Red parka Pub and other Valley hot spots
• Calendar full of social events all winter long
• Conveniently located near seven major ski areas
  • Attitash Bear Peak
  • Loon Mountain
  • Wildcat Mountain
  • Bretton Woods & Mt Washington
  • Cranmore
  • Cannon Mountain
  • Sunday River Mountain
• Monthly newsletter (The Hawkeye) and EICSL newsletter (Liftlines)
• Membership in EICSL (Eastern Inter-Club Ski League), which includes discounts at many of Mt. Washington Valley and Boston area businesses

EASTERN INTER-CLUB SKI LEAGUE

As a Hawk, you will also be a member of the Eastern Inter-Club Ski League a.k.a. EICSL, a small group of ski clubs which united in the 1950's to provide a vehicle for organized recreational racing under the Eastern division of the United States Ski Association. Since that time it has evolved into an organization that balances the interests of BOTH racing and recreational skiers, and non-skiers as well. EICSL promotes cooperation between its member clubs on races and a year long calendar of social events. This allows the member clubs to provide an economic way for skiers to participate in their sport and meet a lot of fellow skiers. At present, EICSL is made up of approximately 30 clubs with roughly 1,900 members. Most of the clubs have houses situated in the North Conway area.

As well as the winter sports, there is also Summer Club. Traditionally, three EICSL clubs, including the Hawks, make their houses available to EICSL members and guests for the various activities that take place in the valley during the summer season. The main events take place on the three holiday weekends, Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day and include volleyball, tubing, mountain biking, hiking, golfing etc.