Recent content by loafasaur

It's true. Half your tik price goes to the Nat'l MS Foundation besides. Mt. Abram has it all, just not as much as it all as its neighbor on the other side of Bethel. It's worth cheching out, honest.

Sugarloaf posted May 5th as their closing date on the electronic scoreboard by the Superquad today (5/3). Truly impressive cover left on the open trails. They could easily stay open for another weekend if they focused on running Spillway, but they're only running the Superquad. Too bad, it's...

The locals think Sugarlaof will make it to 5/4. Link: LINK Latest Loaf chat on snow cover Joegm, sorry you had a bad experience with previous management. Boyne has been conservative on snow reporting this year. If the patrol deemed it not skiable until groomed, they didn't include it on...

The Kennebago T-bar is extremely steep. Most of it's length is through extremely dense "krummholz" thick spruce growth that's impossible for anythong bigger than a rabbit to get through except for a couple places where "emergency exits" have been cut through to the nearest trail. Then you get...

This is what Saddleback has to say about their development plans: "The long hoped-for replacement of the Kennebago T-bar will take place this summer with the installation of a new 4 passenger Doppelmayr CTEC Quad Chairlift. The 2705 ft. lift will have a vertical rise of 1000 ft. and will...

Saddleback has announced 4/20. Last chance to ride the Kennebago T-bar. They have also announced plans to remove it and install a chair this summer.

Sugarloaf has a LOT of cover this year. Check their base depths. Check the northeast snow depths. Boyne's reporting has been accurate. The reason the snowfields and trees are off-limits is because of ice, not lack of cover. The 3/15 storm left up to an inch of freezing rain/ice but didn't...

This is a quote from the Loaf's communications director posted at the unofficial chatroom on 3/12/08: "What a winter we have had. With 16 feet of snow so far this season, Sugarloaf plans to stay open into May, depending upon conditions." Good news. Kudos to Boyne.

I'm paying the bills today, too, Scooter. Not that we're missing anything at Sugarloaf. The whole place is on wind hold right now. I'm doing a day trip tomorrow, and the wind is supposed to be minimal. When you need to resupply groceries, it's 7 miles from your condo up to Fotter's Market...

Glad to hear Saddleback has improved their snowmaking and grooming. The new owners are doing a good job. Your informative link shows both SB and SL with comparable base depth. It also shows that SB has groomed 29 trails and SL has groomed 54--all its open terrain. This has been how the new...

A couple more thoughts: 1. The 295 route takes you through Freeport if you want to do the LLBean pilgrimage. 2. The upper mtn at Saddleback is served by a Tbar only, and it's a very steep ride. I've heard that riders can have trouble with it. Most of the mountain and all the glades are...

Welcome, scooter. The Loaf has your trail (Scoot). Given the time of day you're arriving you should consider taking I-295 from Portland to Augusta (avoiding toll 95--same amt. of time) and then 27 on up to the mountain. The traffic on the 2-lane part is a lot lighter that way. Far less...

Must 'umbly beg to differ. The biggest knock on the late, lamented gondi was that too frequently it wasn't running. It was very prone to wind closure, and the local concensus was that management often woudn't run it on windless spring days because it cost too much to run, especially due to the...

You can pretty much count on lift access to the summit right up to the last day even if the fields aren't open. The Loaf also guns a lot on Tote Road Extension and the Timberline trail off the summit, both great low-intermediate cruisers, and great for carving some easy turns when you're gassed...

Sugarloaf skis big even without the Snowfields. There's lots of mountain below treeline. Nitro is now fully gunned and basically open for the season, with blowby giving Powderkeg good cover as well--this is normal. Nitro is a real steep straight shot, moguls only in the spring because that's...