Tim Jitloff of the U.S. Ski Team crashes a gate during the first run of the giant slalom race on Narrow Gauge at Sugarloaf in 2015. Jitloff won the giant slalom title during the U.S. Alpine Championships. The man to beat in giant slalom at this year’s U.S. Alpine Championships has been a man beaten […]
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Sugarloaf gears up for US Alpine Championships
CARABBASSET VALLEY — Maine is gearing up to host some of the nation’s top skiers. The U.S. Alpine Championships kick off this weekend at Sugarloaf ski area with skiers arriving after the World Cup wrapped up in Colorado. The event is a major ski development tool, pitting top skiers from regional teams around the U.S. […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy scholarship fundraiser set for Feb. 25
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Carrabassett Valley Academy will hold its annual CVA Scholarship Fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Sugarloaf Inn. The event is a critical piece of the academy’s fundraising efforts to raise scholarship money for current and prospective student athletes. Each year, Carrabassett Valley Academy awards more than $800,000 […]
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On Skiing: The road to the top of Alpine ski racing
By now, many Maine skiers know that the U.S. Alpine Championships will come to Sugarloaf on March 24-29 and the best ski racers on the U.S. Ski Team will be in the competition. We also know there will be some Canadian skiers in the races and some up-and-coming young Maine skiers will also get to […]
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Alfond Competition Center opens
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Following months of planning, constructing and fundraising, Carrabassett Valley Academy, Sugarloaf and the Sugarloaf Ski Club celebrated the grand opening of the new, state-of-the-art Bill and Joan Alfond Competition Center on Saturday, Dec. 10. Kate Webber Punderson, Carrabassett Valley Academy’s head of school, led a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony, with more than 300 […]
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On Skiing: Getting started depends on skill level, snow level
Making those first turns of the season has changed over the years. During my ski patrol days the decision wasn’t in my hands. I had to be there the first weekend day the mountain was open. As patrol director, I had to see that the rescue toboggans were properly packed and placed at the top […]
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On skiing: Sizing up Sugarloaf’s new competition center
Last week, I was at Sugarloaf and wanted to get a tour of the new competition center without waiting for the grand opening, which was yesterday. I remember the first races I covered where I worked out of Chip Carey’s office in the basement of the old base lodge and had to go down to […]
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Parisien, Chadbourne offer perspective on Killington World Cup ski race
KILLINGTON, Vt. — The last time New England hosted an FIS World Cup race, Auburn native Julie Parisian — who grew up skiing at Lost Valley Ski Area there — won the women’s giant slalom. The year was 1991; the place, Waterville Valley, New Hampshire. Parisien, whose married name is Nuce, is busy raising a […]
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Sugarloaf, Sunday River sold
Two of Maine best-known ski mountains are being sold. Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley and Sunday River in Newry are being bought by New York hedge fund manager Och-Ziff as part of a multi-million-dollar deal that includes 14 ski resorts across the country and in Canada. Loon Mountain in Lincoln, New Hampshire, Mount Sunapee in Newbury, […]
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Carrabassett Valley Academy captures award, gets new coach
Growing up in Carrabassett Valley was hard for Kate Webber Punderson — who couldn’t ignore the towering peak of Sugarloaf Mountain that stood above the town. So naturally she gravitated toward skiing. That pull never let her venture too far from the mountain for too long, and like many skiers and snowboarders who take to […]