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In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Colby Wheaton, of Phillips, Maine flies over a jump at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine. Saddleback Mountain is reopening in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard believes people are hankering to get outside.
PORTLAND, Maine Maine’s Saddleback Mountain is reopening to skiing in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard sees a silver lining because many people who have been cooped up for months have a hankering to get outdoors
The mountain reopened Tuesday after a five-year hiatus with an overhauled lodge, a new chairlift and changes aimed at keeping skiers safe in a pandemic.
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Saddleback ski mountain reopens after a 5-year hiatus
By DAVID SHARPDecember 15, 2020 GMT
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Colby Wheaton, of Phillips, Maine flies over a jump at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine. Saddleback Mountain is reopening in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard believes people are hankering to get outside. The mountain is reopening after a five-year hiatus with revamped lodge, a new chairlift and changes in the lodge aimed at making skiing safer. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal via AP)
FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2011 file photo, Colby Wheaton, of Phillips, Maine flies over a jump at Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine. Saddleback Mountain is reopening in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard believes people are hankering to get outside. The mountain is reopening after a five-year hiatus with revamped lodge, a new chairlift and changes in the lodge aimed at making skiing safer. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journ
Updated on December 15, 2020 at 6:47 pm
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Maine s Saddleback Mountain is reopening to skiing in the middle of a pandemic, but General Manager Andy Shepard sees a silver lining because many people who have been cooped up for months have a hankering to get outdoors.
The mountain reopened Tuesday after a five-year hiatus with an overhauled lodge, a new chairlift and changes aimed at keeping skiers safe in a pandemic. If you re going to be in business, your mantra better be, There are no problems. There are only opportunities. This is the perfect example of that, Shepard said.