Some of Maine’s trails are in disrepair, but help may be on the way
The Maine Appalachian Trail Club is planning a new $1.3 million facility in Skowhegan that will offer land managers a venue to teach trail-building skills.
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The Maine Trail Center will house the Maine Appalachian Trail Club’s trail crew, shown above, but also serve as a facility that other land managers can use to teach trail-building design and skills.
Lester Kenway photo
The need for more durable and sustainable hiking trails in Maine has come into the spotlight during the coronavirus pandemic as land trusts have experienced a surge in hikers, some of them on trails badly in need of repair.
Maine’s Saddleback back: Awakened after five-year slumber
28th December 2020 | Craig Altschul
Saddleback Mountain in Maine opens after 5 year hiatus
Maine’s Rangeley Lakes region is justifiably famous as the birthplace of modern-day fly fishing. If ever a lake had a great name, it’s most certainly Mooselookmeguntic, one of the six lakes and hundreds of smaller lakes and streams in the area. You can now add Saddleback Mountain, rising above the waters of Rangeley Lake back in again as the “Maine attraction” for skiers and snowboarders.
Saddleback Mountain, with trails named after famous fishing ties like “Grey Ghost,” has been a favorite ski area for families throughout New England and certainly metropolitan Boston since the 1960s. The mountain awoke Dec. 15 after being shut-down and out-of-action since the 2014-15 season.
Waterville’s Quarry Road Trails ramping up for winter season
Quarry Road Trails staff finished a 64-hour snow run that ended Wednesday, the longest in the tenure of Justin Fereshetian, program director and Nordic ski coach for the city of Waterville and Quarry Road Trails.
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Chad Sisson adjusts a snow gun Tuesday as a crew of volunteers make snow at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville. Michael G. Seamans/Morning Sentinel
WATERVILLE With the first major snowfall having come and gone in the central Maine area, the staff at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville is prepping for the winter season.