When the latest issue of SKI Magazine arrived a couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t help but notice the headline, “Spring Secret: Powder.” Elsewhere on that front cover were mentions of spring festivals and best places for late season skiing. Sure enough, when I checked the issue date it read, “Spring 2015” two full weeks […]
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Digging out, digging in and digging it — Maine’s snow businesses happy with Juno
But overall the Twin Cities and Maine in general handled Juno with relatively little pain, according to state and local officials. “We’re doing pretty good,” said Joanne Potvin, the director of Androscoggin County’s Emergency Management Agency. Potvin said overnight Tuesday there were no reported incidents, and that agency activities were largely back to normal returning […]
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Revival of UMF ski program a step in the right direction
It’s been seven years since I wrote in this space about the demise of the University of Maine Farmington Ski Industries Program. At that time, the issue was the end of a program that for 25 years turned out skiers prepared to take positions in the ski industry. It had been created […]
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Alpine skiing: Mt. Blue peaking, wins KVAC/MVC regular-season meet
With the KVAC/MVC championships less than two weeks away, the Cougars put together their best individual and team performances Friday at Titcomb Mountain. Mt. Blue placed four skiers in the top 10 and took first at the midseason KVAC/MVC meet. Kyle Farrington paced the Cougars with a fifth-place finish with a combined time of 1 […]
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Mt. Abram’s investments paying off
Last Saturday, I spent a day at Mount Abram and was rewarded with some good skiing. I wanted to see how things were going under the new management that is now in its second season. One change that’s hard to miss is the giant array of solar panels that stretch across the low end of […]
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Alpine skiing: Guerette edges Klein to win Titcomb girls’ slalom; Miller leads boys
The local racers were one-two in both races at the 2014 Class C state meet, with each claiming an individual title. Activities held true to form Wednesday in the MVC/KVAC Otterslide Challenge at Titcomb Mountain, where reigning slalom champion Guerette won another showdown with Klein in that discipline by a margin of less than a […]
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On skiing: Hyped weather forecasts shouldn’t deter you from skiing
Monday night I got the call from my brother-in-law letting me know that he would not be joining me for skiing Wednesday. He had heard the weather forecast and decided it would be too cold. Tuesday morning, I watched the weather and the announcer was telling us to stay inside unless we absolutely had to […]
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On skiing: A reflection on 2014
As turning the calendar to the new year always comes when the ski season is well underway, looking back at the past year always takes us nearly a full season. Of course, the big event of 2014 was the Olympics, where the U.S. had two big disappointments when a pair of our biggest medal favorites […]
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Time to ring in the New Year on the slopes
As the year ends, the ski season is off to a great start in the higher mountains, but there’s a struggle due to weather in the southern mountains. Snowmakers are watching temperatures closely to take advantage of any snowmaking opportunities to enhance conditions and open more terrain. All we can do is watch the weather […]