By Hilary Nangle on March 28, 2008
Sunday River is installing a chondula from South Ridge to North Peak. Yeah, I know, a what? It’s a chairlift with occasional gondola cabins. According to Rivah wags, this is the first stage of repositioning the resort for four-season use (hiking, walking, biking…). Access will be year round. It’s but one part of the $14 [...]
Posted in Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged chondula, Skiing/Riding, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on March 28, 2008
Thanks to the tanking dollar against the rising pound and Euro, accents are plentiful on New England’s slopes, from the Eastern Europeans manning the lifts to the Brits skiing. Bretton Woods, N.H., is no exception. So, I wasn’t surprised, when I struck up a conversation on the Rosebrook Express chair, to hear what sounded like [...]
Posted in Beyond Maine, Skiing/Riding | Tagged Isle of Man, Skiing/Riding |
By Hilary Nangle on March 26, 2008
The annual James Beard Award nominees for Best Chef in the Northeast include three familiar Maine faces: Rob Evans of Hugo’s, in Portland, and Mark Gaier and Clark Frasier of Arrows, in Ogunquit. All are repeat nominees. Frankly, I think if the judges visited Evans’ other restaurant, Duckfat, and washed down a bowl of poutine [...]
Posted in Quebec | Tagged Arrows, Duckfat, Hugo's, Maine, MC, Portland, poutine, Stoneham Ski |
By Hilary Nangle on March 25, 2008
BANFF, Alberta, Canada–With good reason, the Willow Stream Spa at the castle-like Fairmont Banff Springs hotel gets most of the ink when it comes to spa talk (I dished about that one previously), but for anyone seeking a soothing soak in an outdoor mineral pool with the Canadian Rockies as a backdrop, the historic Banff [...]
Posted in Beyond Maine, Skiing/Riding, Spas, Western Canada | Tagged Canadian Rockies, Skiing/Riding, Spa |
By Hilary Nangle on March 25, 2008
If you live south of, say, Augusta, Maine, you’re likely experiencing that season known as “spring.” Up here in the north country, not. Our Sugarloaf house still has close to four feet in the yard, and the snowbanks still tower well over that. Which means, it’s still winter and the skiing goes on. And it’s [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Skiing/Riding, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on March 25, 2008
I…am…a…chocoholic. There, I said it. I’ve been known to crave dark (only dark, and the darker the better) chocolate at 8 a.m., so you know I’m seriously addicted. Once in Boston, when I craved a fix, I discovered The Chocolate Bar, in The Langham Hotel’s Café Fleuri for brunch. Oh. My. God! My friend Karen [...]
Posted in Beyond Maine, Food, New England | Tagged Boston, chocolate, Dining |
By Hilary Nangle on March 25, 2008
You know how I raved about Balnea, the Nordic-style spa in the Quebec’s Eastern Townships, well here’s another. The Zonespa, in St-Ferréol-les-Neiges, near Mt. Ste. Anne and about a 20 minute drive east of Quebec City, is a surefire way to relax after a day skiing at either Mt. Ste. Anne or Le Massif. Although [...]
Posted in Beyond Maine, Eastern Canada, Quebec, Skiing/Riding, Spas | Tagged Quebec, Skiing/Riding, Spa |
By Hilary Nangle on March 21, 2008
Despite doubts, I did it. I backpacked into Poplar Stream hut, the first hut on the new Maine Huts & Trails system. I had doubts because I haven’t donned a backpack in eons, I’ve never hiked in winter and it was 2.5 uphill miles. It was SO worth it. The trail parallels Poplar Stream from [...]
Posted in Cabins & Cottages, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged cross-country skiing, hiking, Maine, mountain biking |
By Hilary Nangle on March 18, 2008
I say: maple syrup. You reply: Vermont. It’s marketing, baby. Trust me, the Green Mountain state isn’t the only one with sugar maples, far from it. Maine has plenty, and Maine farms produce plenty of syrup and other sweet treats made from the sap. This weekend, Maine’s maple syrup producers are out to strut their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Maine, maple syrup |
By Hilary Nangle on March 18, 2008
Whatcha doin’ for dinner Friday night? Sam Hayward, James Beard award-winning chef at Portland’s Fore Street, is taking a road trip to Carrabassett Valley, Maine. Nah, he’s not skiing at the ‘loaf; he’s volunteered to prepare a five-course fund-raising dinner at the newly opened Poplar Stream hut, the first in the new Maine Huts & [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine, Maine Huts, Sam Hayward, Skiing/Riding, Sugarloaf |
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