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The official state symbols represent the cultural heritage and natural treasures of each state or the entire United States

New Hampshire Symbols

New Hampshire State Sport

Skiing

Adopted in 1998.

Skiing is the state sport of New Hampshire. It was adopted in 1998.

New Hampshire in winter will excite your senses, nourish your spirit and inspire your imagination. There's nothing like New Hampshire's legendary big mountains to get alpine skiers and snowboarders dreaming…and there are some wonderful family-size mountains, too. Cross country ski networks range from a few kilometers across snow-covered golf courses to 100+ kilometer world class trail networks. Many cross country centers offer snowshoeing, while many alpine resorts have snowtubing runs with lifts.

Ski New Hampshire is the official source for alpine and cross country ski conditions. Many Ski NH alpine and nordic resorts provide adaptiveskiing programs for the disabled. Details are given on the Ski NH website.

New Hampshire Legislature Archives
3:22 State Sport.
Skiing is hereby designated as the official state sport of New Hampshire.
Source. 1998, 94:1, eff. July 18, 1998.

State Symbols

State symbols represent things that are special to a particular state.

symbol \ˈsim-bəl\
noun

Etymology:
in sense 1, from Late Latin symbolum, from Late Greek symbolon, from Greek, token, sign; in other senses from Latin symbolum token, sign, symbol, from Greek symbolon, literally, token of identity verified by comparing its other half, from symballein to throw together, compare, from syn- + ballein to throw — more at devil
Date: 15th century

1: Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible.