AUBURN — Chain saws buzzed and smoke from the burning of cleared trees at Lost Valley could be seen as far away as the Auburn Mall on Sunday afternoon following two days of volunteers sprucing up the grounds ahead of the winter season. “We’ve got a great crew — everyone’s chipping in and going 90 […]
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Lost Valley will open for season
AUBURN — Snowboarder Karen Bolduc met her future husband at Lost Valley during a race. “The meat of life is these memories we make at places like Lost Valley and that’s why I’m here today to support it,” she said Wednesday standing in front of the lodge’s massive fieldstone fireplace, sporting a colorful “FOLV” T-shirt. […]
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How to turn Lost Valley around? Readers weigh in.
The Sun Journal asked readers how they would save Lost Valley ski resort in Auburn. Some of their ideas and owners’ reactions: “All you’ve got to do is connect with Bates College, make a deal with them, all students can go there and ski for nothing. They make the payment that they need, the $50,000. […]
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Lost Valley finds funds to open this winter
AUBURN — Lost Valley will open for the season. After going public with the ski slope’s shaky finances this summer and reaching out for help, owners Lincoln Hayes and Connie King said in an 11 a.m. press conference Wednesday that Lost Valley will open this winter. Surrounded by people wearing colorful “FOLV” (Friends of Lost […]
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How would YOU save Lost Valley?
So the Sun Journal is asking readers: How would you save Lost Valley? What changes would you suggest to help the business survive? Think big, small, mundane or creative. We’ll share your ideas with the owners and local economic development experts for an upcoming feature. Please include your name, hometown and contact information. Contact staff […]
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Lost Valley launches fundraising effort
AUBURN — The owners of Lost Valley announced Wednesday that they have launched a fundraising drive in hopes of raising between $50,000 and $100,000 in an effort to open for the 2014-15 ski season. The resort, which opened in 1961, hit financial troubles after losing nearly $200,000 per season for several years. Its owners, Lincoln Hayes […]
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Lost Valley forming a plan for winter, but details still on ice
AUBURN — One of the owners of Lost Valley Ski Area said Thursday that the resort and community volunteers were steadily pulling together a plan that may allow them to open for the 2014-15 winter. Lincoln Hayes said a recent meeting with members of the Auburn Ski Association yielded some promising results, but final details of […]
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Auburn’s Lost Valley looks for ideas to save alpine skiing
AUBURN — Despite this past winter that seemed like it only just ended, a co-owner of Lost Valley, the only Alpine ski hill in the Twin Cities, said that without help the resort would be unable to open for another season of skiing and snowboarding. “We’re looking for ideas,” said Lincoln Hayes, a co-owner of the […]
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On skiing: Skiing Hall of Fame class named
Selection Committee Chairman Bob Flynn has released the names of the Maine Ski Hall of Fame Class of 2014. Eight Maine skiers will be inducted at the 12th annual banquet at Lost Valley in Auburn on Oct. 24. Included in the class are a pied piper cross country skier, a long-time college ski coach, a […]