CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Workers at Sugarloaf are investigating what caused a gearbox and braking system for the King Pine Quad chairlift to fail Saturday. The failure caused the lift to roll about 450 feet backward, resulting in seven people being injured, including three who were taken to a Farmington hospital. More than 200 people were […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Ford fights back from gruesome injury
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Giant slalom is Tommy Ford’s race. The Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships, set for Sugarloaf later this week, are his event. “It will be nice to defend my GS title,” Ford said, hesitating to allow room for the punch line. “Of course, a couple other guys have won it since the last time […]
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Sugarloaf: Backup brakes on ski lift didn’t deploy
PORTLAND (AP) — Less than five years ago, Rick Tonge was riding a chairlift at Sugarloaf ski resort when five chairs — including his — plummeted 30 feet to the snowy ground below, injuring him and his son. Then over the weekend, another chairlift at Sugarloaf malfunctioned by going backward, prompting some frightened skiers to […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships: Best skiers in the country take aim at Sugarloaf
For the fifth time in its history, the small town of Carrabassett Valley will be the place to be for skiing aficionados across the country wanting to see the top skiers in the U.S. compete. Seven years removed from its last turn in the spotlight, the U.S. Alpine Championships will take over Sugarloaf Mountain and […]
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Skiing: Morse, U.S. National team a match made at Sugarloaf
Perhaps nothing demonstrates the double meaning more graphically than Morse family photos of younger son, Sam, a month shy of his second birthday, balancing himself on skis and preparing to descend a bunny slope. “It’s definitely a significant part of our lives, as it is for every kid who lives in the Valley,” said Ben, […]
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U.S. Alpine: Slalom, GS specialist Chodounsky looks to defend national title
And edge here. A rock there. The wrong line on a closed gate. Each can mean the difference between being elite and just being really, really fast, particularly in slalom ski racing. From a young age, David Chodounsky gravitated to the slalom and its close cousin, the giant slalom, because of the complexity of the […]
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Seven Sugarloaf skiers injured in chairlift ‘rollback’
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Hank Margolis drives up from Marlborough, Mass., every weekend in the winter to ski at Sugarloaf. On Saturday, a beautiful, crowded day on the slopes, he’d made it 500 feet up the King Pine lift, headed to the top for a run on his snowboard, when it suddenly stopped. Margolis and three […]
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Sixteen ski resorts, including Sunday River and Sugarloaf, could be sold
NEWRY (AP) — A real estate investment trust that’s considering getting out of the snow business could sell more than dozen ski resorts from Maine to California that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. CNL Lifestyle Properties owns 16 resorts including Sunday River and Sugarloaf, Bretton Woods, Loon Mountain and Mount Sunapee in New […]
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Skier injured at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A skier from Nova Scotia was listed in critical condition Wednesday after he was found lying on a trail at Sugarloaf, officials said. Kyle Henderson, 20, of White’s Lake was found lying in the middle of Boom Auger trail around 10:30 a.m., Carrabassett Valley police Chief Mark Lopez said. A NorthStar ambulance […]
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On skiing: Lots of snow great for resorts, not for racing
Wednesday afternoon, I tuned in to watch the men’s downhill at the World Alpine Championships taking place at Beaver Creek, Colo., Vail’s sister resort a few miles down the highway. What I saw was a rerun of the women’s super-G from the day before when Lindsey Vonn finished third after being held up by a […]