Wilson Cramp of Windham carves down Lower Androscoggin during opening day Dec. 26 at Black Mountain in Rumford. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Despite driving rain days earlier, Black Mountain was able to open Dec. 26, with five trails available to skiers. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Tenley Turgeon, left, of Lisbon and Bailey Gousse of Lewiston play games Dec. 29 to keep warm during the Oxford Hills Combi Carnival at Lost Valley in Auburn. The two members of the Lost Valley Racing Club are among 80 competitors who are racing to raise money for the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School ski team in Paris. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Breanya Mains shows Wyatt Nichols the brook trout she pulled through the ice Dec. 28 on Beals Pond in Turner. “It’s the biggest brook I have ever caught,” she says. The recent cold snap has locked up many small ponds, giving ice fisherman a safe surface. Beals Pond has about 7 inches of ice. Mains and Nichols are sophomores at Leavitt Area High School in Turner. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A skier carves down Lower Androscoggin during opening day Dec. 26 at Black Mountain in Rumford. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Ellie Winslow, 13, of Waterford competes Dec. 29 while wearing a Winnie the Pooh costume during the Oxford Hills Combi Carnival at Lost Valley in Auburn. Winslow was one of 80 competitors racing to raise money for the Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School ski team in Paris. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal