As I sat in my office Monday looking out on five to six inches of new snow, I knew it was not snowing at either of the ski areas still open. All but Sunday River and Sugarloaf had closed, and at most only and inch or so was forecast for those areas. Choosing the only […]
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River Valley native Reagan Carey leads U.S. women into World Championships
EVERETT, Wash. — Reagan Carey is taking it all in. Standing in the entryway between the locker room and the bench at the Xfinity Arena, Carey is watching the U.S. National Women’s Hockey Team go through their paces at practice, dashing from drill to drill, preparing for a tough tournament ahead at the International Ice […]
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Spring skiing comes early
Somehow it doesn’t seem as if we’ve had enough skiing this winter to be thinking about spring conditions, but St. Patrick’s Day is only four days away, and we’ve had some spring skiing weather almost once a week since the first of the year. A year ago, we were buried in snow both in the […]
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On skiing: The origins of the ski academy
Over the past few decades, we have become accustomed to hearing results of ski races and other on-snow competitions with the winners coming almost entirely from ski academies. Here in Maine, we know how Bode Miller, Seth Wescott and Kirsten Clark got their starts at Carrabassett Valley Academy. Indeed, since its founding in 1983, CVA […]
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Marching into a good month
The two biggest days for spring skiing are St Patrick’s Day and Easter, and this year they both come in March. This can be bad news for ski areas, especially in a year like this one. Many skiers consider Easter the end of the season, even coming as it does two or three weeks ahead […]
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On Skiing: Preserving history, and adding to the traditions
A pair of events a week ago brought to mind how deeply skiing is entrenched of our way of life here in Maine, and how far back this goes. One was the ninth annual Maine Ski Heritage Day at Sugarloaf, a major fund raiser for the Ski Museum of Maine. As always, we spent the […]
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Nordic Skiing: Maine Coast captures Class C titles
RUMFORD — A picture-perfect day on the course led to a clean sweep for Maine Coast Waldorf School at the Class C Nordic skiing state championships. The dynasty continued for Maine Coast Waldorf — which was previously known as Merriconeag Waldorf — on Friday at Black Mountain Ski Resort. The girls’ team won its sixth […]
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State Nordic skiing roundup: Mt. Blue boys, girls take Class A leads
FARMINGTON — Mt. Blue was right at home Thursday, and it showed. Sking on the familiar snow of Titcomb Mountain in Farmington, the Mt. Blue Nordic ski teams jumped out ahead of the field at the Class A state championships in the classical discipline. Tucker Barber led the charge in the boys’ race, earning a […]
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Class A Alpine skiing: Falmouth, Edward Little in front after GS
Bell’s 1:01.22 was only 17th best among second runs, but his 44.77 on the first gave him a low enough time to maintain a top-10 finish, joining teammate Connor Jackson (fifth), and helping the Eddies to a narrow lead over Mt. Blue through the giant slalom event. The slalom event is Thursday at Mt. Abram. […]
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Incoming storm bumps high school ski team meets
The messy storm expected to impact the region through Tuesday has forced the Maine Principals’ Association to alter its state championship ski meet schedules. The Classes A and B Alpine meets were slated for Tuesday, but have been pushed back a day. To accommodate that shift, the first day of the Class C Nordic competition […]