Skiing the Sunrise Trail
MOUNT DESERT Craig Roebuck likes to go on winter adventures. A few adventures that he had planned over the last year were canceled or postponed because of COVID-19, so he recently completed one closer to home.
In February, during a particularly precipitation-free stretch of six days, Roebuck cross–country skied the length of the Sunrise Trail from Ellsworth to Ayers. According to the Down East Sunrise Trail website, the trail is 87 miles and is the longest off-road trail on the East Coast Greenway (a 3,000-mile route stretching from Calais to Key West).
For the trip, Roebuck hauled his camping gear and provisions behind him in a retrofitted sled.