A bluebird sky and packed powder were yesterday's twin highlights at Sugarloaf, where the Ski Bum was joined by five members of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club.

Five members of the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club joined the Ski Bum yesterday at Sugarloaf.
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SuperQuad and both sides of the Spillway chairs were the principal lifts open yesterday. (Plus of course, a bunch of lower mountain chairs.)

Tote Road, King's Landing and Sluice were the principal blue-square trails that were open, while Narrow Gauge, Skidder and Hayburner were the principal blacks. Without question, we were enjoying the best early-season conditions in years, but the mountain didn't seem especially crowded for a Sunday.

The Ski Bum took a run through Ram Pasture Glade. Fun for sure, but needs more cover to be really good.

Considering the superb early-season conditions, Sugarloaf didn't seem especially crowded yesterday.
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At lunch in the lodge, we met Ski Museum of Maine president John Christie, author of the recently published history of Sugarloaf.

Three of our MOAC skiers had histories of their own. Cherie Perkins had been a Sugarloafer from 1958, while Anne Tarbell had been a ski bum in Stowe, Vermont, in the mid-1950s. As a child, Anne Schaffner had taken ski lessons at Mt. Cranmore from legends Hannes Schneider and Toni Matt.

John Christie, president of the Ski Museum of Maine, and Anne Schaffner, a former student of Hannes Schneider and Toni Matt.
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Marc Hills was rejoining MOAC after an absence of several years, while Kristin Feindel was a new member on her first outing with the club.

Kristin Feindel takes a break yesterday in the Sugarloaf base lodge.
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