Where to go

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The ski report

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...

A winter’s night in the Maine woods

Despite doubts, I did it. I backpacked into Poplar Stream hut, the first hut on the new Maine Huts & Trails system. I had...

Dinner and a Downhill

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,...

Sweet recovery at Sugarloaf

It's taken a few days, but when King Pine opened just after noon today, the wait was worth it. Lift crews had chiseled inches...

Sugarloaf shovel report

The snow gods continued their assault on Sugarloaf. Every time I think the conditions can't get any better, it snows again. Yesterday they blessed...