CARRABASSETT VALLEY — More than 1,500 runners from around the country are expected to gather at Sugarloaf for the 32nd Annual Sugarloaf Marathon and 15k on Sunday, May 18. The marathon is Maine’s oldest continuously run marathon, and ranked one of the nation’s fastest, according to the Sugarloaf website. In recent years, organizers have reported the highest […]
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Pond skimming contest Saturday at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Sugarloaf will host the second annual East Coast Pond Skimming Championships at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 19. Following a successful debut last spring, Sugarloaf will again join other resorts to offer the springtime tradition. Skiers and riders will test their buoyancy on a homemade “pond” on the Landing, just above the beach […]
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Sugarloaf’s reggae fest again King of Spring in Maine
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — Maine’s biggest cure for spring fever was underway Saturday during Sugarloaf’s 26th annual Reggae Festival. It was a scene in which three bananas and a chicken drank beer with a Gumby. The ski resort celebrating spring to the beat of Caribbean music got a boost from warm and sunny weather. “People just […]
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Cold gold: Early signs show frigid, snowy winter heated up Maine’s economy
Not too long ago, Ron Fournier walked out onto North Pond, drilled holes for a day of ice fishing and returned to find three of the tourists in his ice shack wearing life jackets. A fourth had one cradled on his lap. The ice was 32 inches thick, but, just in case. “They’d never been […]
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U.S. Alpine Championships returning to Sugarloaf in 2015
CARRABASSETT VALLEY (AP) — Maine’s Sugarloaf ski resort is going to host the U.S. Alpine Championships next year. The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced Thursday an arrangement in which Sugarloaf and Sun Valley, Idaho, will host on alternating years from 2015 through 2018. Sugarloaf goes first and then hosts again in 2017. Both Sugarloaf […]
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Friends, teammates gather to remember Husson football player Stephen Colvin
BANGOR — Stephen Colvin was described as “one of a kind” Friday by Husson University football teammate Ryan Stroud, who was skiing with him on Tuesday at Sugarloaf Mountain when Colvin died after losing control and careening into trees. A memorial service to commemorate the 21-year-old sophomore defensive end was held on Friday at a […]
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Ski industry stresses helmets in wake of Sugarloaf death
BANGOR — When a Husson University student died while skiing at Sugarloaf on Tuesday, the accident bucked a trend that has been growing at ski resorts across the nation. Stephen Colvin, a 21-year-old from Hoosick, N.Y., was not wearing a helmet. According to published reports and a trade organization, helmet use on the nation’s slopes […]
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Husson football player dies after skiing into woods at Sugarloaf
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A Husson University student was fatally injured Tuesday morning when he skied off Hayburner trail and into trees at the Sugarloaf Mountain resort. Stephen Colvin, 21, of Hoosick, N.Y., was a sophomore linebacker on the football team last fall at Husson University in Bangor. He was at Sugarloaf on Tuesday with three […]
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Special Olympics at Sugarloaf starts with snow, cold and wind
CARRABASSETT VALLEY — The 32nd annual Special Olympics Maine Winter Games opened Monday at Sugarloaf where crisp winds and blowing snow greeted the nearly 1,000 athletes and volunteers. “Energy, enthusiasm, everything is on track,” Lisa Bird, public relations worker for Special Olympics Maine, said after the noon torchlighting ceremony. More than 400 athletes participated in […]