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 […]
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Dumont Cup: Kenworthy back on top
NEWRY — All Gus Kenworthy could do was keep his fingers crossed and hope his score was good enough. Kenworthy was the next-to-last skier to go Saturday afternoon at the sixth annual Dumont Cup at Sunday River. When Kenworthy missed a rail early in his final run, it was up to his rival Nick Goepper […]
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Skiing: Winter proves it has mind of its own
When I referred to March as the best month to ski I wasn’t anticipating one of the coldest month’s on record. Not only did we get a lot more snow than normal, but thanks to January like temperatures, most of it is still on the slopes. Unless we get an unusually warm April, skiing could […]
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Dumont Cup: Stars come out for godfather’s legacy
How does an athlete from Bethel, Maine, earn the label “godfather of freeskiing?” By not being overly obedient to his forefathers, for starters. “I basically got into it because I didn’t like what was out there,” Simon Dumont said. “I didn’t care for racing at all. I tried moguls for about six months. I didn’t […]
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Skiing: Paying tribute to Saddleback’s past, contemplating its future
Twenty inches of snow will always draw a crowd of skiers, and a week ago Friday at Saddleback, I shouldn’t have been surprised to see the number of cars. I arrived around 3:30 in the afternoon, too late in the day to ski but early for the birthday party scheduled for 4:30. The parking lots […]
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For skinning skiers, it’s all about the ‘up’
Most skiers who hit the alpine slopes are there for the downhill thrill, not the uphill trip. But for the skiers who enjoy “skinning,” the climb up the trails is what matters the most. Skinning – climbing a ski slope with removable,synthetic material stuck to the bottom of skis – is not new. But its […]
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Mont Tremblant revisited
My first trip to Mont Tremblant was the first ski trip my wife Pat and I took together. It was February of 1980, and we signed up for a ski week package for the grand sum of $300 each to stay at Cuttle’s Tremblant Club. The deal included lodging, meals, lift tickets and lessons. Cuttle’s […]
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Nordic Skiing: Gould skiers relaxed heading to EHSC meet
BETHEL — The life of a Gould Academy Nordic skier isn’t too bad, and not just because of this endless winter of 2014. On any given day, a member of Gould’s Nordic team can wake up in his dorm room, head down to the basement, wax his skis, step outside and walk across Church Street […]