When the latest issue of SKI Magazine arrived a couple of weeks ago, I couldn’t help but notice the headline, “Spring Secret: Powder.” Elsewhere on that front cover were mentions of spring festivals and best places for late season skiing. Sure enough, when I checked the issue date it read, “Spring 2015” two full weeks […]

   It’s been seven years since I wrote in this space about the demise of the University of Maine Farmington Ski Industries Program.       At that time, the issue was the end of a program that for 25 years turned out skiers prepared to take positions in the ski industry.  It had been created […]

Last Saturday, I spent a day at Mount Abram and was rewarded with some good skiing. I wanted to see how things were going under the new management that is now in its second season. One change that’s hard to miss is the giant array of solar panels that stretch across the low end of […]

As the year ends, the ski season is off to a great start in the higher mountains, but there’s a struggle due to weather in the southern mountains. Snowmakers are watching temperatures closely to take advantage of any snowmaking opportunities to enhance conditions and open more terrain. All we can do is watch the weather […]

Did you know Maine had a world champion snowboarder before Seth Wescott? Most Maine skiers have no idea that a young field hockey player from Raymond won the title of Women’s World Champion in Snowboard Cross in 1999. Nikki Pilavakis-Davoren excelled in field hockey at Bonny Eagle High School and at Plymouth State College but […]

Many skiers think of the season being underway when they actually make those first turns. That day for me is well after a number of events leading into the season, and this year was no different. The big preseason ski sales come when a lot of ski areas have homecoming weekends — Columbus Day. With […]