Monday, September 20, 2010

Maine Dessert

Sugarloaf is always so sweet, right?

"Sugarloaf is adding ski terrain to vie for East’s largest resort" by Clarke Canfield, Associated Press | September 2, 2010

PORTLAND, Maine — A plan by Sugarloaf ski resort to more than double its skiable terrain will make it the biggest ski area east of the Rocky Mountains, and knock Vermont’s Killington Resort out of the top spot, Sugarloaf officials said yesterday.

How they gonna do that?

Crews will begin clearing trees next week on Burnt Mountain, adjacent to Sugarloaf Mountain, to add 270 acres of terrain for the coming season and 655 acres in the next three years....

It is at this point where I wonder where the global-warming protesters are.

Amazing how they only show up for one-day jobs needling you about existing on the planet. Never see 'em at the NASCAR races or anything.

Being the biggest ski area in the East will be a feather in the cap of Sugarloaf, said general manager John Diller.

“The bragging rights are there not just for Sugarloaf, but really for Maine for having the biggest resort in the East,’’ he said....

Are you proud, reader?

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Notice it is okay to gut woodland for golf courses and ski slopes?

Hey, playgrounds for the elite are one thing; now pay-up on that carbon tax we need because of climate change.