Bald Mountain Dedham, ME
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Bald Mountain Newspaper Articles
Bangor Daily News – October 30, 1970 Writes that Bald Mountain has spent $140,000 to have the Linde snowmaking system installed to provide manmade snow the “Linde guns are reported to work especially well in warm temperatures and high humidity which prevail at Bald Mountain”, “The new snowmaking equipment at Bald will serve all of the trails and slopes which are now lighted”. Advertisement, Bangor Daily Newspaper – October 30, 1970 The advertisement lists that Bald Mountain featured 12 trails, 2,200 ft chairlift, 950 ft T- bar, snack bar, rentals, base lodge, summit lodge, snow making, night skiing, ski school, touring trail, and that it had special rates for all students and groups. It also states that Bald featured trails ranging from scenic novice runs to expert narrow twisting challenging runs. The old phone number to call at the bottom of advertisement is 207-843-6256. Bangor Daily News – October 3, 1974 by, Dennis Mills Writes that the Snow Bowl in Camden was going to obtain “$100,000 worth of equipment” “from the now defunct Bald Mountain Ski Area”. The equipment the Snow Bowl is going to receive is the 1,900 foot chairlift, 1,000 foot T-bar, snowmaking machinery, and lights. All of this equipment “was donated to the Snow Bowl last summer by Arthur K. Watson shortly before he died. |
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From: Grace Dunklee
Posted: 1/30/2012
Chairlift? Not the way I remember Bald Mountain. Back in the early 1960's, I came with my family and a day at Bald Mountain was truly an old-fashioned, family outing. Everyone brought lunches. We ALL had to pack the hill before we could ski and everyone seemed like one extended 'ski' family there. The rope tow was SO heavy it was hard for me (8-10 years old) to hold on. In the little warming hut, nice old ladies ran the snack bar and always brought the MOST DELICIOUS home made DOUGHNUTS (I've never had any better than those!) and sold Bit-O-Honey for 5-cents. My first snowmobile ride was when my Dad (Si Dunklee) borrowed a machine to pack the hill and we drove the SkiDoo in on the long, snowy path (always seemed like miles when I was little and carrying in my skis) to the mountain from the parking lot. Snow was so deep, we tipped over. I have many fond memories of Bald Mountain.
Posted: 1/30/2012
Chairlift? Not the way I remember Bald Mountain. Back in the early 1960's, I came with my family and a day at Bald Mountain was truly an old-fashioned, family outing. Everyone brought lunches. We ALL had to pack the hill before we could ski and everyone seemed like one extended 'ski' family there. The rope tow was SO heavy it was hard for me (8-10 years old) to hold on. In the little warming hut, nice old ladies ran the snack bar and always brought the MOST DELICIOUS home made DOUGHNUTS (I've never had any better than those!) and sold Bit-O-Honey for 5-cents. My first snowmobile ride was when my Dad (Si Dunklee) borrowed a machine to pack the hill and we drove the SkiDoo in on the long, snowy path (always seemed like miles when I was little and carrying in my skis) to the mountain from the parking lot. Snow was so deep, we tipped over. I have many fond memories of Bald Mountain.
From: Gary Capehart
Posted: 1/30/2013
Yes I am a flat lander or outa statar. Hmmmm leaving Ct. behind in 76 I had a chance up here I thought. When I got a job I thought I might be where I could sometimes ski to work ala x-c. But I also alpine skied. Good enough, but always good enough to feel the glide as snow and gravity did its thing and I thought, Glory halleluah. That winter I sought directions to Bald Mountain, Snow Mountain and Hermon Mtn. Found the last one. As a teacher we use to take students skiing(both ways). Today the number of students I have with skiis can be counted on one hand. The kids of this area did then and today more so need a cheap easy hill to ski on. No it wouldn't hurt Hermon. They'd soon go there and beyond. They'd save money for other ski days rather than trips to the mall and x station z boxes. I cringe when I think, what happened to young skiers.
Posted: 1/30/2013
Yes I am a flat lander or outa statar. Hmmmm leaving Ct. behind in 76 I had a chance up here I thought. When I got a job I thought I might be where I could sometimes ski to work ala x-c. But I also alpine skied. Good enough, but always good enough to feel the glide as snow and gravity did its thing and I thought, Glory halleluah. That winter I sought directions to Bald Mountain, Snow Mountain and Hermon Mtn. Found the last one. As a teacher we use to take students skiing(both ways). Today the number of students I have with skiis can be counted on one hand. The kids of this area did then and today more so need a cheap easy hill to ski on. No it wouldn't hurt Hermon. They'd soon go there and beyond. They'd save money for other ski days rather than trips to the mall and x station z boxes. I cringe when I think, what happened to young skiers.
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