A Family Skiing in Maine
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A blog about a family skiing in Maine and Maine sports in general sharing tips to have fun and save money.
A Family Skiing in Maine
4d ago
Hermon Mountain Ski Area - March 12, 2024
There wasn't a trace of natural snow left at Hermon Mountain yesterday, but they did a really good job pushing the man-made snow that they had around to get good coverage on their open terrain. With no relief in sight from the warm weather and rain, they announced that it would be their second to last day of operation for the season.
Scenic Ski Trail
There were four ways down the mountain still open, Slow Poke or Lazy Lane to Turkey Path or Longview, Scenic, and Cloud Nine. All had good cover with no bare spots, thanks to the excellent wor ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
3w ago
Black Mountain of Maine - February 25, 2024
Today we visited Black Mountain of Maine in Rumford and it looks like it was one of the last days of winter conditions that we'll see for a bit. It was a great bluebird day at BMOM. The base area was busy, due to racing, but there was never a wait of more than a couple minutes to get on the chairs all day.
Dead Cambridge Trail
Everything was open, except for Kennebago and the very start of Magalloway, both due to unfrozen water drainages. Groomed terrain had a fast loose granular surface, while ungroomed terrain was very firm, but plenty sk ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
1M ago
BigRock Mountain - February 18, 2024
One of the unique views in the State of Maine - Skiing and Windmills
Trip Report by guest contributor Sam Shirley.
Today's ski day was at BigRock ski area in Mars Hill, Maine and it was a chilly bluebird day. Temperatures were in the single digits and teens for most of the day, but the sun made it manageable. Everything was open, except for North Star and most of the advanced terrain to skier's left. Groomed terrain was excellent packed powder, but ungroomed terrain wasn't as great; there were a couple inches of powder on top of a very firm s ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
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Big Moose Mountain - February 10, 2024
View of Moosehead Lake Region from Big Moose Mountain
Trip Report by guest contributor Sam Shirley.
Today, I finally got the chance to go snowcat skiing for the first time at Big Moose Mountain in Greenville, Maine! It was a very warm and sunny day of spring-like skiing on mashed potato snow. The warm temperatures have taken a toll on the snowpack, and there are thin spots on most trails across the mountain. Everything was open, except for Alley Way, Exterminator, and Saint John. The mountain was the busiest that I've ever seen it, and ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
1M ago
Mt. Abram - February 4, 2024
View from the Snowfields Trail of Mt. Washington
Trip Report by guest contributor Sam Shirley.
Today's ski day was at Mt. Abram in Greenwood, Maine. Mt. Abram is just off Route 26 about 7 miles east of Bethel, Maine and 13 miles from the Sunday River Ski Resort.
Despite what the trail report said, Mt. Abram was actually 100% open today! Eleven trails were listed as closed on the report, but they were all, in fact, open. It was a perfect bluebird day, with temperatures in the 20s and excellent packed powder conditions on groomed trails.
The Ro ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
1M ago
Spruce Mountain - January 27, 2024
Trip Report by guest contributor Sam Shirley.
Today was a free ski day at Spruce Mountain thanks to Pallet One of Livermore Falls. Spruce Mountain is located in Jay, Maine and I headed over to the mountain a little after noon. I had a a grilled cheese ($1) and a chicken finger basket ($5) for lunch, before starting skiing.
Every trail and all three rope tows were open, and the mountain was quite busy. Cover was very good, with only a few spots of thin cover on the last pitch of Suicide. Every trail, except Bowl, had been groomed. Groomed ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
2M ago
Image Credit: Saddleback Maine Real Estate
Post last updated January 21st, 2024
The Saddleback Maine ski resort has recently updated their real estate website with new information on their Alpine Village Cabin project. The Alpine Village cabins will be located near the Saddleback Mountain access road with availability to ski in and ski out via the Morning Glory ski trail. These cabins will be located just uphill from the recently completed A-Frame housing development.
The village will be bordered by the Saddleback
Mountain Road & Morning Glory ski trail.
The c ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
3M ago
Saddleback is back open! Picture date December 23rd.
It has been quite a week here in Maine. A destructive rain storm pounded Western Maine December 18th with high winds and 6 plus inches of rain causing significant flooding in the mountains and historic river flooding downstream through Central Maine. As of this writing electrical crews have 98% of the power restored and transportation crews are working hard to fix roads and brides throughout the region. Our hearts go out to all those significantly impacted and we are thankful to see all the ways the good people of Maine are ral ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
3M ago
Road Washout in front of the Saddleback Base Lodge
A catastrophic rainstorm blasted through Maine on December 17-18 causing significant damage to entire Western Maine Region and as of December 19th is causing significant flooding in the major rivers downstream. Our hearts go out to everyone that is impacted. Thanks to all the first responders helping people and hats off to the road and electric crews putting things back together.
Maine ski resorts are assessing the damage to their infrastructure are putting plans in place to reopen as safely and as quickly as possible.
We will keep t ..read more
A Family Skiing in Maine
3M ago
Through our years of skiing in Maine, we have tried many different types of products to make our ski day more enjoyable. Many of these products deal with the cold...as it can get COLD skiing in Maine! The saying goes... There's No Such Thing As Bad Weather…Just Bad Gear
The following is our MaineSkiFamily gear guide. These products are used by us regularly and 100% recommend by the Family Skiing in Maine crew.
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Hestra Gloves
We are big fans of Hestra Gloves ..read more