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Jan Stowell of Bethel Muses on the early Days of Sunday River

Jan Stowell of Bethel remembers the early days of Sunday River, learning to ski, her first pair of skis and how the community pulled together to develop Sunday River. Read more

A Winter Sport Book

Maine is known as “Vacationland”. This pictorial story looks at how winter vacations began. A Winter Sport Book, a beautiful 1911 book...

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Lainie and Steve Cross on the beginnings of Mt. Abram

Members of the Cross Family, founders of Mt Abram reflect on the area's early days. Read more

A Pictorial History of Women in Skiing

In 1555 Olaus Magnus wrote A Description of Northern Peoples, a book about the history, customs, and folklore of Sweden... Read more

Enjoying Winter In All Its Glory

Otto Schniebs, in his 1936 book Skiing For All, “A skier should never forget that skis are after all only an instrument... Read more

Ski Maps

Maps are powerful educational tools. They tell us much more than simply geography... Read more

Along the Snow Trail - by Glenn Parkinson

.Along the Snow Trail written by Glenn Parkinson, Historian for the Ski Museum of Maine... Read more

Spirit of Sportsmanship

Spirit of Sportsmanship - Harold Bondeson Story

"Despite a heavy rain storm that washed the highways and fields clean of snow, seven endurance skiers waxed their long runners tonight, determined to start their 190 mile Bangor-Caribou grind tomorrow morning".... Read more

Paul Schipper - the legendary Sugarloaf Skier!

The story of Paul Schipper's ski days on Sugarloaf! Read more

4th Online Auction Success!

We thank all of our supporters on our Winter Online Auction. Some great getaway packages will be enjoyed - both Nordic and alpine venues, ski décor, Sego Skis, goggles rounded out our auction this year. There were some fabulous savings - so if you missed our winter online auction - we will have our Spring/Summer auction come May!! 

Thank you also to the donors of all these items! We realize you... Read more