Sugarloaf, Maine, will launch New England’s latest, lift-served bike park later this summer time.
Forward of opening day, the ski resort has shared a take a look at what guests may count on by a brand-new path map masking the community of trails accessed by the Whiffletree Quad.
Right here’s a glance.
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In a press launch shared earlier this month, Sugarloaf stated that the bike park’s debut path, Emerald, is a machine-built, three-mile intermediate stream path that caters to seasoned inexperienced persons and specialists. The path consists of berms, rollers, and non-obligatory options. One other new path, Syncline, is underneath development and set to open subsequent fall.
“That is only the start,” stated Adam Craig, Sugarloaf’s Bike Park Supervisor, within the press launch, noting that the park “will proceed to develop each season. The carry entry bike park is a superb complement to the sprawling XC community that exists right here in Carrabassett Valley, due to the work of the City of Carrabassett Valley path crew.”
Throughout the bike park’s opening day—Friday, July 4—Sugarloaf will host a DJ, adopted by reside music from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Day tickets to the park are discounted to $25 in the course of the opening weekend and might be $35 for the remainder of summer time. A season’s cross prices $199. The park might be open Friday by Sunday from 10 a.m. to six p.m. in the course of the hotter months.
The Whiffletree Quad, which ascends 1,050 ft of vertical per lap, will even present entry to Sugar Loaf’s pure enduro and downhill race programs, together with trails like Widowmaker Extension, Jackpot, and Rookie River.
Close to the bottom of the chairlift, Sugarloaf’s bike store has been relocated to the second ground of the bottom lodge. The store, which has already soft-launched, will formally open alongside the bike park on July 4. It gives bike leases and repairs.
The bike park is a part of Sugarloaf 2030, a decade-spanning plan that goals to revitalize the ski resort by enhancements to the visitor and on-mountain expertise. In February 2024, Sugarloaf debuted the West Mountain growth that included a brand new high-speed quad chairlift—the Bucksaw Categorical—and 12 new ski runs masking roughly 120 acres.
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