John Nappi, 14, of Freeport, gets a little air on Lower Winter's Way on opening day at Sugarloaf Mountain ski resort on Friday. Nappi was skiing with his father and friends.
Ron Jacques of Jay makes some of the first ski turns of the season at Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley on Friday. Jacques, co-owner of the Ski Depot in Jay, was taking advantage of the new snow on Lower Winter's Way during the resort's opening day, the earliest opening since 2007, and a week ahead of the planned opening for 2012.
An unidentified skier, framed by birch branches covered in man-made snow, moves down Lower Winter's Way at Sugarloaf Mountain ski resort in Carrabassett Valley on Friday. The resort launched its 62nd winter season a week earlier than planned, and the earliest in five years.
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