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By Hilary Nangle on February 23, 2010
Yes! It’s finally snowing in western Maine’s mountains: No PR hype here, I’m looking out my window near Sugarloaf and it’s white, white, white, with snow predicted to continue into Thursday. Total accumulation? Forecasters are using the word feet. So dust off your skis and snowbaords, and take advantage of some of these lift ticket [...]
Posted in Deals, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Black Mountain, Camden Snowbowl, Deals, lift tickets, Maine, Maine skiing, Mat. Abram, Saddleback, Shawnee Peak, ski discounts, Skiing/Riding, snowboarding, specials, Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Titcomb |
By Hilary Nangle on January 23, 2010
Great snow, fine weather, what a perfect winter to learn to ski or snowboard, and the Maine Ski and Ride Card makes it easy and affordable (everything’s relative, I know). Here’s the deal: Purchase the $89 Ski and Ride Card at Lost Valley in Auburn, Titcomb in Farmington, or the Camden Snow Bowl, in Camden. [...]
Posted in Deals, Skiing/Riding | Tagged Camden Snow Bowl, Learn to Ride, Learn to Ski, Lost Valley, Maine Ski and Ride Card, Maine skiing, Maine snowboarding, Sugarloaf, Sunday River, Titcomb |
By Hilary Nangle on January 1, 2010
If you’re one of the many skiers and snowboarders who really don’t need a humongous resort, miles of trails, high-speed lifts, and the prices that go with, then you might want to check out Camden Snow Bowl, in coastal Camden, a town better known among yachtsmen than skiers. The Snow Bowl exists in a time [...]
Posted in Events, Penobscot Bay, Skiing/Riding | Tagged Camden Maine, Camden Snow Bowl, Maine skiing, North American Tobogganing Championships |
By Hilary Nangle on November 28, 2009
About time, eh? According to info from the ‘loaf, the mountain last night received eight inches at the base and more than a foot at the top of the SuperQuad. That’s enough to allow the mountain to open tomorrow to experts for skiing and riding on Tote Road via the SuperQuad. Here’s the fine print: [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine skiing, Sugarloaf opens, SuperQuad opens, Tote Road |
By Hilary Nangle on November 23, 2009
Here’s a steal! Sunday River is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season with all kinds of deals (including $50 lift tix on many days). Most are midweek, but through Dec. 19, the Rivah is offering a lodging package (Snow Cap Inn), lift ticket, and 90-minute lesson for $50 per person/per day, based on maximum occupancy. [...]
Posted in Deals, Events, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged $50 lift tickets, $50 lodging package, 50th anniversary deals, Bethel, Birthday bash at Sunday River, Maine skiing, Sunday River |
By Hilary Nangle on April 28, 2009
Lift, that is. I thought it was lonely at Sugarloaf yesterday; today there were perhaps two dozen skiers. Only the SuperQuad is running—you can’t get to Spillway any more. Only four trails: Tote, King’s Landing, Hayburner, and Skidder. And with temps in the 80s (I kid you not), it’s going fast, fast, fast. I took [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine skiing, spring skiing, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on April 2, 2009
Wow! I had to drag myself off the mountain. Spring skiing doesn’t get any better than it was at Sugarloaf today. Didn’t hurt that the rain which fell elsewhere was snow on the summit–all the trees were coated with frosty snow. Nor did the blue skies, warm sun, and temperatures that kept it somewhat wintry [...]
Posted in Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine, Maine skiing, Maine travel, Skiing/Riding, Spring skiing at Sugarloaf, Sugarloaf |
By Hilary Nangle on March 29, 2009
Who needs spring when you’ve got winter ski conditions in the mountains? Snow may be melting or gone south of northwestern Maine, but up here, well, winter continues. I skied Wednesday and Thursday at the ‘loaf, and if I’d skied there yesterday, I would have dipped into the Backside Snowfields. Instead, my friend Karen and [...]
Posted in Events, Skiing/Riding | Tagged kids box race at Saddleback, Maine skiing, Saddleback, spring skiing at saddleback, summit views form Saddleback Maine |
By Hilary Nangle on March 26, 2009
Wow, Saddleback is on the move (remember that ole Maine slogan from the Angus King years?). This year, paid visits are up 22 percent, with season-pass sales up 23 percent, and real estate sales totalling $4 million. No wonder its bullish on the future. With an eye toward four-season operation, the resort has signed a [...]
Posted in Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding, Western Lakes & Mountains | Tagged Maine skiing, Maine travel, new hotel at Saddleback, new lifts at Saddleback., Rangeley Maine, Saddleback announces expansion plans, Saddleback buys Oquossoc Cove Marina, Saddleback Maine skiing, Skiing/Riding |
By Hilary Nangle on February 10, 2009
After attending the Gov’s conference on tourism earlier in the day, and taping a 207 show (yup, that’s me yapping about skiing), and stopping in to see Backstage Pass, the rock and roll photography show at the Portland Musem of Art (you MUST go), and browsing at Longfellow Books, I was hungry. I’ve been hearing [...]
Posted in Food, Moon guidebook updates, Skiing/Riding | Tagged Backstage Pass exhibit, Bresca, Caiolas, dining in Portland Maine, Maine skiing, Portland Maine restaurants, Portland Museum of Art, rock and roll photography |
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