By Hilary Nangle on January 4, 2011
Skiing or snowshoeing hut to hut along the Maine Hut Trail isn’t for everyone, but just about anyone can enjoy walking into the Flagstaff Lake Hut for lunch. The Flagstaff Lake Hut, the middle of three along the trail, has an enviable setting on the shores of Flagstaff Lake. It’s remote, wild country, and in [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Food, Free Stuff, Hiking, Lodging, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Flagstaff Lake Hut, Maine Huts Trail |
By Hilary Nangle on December 29, 2010
Direct from Sugarloaf’s communications department: Carrabassett Valley, ME (Dec. 29, 2010) – Inspectors from the State of Maine Board of Elevators and Tramways, along with mountain operations personnel and representatives from Sugarloaf Mountain are investigating the deropement of the Spillway East chairlift, which took place at approximately 10:30am on Tuesday, December 28. The investigation, which [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding | Tagged Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on December 28, 2010
I love the word incident, it’s so understated, so British (I was stuck on a train once in Scotland during a rail incident, actually a suicide attempt up the line that stopped all train traffic passing on that track, but I digress). Unless you’ve been off line and out of range of TV and radio, [...]
Posted in Activities, Skiing/Riding | Tagged lift derailment, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on December 28, 2010
Yesterday’s blizzard arrived just in time. The world’s best Nordic skiers in Maine for not one, not two, but three events this winter: The U.S. National Cross-Country Championships and two World Cup biathlon events. First up is the 2011 U.S. National Cross-Country Championships, at Black Mountain of Maine, in Rumford. Training opens Jan. 1; racing [...]
Posted in Activities, Aroostook County, Events, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged cross-country skiing, Fort Kent, Presque Isle, Rumford, U.S. National Cross Country Championships, World Cup biathlon |
By Hilary Nangle on December 18, 2010
Want to learn to ski or snowboard for free? The Ski Maine Association is coordinating the Learn to Ski and Ride Free Week, which provides free lift ticket, first-timer lesson, and rental equipment at eight Maine resorts. Yes, it’s free, but you have to sign-up for a session, and already some areas are sold out [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Free Stuff, Skiing/Riding, Trip Planning | Tagged skiing, snowboarding |
By Hilary Nangle on June 10, 2010
Angsting to zip down Sugarloaf in summer as fast, if not faster, than in winter? The Carrabasset Valley, Maine, peak is installing a zipline course, and beginning on Aug. 7, it expects to be offering both zipline tours and scenic lift rides on Saturdays. Sugarloaf’s zipline course will follow the old Gondy line and deliver [...]
Posted in Activities, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains, Where to go | Tagged Carrabassett Valley, Maine, Sugarloaf, summer at sugarloaf, zipline, zipline at sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on April 28, 2010
Get your last runs of the season in, and combine it with a round of golf this weekend at Sugarloaf. Here’s the deal: This weekend, May 1-2, is Ski and Tee Weekend, where you can ski on the mountain and play the back nine at the Sugarloaf Golf Club all in the same day. The [...]
Posted in Activities, Deals, Entertainment, Events, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged free concert, Maine, ski and golf in same weekend, Ski and tee, Steel pan concert, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on March 19, 2010
Here’s one more event for this weekend: On Saturday, March 20, Saddleback Ski Area, in Rangeley, hosts its sixth annual Telemark Invasion. • Test new telemark skiing gear • Free clinics for all abilities • An up/down climb event-—be sure to bring skins, if you want to participate. All followed by apres in the Swig’n’Smelt [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine, Rangeley, Saddleback, spring skiing, Telemark Invasion |
By Hilary Nangle on March 15, 2010
This weekend, I hiked into the Flagstaff Lake Hut of the Maine Huts & Trails network for a quick overnight and to present Dave Herring (left), executive director of Maine Huts, with the Society of American Travel Writers Phoenix award. As a writer who specializes in Maine and who strives to get readers off the [...]
Posted in Cabins & Cottages, Hiking, Lodging, Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding, Sporting Camps, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Bigelow Mountains, Carrabassett Valley, Flagstaff Lake, Flagstaff Lake Hut, green lodging, hiking, Maine, Maine Huts & Trails, off-the-grid huts, paddling, skiing, snowshoeing, winter hiking |
By Hilary Nangle on March 13, 2010
Sugarloaf’s Bud Light Reggae Festival returns April 15-18 for three days of insanity, music, wild times, and (one hopes) spring skiing. The 2010 Reggae Festival will feature 11 bands, with a different headliner each day. Among those performing are: • Inner Circle, Friday night, in the King Pine Room, tix required • Kenyatta Culture Hill, [...]
Posted in Activities, Events, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged free concerts, music, Reggae Festival, spring skiing, Sugarloaf |
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