One ski area on my list to visit this year was Lost Valley. I hadn’t been there since Scott and April Shanaman took over as new owners and I wanted to get a first hand look at what was new. When I did, one change was obvious as I walked in. The seldom-used T-bar was […]
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Skier’s Edge Maine Standard Biofuels race one results
Skier’s Edge – Maine Standard Biofuels race series: Race 1 results: Winners: 7-9F — Jilian Desjardins 21.22; 7-9M — Daniel Watson 17.16; 10-12F — Ava Beaudin 17.10; 10-12M — Ellis Slover 15.75; 13-14F — Natalie Brocke 18.11; 13-14M — 15.68; 15-17F — Jordan Cummings 15.72; 15-17M — Oliver Hall 15.40; 18+F — Amy Benner 15.51; […]
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Youth Nordic Ski Day to introduce kids to skiing
NORWAY — The Western Foothills Land Trust and local Nordic ski enthusiasts will host a Bill Koch League introduction and ski meet at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 28, at Roberts Farm. Youth Nordic Ski Day will have coaching, games and fun activities followed by races. The program is for skiers ages 5 to 14. A parent […]
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Maranacook Nordic ski team enjoys itself on and off the snow
Parker Tinkham of the Maranacook Nordic Ski Team received a snowflake award for competing in her first high school Nordic race. Head coach Steve DeAngelis hands the awards out after each athlete competes in the first race. (Daryn Slover/Sun Journal) READFIELD — As the rain poured outside, melting away the snow that had been groomed […]
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On skiing: Catching up with Greg Stump
One week ago, I got a call from Greg Stump. He had heard about my book on Shawnee Peak and Pleasant Mountain and was looking for a copy. Most Maine skiers familiar with Stump’s films and background know that he grew up skiing at Pleasant Mountain, where as part of a Junior Masters program, he […]
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Bethel's Troy Murphy vying for Olympic spot
PARK CITY, Utah — Bethel native Troy Murphy is on the road to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Murphy, a mogul skier, is ranked by the International Ski Federation as eighth in the world and the top American. Mogul skiing combines racing down a series of small mounds on a mountainside in […]
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On skiing: Remembering a Maine skiing legend
Receiving news of Chummy Broomhall’s passing brought many memories and sent me to a copy of the program for the first Maine Ski Hall of Fame banquet. Of that inaugural class, Chummy was the last surviving member. In fact, of the 10 individual skiers who were inducted in 2003, only Chummy, John Bower and Bunny […]
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Wendall "Chummy" Broomhall, Maine skiing legend, dies
Wendall “Chummy” Broomhall, left, the oldest living member of the Chisholm Ski Club, talks as Scott Pitts listens at Black Mountain’s Winter Carnival in February 2017. Pitts asked Broomhall to autograph his newly purchased copy of “A Century on Skis” by Scott Andrews. (Sun Journal file photo) Maine — and the United States — have […]
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On Skiing: An action-packed January on tap at Maine's slopes
As usual, our ski areas have plenty of plans for the coming month. With January’s reputation for being a cold month, ski areas have developed numerous ways to lure skiers to the slopes, especially those skiers who might wait until February. Those of us who ski regularly, from the beginning of the season to the […]
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Falling temps fail to keep Maine skiers off slopes and trails
WESTBROOK — Lisa Hallee came to Smiling Hill Farm on Wednesday afternoon to cross country ski – and planned to ski until dusk, despite the frigid temperatures. She looked perplexed when asked if she plans to curtail her skiing this week because of the cold snap. “I just wear lots and lots of layers,” said […]