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New & Noteworthy

in the East

Maine
Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Resort in Maine’s Carrabassett
Valley is investing $5 million in increasing snowmaking out-
put and efficiency and improving the base area appeal. A
significant portion of the $5 million will go to upgrading the
snowmaking system, growing Sugarloaf’s water pumping
capacity by nearly 25 percent and adding efficient, environ-
mentally-friendly fan guns. Additional improvements include
new mountain signage, new lift and ski patrol cabins and The Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, a
base lodge features. Contact: 800-843-5623, sugarloaf.com winter sports haven, offers tours, bobsled rides and a
chance to test your marksmanship skills with .22 rifles.
New Hampshire Contact: orda.org.
Mount Washington Resort in New Hampshire is undergoing
extensive renovations to bring this historic resort into the Vermont
future. Plans include restoring The Donald Ross Mount Okemo Mountain Resort is creating an array of innovations.
Washington Golf Course, adding 15,000 square feet of meet- New trails add eight acres to the resort. One of the new trails
ing space and constructing a 25,000 square-foot spa. Rated measures 2,600 feet and has a vertical drop of 850 feet.
one of the “Top 10 Resorts Your Kids Will Love” by SKI Okemo is updating its snowmaking system, making them
Magazine, Mount Washington Resort offers the most ski and more efficient and lessens energy consumption. New loading
snowboard terrain in New Hampshire in addition to one of the carpets reduce lift-line lengths, minimize starts and stops,
most extensive cross country ski networks in New England. reduce ride time and improve overall lift capacity. Contact:
Contact: 800-314-1752, mountwashingtonresort.com. 800-786-5366, okemo.com.

The New England Ski Museum in Franconia Notch State
Park tells the history of skiing through artifacts and vintage
films shown continuously in the theater. A display on alpine
skis follows their development from a pair of primitive wood-
en slats with leather toe straps. Located next to Cannon
Mountain Tramway, the museum is one of only four USSA-
recognized museums in the U.S. and the only one in the
East. Contact: 603-823-7177, skimuseum.org.

New York
Lake Placid, the site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics,
offers several attractions that recall the glory of the Games
held in the Adirondacks. The Olympic Center, with four
operating rinks for skating and hockey, has the 1932 and
1980 Winter Olympic Museum. One arena is named for
Olympic coach Herb Brooks, who led the unheralded 1980
U.S. Olympic hockey team to its miraculous defeat of the
Soviet Union and ultimately a gold medal. Also at the center,
a virtual reality experience simulates a bobsled ride from the
driver’s point of view, alpine skiing, ice hockey as the goalie
and ski jumping from a 12-meter tower.

The actual tower can be seen during a visit to the Olympic
Jumping Complex, where an observation deck accessible by
elevator or chairlift affords a sky-high perspective on the art
of the ski jump. You might see the nation’s finest take to the
air during Nordic jumping competitions throughout the sum-
mer and winter.

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