Long time friend Greg Sweetser came by for an update on what’s happening across the Pine Tree State this winter at areas big & small from north to south: in a place where our winters tend to last a few (several) months, there’s no excuses not to embrace the outside lifestyle year-round no matter where in Maine you may be!! Think Snow!!
Lots to know On the Mountain this Holiday Season
From Nightlife, to Dining, New Year’s planning & more! Tune into our twelve live shows Christmas week for all the info you need to Know Before You Go, on & off the slopes! Merry Christmas everyone… p.s. Dear Santa, please bring Winter!!!
21st Century Ski & Snowboard Competition in Maine
We’ve recently acquired a copy of the video produced last year by the Ski Museum of Maine to share with WSKI’s viewers, as well as our website’s! Plenty of footage from our Archives, since we’ve been the only ones shooting video at Sugarloaf, or any other Maine ski area for that matter, for over 35 years…..!!!!!!
Sugarloaf’s Top Management on WSKI-TV 17 Homecoming Saturday
Karl Strand & Crusher introduced Brent Larsen, new Director of Lifts, on our live Mountain Report Oct. 10th. A great opportunity to get the word out on what’s going on with the lifts on the mountain, & a big welcome to Brent to our Mountain! With plenty of challenges comes plenty of work to ensure our long-lived/loved lifts get the attention they require to ensure we all get to ride with peace of mind in the future! Thanks to everyone in the Lifts department for all their hard work behind the scenes to get things right!!!
A Highlight of Sugarloaf History! First Atlantic Balloon Crossing departed from Village on the Green
Hot-Air Balloonists Crossing Atlantic Break Record
CARRABASSETT VALLEY, Me. — A British tycoon and a Swedish-born balloonist broke a distance record Thursday and sped along at up to 142 m.p.h. as they attempted the first Atlantic crossing in a hot-air balloon.
Traveling far faster than expected with the aid of the jet stream, Richard Branson and Per Lindstrand covered the first 1,000 miles of their 3,400-mile journey in a little more than 10 hours. They broke the distance mark for hot-air balloons at 907 miles while passing about 140 miles southeast of St. John’s, Newfoundland.
“It has been the most spectacular and magnificent flight,” Branson said by radio. “When we arrived at 27,000 feet, we hit the very cold weather (about 40 below zero). There was an enormous cloud behind us that created a massive vapor trail. For a moment I thought the balloon was on fire.”
Branson, 36, the head of an entertainment conglomerate and chairman of Virgin Atlantic Airways, and Lindstrand, 38, lifted off Thursday morning from a Maine ski resort. Their 21-story-high balloon, with a pressurized capsule suspended below, had never before been inflated or flown.
