After a two-hour drive from Portland, “Oh My Gosh” corner is a welcome sight. My husband, Nik, and I make the drive every Friday from December to March (or April, depending on the season), but this is our first summer
My husband Derek and I have only been on the road an hour when my cousin Ben calls to say, “You’d better not still be at work!” He is also en route to the big blue triangle, a winter sanctuary
Skiers take on the cancer cause. When it comes to the Annual Sugarloaf Charity Summit, “we talk about raising a mountain of money,” says Meredith Strang Burgess, CEO of Burgess Advertising & Marketing in Portland. Now celebrating it’s sixteenth year,
The road to Sugarloaf is long and winding. It moves through small towns, past A-frame ski homes, and along the Carrabassett River. For much of the drive, Sugarloaf Mountain is out of sight until one bend in the road, when
It’s early in the morning on a very cold winter day in the Carrabassett Valley. As I sit in the dining room at 45 North sipping hot black coffee in an effort to become lucid, I observe throngs of hotel
Behind the scenes at Sugarloafs ski shop, Chris Putnam and Bob Ash turn battered and bruised skis into razor-sharp racing instruments. A man’s workbench can tell you a lot about his character. Chris Putnam and Bob Ash work at a
Young families who came for the mountain and stayed for community. There is some dispute about the best way to get to Carrabassett Valley from Cumberland County, but the Mainers I know can all agree on one thing: it is
Sugarloaf’s new president and general manager Karl Strand opens up about his first few weeks on the job, his relationship with John Diller, and his goal going forward. Karl Strand’s first week on the job was far more difficult than
August 9, 2014 | Sugarloaf Golf Club and Sugarloaf Outdoor Center Photographs by Brendan Bullock Photography Lee and Sadie met at Bates College. “There was an instant and undeniable spark. We were drawn to each other and we quickly became
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