NEWRY — While shoppers rushed to stores early Friday to cash in on the first of the holiday-season deals, Maine skiers and snowboarders were flocking to the slopes to enjoy extra-early, extra-good snow conditions, thanks to a storm that walloped the region Wednesday night. “This is the best conditions have been for Thanksgiving Day weekend […]
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Storm dumps 15 inches; ‘lucky’ driver walks away from train collision
They slipped, slid and skied. After an ugly storm brought 15 inches of snow to Lewiston-Auburn and parts of Western Maine overnight Wednesday into Thursday, police responded to a myriad of accidents, including a truck-train collision. A tractor-trailer driver in South Paris walked away after he ran flashing red lights, got stuck on train tracks […]
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New England ski resorts make big snowmaking upgrades
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Northeast ski resorts continue to invest millions in leaner and meaner snowmaking guns, with Vermont making big inroads this year, thanks to an energy-efficiency program that helped resorts swap older model snow guns for nearly 2,300 new energy-efficient ones. The new low-energy snow guns, which use about 90 percent less electricity […]
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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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Sugarloaf nearly at season’s end
CARRABASSET VALLEY (AP) — When it comes to skiing, Sugarloaf is the last one still in business in Maine. But all good things must come to an end, even after a snowy winter and cool spring temperatures. Sugarloaf says skiers and snowboarders will finish off the season this Saturday and Sunday. Spokesman Ethan Austin said […]
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Black Mountain to host ‘Donation Sun-Day
RUMFORD — Black Mountain of Maine will close for the season Sunday with skiers and snow-tubers paying whatever they can afford, marketing director Paige Carter said. “Last year, we closed on March 24, three weeks earlier than we’re closing this year,” she said. “As a result, we decided to try something different for our closing […]
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The season in review before signing off
While this season had its share of hiccups with a big January thaw, February and March saw abundant snow, and as recently as the last Thursday, I skied on mid-winter surfaces at Bretton Woods. It was firm packed powder, but the high warm sun made the day perfect. It was probably the last day of […]