Dec 29th, 2010 at 8:00AM: What started as a great day on the slopes at Sugarloaf ski resort ended in disaster yesterday when a chairlift collapsed, sending seven guests to the hospital and leaving more than 200 others stranded above the snow for hours.
Located in Maine, Sugarloaf is considered one of the top ski resorts in the northeast United States. Yesterday, the slopes were filled with skiers and snowboarders taking ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Chairlift collapses at Maine ski resort, sending six to hospital
Dec 29th, 2010 at 8:00AM: What started as a great day on the slopes at Sugarloaf ski resort ended in disaster yesterday when a chairlift collapsed, sending seven guests to the hospital and leaving more than 200 others stranded above the snow for hours.
Located in Maine, Sugarloaf is considered one of the top ski resorts in the northeast United States. Yesterday, the slopes were filled with skiers and snowboarders taking ...Maine ski resort to charge for backcountry rescues
Mar 9th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Sugarloaf Mountain, a popular ski resort located in Maine, has had enough of skiers and snowboarders going out of bounds and then requiring a rescue. In fact, they're so fed up, that following two recent incidences, they have decided to charge the snowboarders who were rescued for the expenses incurred during the operation. The two incidences in question took place on Friday, February 26th and ...Skiing in Maine offers bargains in March
Mar 8th, 2009 at 10:30AM: When I think of Maine, I think of leaping off barnacle covered rocks into the ocean and eating clams dipped in butter in Ogunquit like I did one summer when I went there to visit a high school friend. She was was working as a waitress at a hotel resort and I was a kitchen grunt and laundry girl at a kids camp--the only way I could afford making it to camp as a high schooler. Whenever else I've ...Sonoma Valley ideas for Valentine's Day
Feb 3rd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Need ideas? Yeah, Valentine's Day is right around the corner, and like me, you probably haven't put a shred of thought into it. Take a moment to feel sorry for my wife. Okay, with that done, take a look below at 16 Valentine's Day ideas all involving travel to the Sonoma Valley. Wine, vineyards, resorts ... there's no need to keep thinking! Now, you have choices. Resorts, restaurants and hotels ...Sights Unseen
Dec 8th, 2007 at 12:59PM: Don't you just love when you seem to have hit the zeitgeist moment for a trip? We had been planning a trip that would take us through Rio when U.S. News & World Report ran its cover story on Sacred Places in the World with the Christ the Redeemer statue on the cover. Brazil trades as heavily (arguably, more so) on this iconic statue that literally lords over Rio's beachfront as it does on 'The ...
