Friday, March 6

Calling all College students - Friday is College Day! $15 tickets with any valid student ID card. $5 burgers and $2 beers are available all day (for everyone) in the Loose Boots and a festive Après-ski kicks with Live Music at 4:00pm.

Chefs Night

Friday (and Saturday) will, as always, be most savory. This week’s pizza special is prosciutto ham, spinach, tomato and artichoke on whole wheat dough served with lemon wedges and our plate specials are a Seafood Pasta and a Chicken and Rib BBQ served with Cole Slaw. And don’t forget our regular pub menu highlighted by our fresh ground, hand-packed tenderloin burgers. They are THE BEST in TOWN.

Saturday, March 7

New England Telemark Day is back by popular demand. High performance demos and free introductory lessons will be available throughout the day and if you enjoy your experience – great news; those demo skis are being offered for sale at great discounts and the Mt Abram Snow School will offering discounts on both group and private tele lessons.

Kidz Night

Come experience our new Mini-max Theatre – it’s the best show in town. Kid drop-off starts at 5:30 this Saturday. The $12/Kidz night includes dinner, arts/craft, movie and a make your own sundae line.

Full Moon Hike

3rd Full Moon Hike of the season This special and signature event is scheduled to leave the Base Lodge at 6:30pm. We haul your skis or boards up and meet you at the Top Shack with a tasty and thirst quenching greeting before your descent back to expedition Headquarters. This is a great adventure – don’t miss out.

Tom Kennedy

Tom Kennedy hits the stage of the Loose Boots at 7:00 for an evening of great music.

Snow Sports Special

Invitation to women’s Ski Camps The ultimate two-day ski camp just for women. Our Downhill Divas program will run March 20 and March 27th. We are offering a 2-hour group lesson starting at 10:00 with our top women instructors to be followed with a delicious lunch and desert prepared by Chef Joel. Improve and gain confidence in your skiing while enjoying the company of other women at Maine’s best mountain. Lunch and lesson is $50 per day. Lift ticket not included but a special $10 AM only ticket available. Also Licensed day care is available (call 207-875-5004 or e-mail BullwinklesDaycare@yahoo.com). To register for this ski camp e-mail the director of the Snow School, Krister Rollins, at lrn2ski@maine.rr.com or call Mt. Abram’s at 207-875-5000. Don’t miss out on this awesome opportunity !! We look forward to seeing you on the mountain.

Cowbells continue to ring

Last weekend Mt. Abram played host to the High School State Selection Race, an event where the top ten finishers in Slalom and Giant Slalom from the three class state meets race head to head to see who represents Maine at the New England Championships at Cannon Mountain. Mt. Abram’s own Halie Gilman and Frankie Del Duca both made the Maine Select team and will be representing the Mt. Abram Race Program and Maine at the N.E. Championships. Good luck Halie and Frankie.

The "Buffs" from Colorado University will be training at Mt. Abram March 8th, in their final preparations to the NCAA National Championships at Sugarloaf. With 74 All-time Individual NCAA Ski Champions this is the premier ski racing program in the country. Go Buffs!!!

"Learn to Race Month" starts this Saturday; aspiring racers from 7 - 13 yrs old will be learning the basics of race techniques and tactics. This 4 week introductory program will run Saturday mornings from 9-11 starting March 7th. The cost is $60 and payment can be made payable to Mt Abram at the first session. Mark Thibodeau (former Leavitt Coach and Director of the Mt Abram Race Program) and Tim Lavallee (former Coach US Ski Team, University of Colorado, Bates College and Director of Gould Academy Sunday River Competition Program) will teach the basics of racing. Email Mark at: mthibodeau@msad52.org to register.

Our 10 Week Program crosses the finish line this weekend with a fun race starting at 9:00 on Saturday with a pizza party and awards to follow.

New This Week

With tons of press on our new policy, we want you to see it too. Check out the article from the Sun Journal. PLUS our new Boundary to Boundary video. This will make you want to find all those stashes of snow we have here.

Other Items of Interest

Remember, buy your 2009 – 10 season pass now (at 2008 – 09 pricing) and ski for the remainder of this season for free. What a great way to come back to Mt Abram and be with your friends the rest of this season. Our “White Grass Festival” is shaping up to be one of the most entertaining weekends ever seen here at the mountain. Bands all day, games for the kids as well as for the kid in all of us! Mark your calendar now! April 4th! Weather pending a Spillover Saturday is in the works for Saturday, April 11th – stay tuned.

Mt. Abram | 308 Howe Hill Road | Greenwood | ME | 04255 | info@mtabram.com