Sugarloaf Maine
In 1987, Evening Magazine reported on the non-stop skiing streak every day Sugarloaf was open for skiing, underway by Lumberjack Lodge owner Paul Schipper. To this day, no one has come close to The Every Day of Every Season Legacy which broke records when Schipper skied year after year despite the foulest of weather or conditions, personal illness & family celebrations.
The nocturnal business of grooming the slopes is vital to the daily experience for skiers & riders, even though the efforts of the night time crews are often taken for granted despite enormous challenges on a 4237 foot mountain in Maine! The Communications students at Bangor’s NESCOM gave us an inside view at the world of the largely unsung heroes, Sugarloaf’s Groomers: the machines may change, but the guts & care of these drivers does not!
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Sugarloaf tests some of the snowmaking system on Sept 19th 2014 as temps dipped down into the upper teens overnight… [Read more…]
Including three guys at the very end who are still very much a part of the local scene! Others in this video are scattered near & far, & some are no longer with us, but everyone here shows the Sugarloaf spirit of the early 80s that lingers in our hearts all these years, & owners, later….
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