AUBURN — Despite this past winter that seemed like it only just ended, a co-owner of Lost Valley, the only Alpine ski hill in the Twin Cities, said that without help the resort would be unable to open for another season of skiing and snowboarding. “We’re looking for ideas,” said Lincoln Hayes, a co-owner of the […]
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Sugarloaf nearly at season’s end
CARRABASSET VALLEY (AP) — When it comes to skiing, Sugarloaf is the last one still in business in Maine. But all good things must come to an end, even after a snowy winter and cool spring temperatures. Sugarloaf says skiers and snowboarders will finish off the season this Saturday and Sunday. Spokesman Ethan Austin said […]
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Black Mountain to host ‘Donation Sun-Day
RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Maine will close for the season Sunday with skiers and snow-tubers paying whatever they can afford, marketing director Paige Carter said. “Last year, we closed on March 24, three weeks earlier than we’re closing this year,” she said. “As a result, we decided to try something different for our closing […]
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The season in review before signing off
While this season had its share of hiccups with a big January thaw, February and March saw abundant snow, and as recently as the last Thursday, I skied on mid-winter surfaces at Bretton Woods. It was firm packed powder, but the high warm sun made the day perfect. It was probably the last day of […]
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Dumont Cup: Kenworthy back on top
NEWRY — All Gus Kenworthy could do was keep his fingers crossed and hope his score was good enough. Kenworthy was the next-to-last skier to go Saturday afternoon at the sixth annual Dumont Cup at Sunday River. When Kenworthy missed a rail early in his final run, it was up to his rival Nick Goepper […]
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Skiing: Winter proves it has mind of its own
When I referred to March as the best month to ski I wasn’t anticipating one of the coldest month’s on record. Not only did we get a lot more snow than normal, but thanks to January like temperatures, most of it is still on the slopes. Unless we get an unusually warm April, skiing could […]
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Dumont Cup: Stars come out for godfather’s legacy
How does an athlete from Bethel, Maine, earn the label “godfather of freeskiing?” By not being overly obedient to his forefathers, for starters. “I basically got into it because I didn’t like what was out there,” Simon Dumont said. “I didn’t care for racing at all. I tried moguls for about six months. I didn’t […]
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Skiing: Paying tribute to Saddleback’s past, contemplating its future
Twenty inches of snow will always draw a crowd of skiers, and a week ago Friday at Saddleback, I shouldn’t have been surprised to see the number of cars. I arrived around 3:30 in the afternoon, too late in the day to ski but early for the birthday party scheduled for 4:30. The parking lots […]