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	Podcast:		Maine Things Considered
	Episode:		Maine’s Small Ski Areas Get Boost From Late-Season Snow
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-03-14 06:01:34
	Description:		Maine ski operators, particularly smaller ones, are enthusiastically embracing the back-to-back blizzards this month. Even a short drought can leave some mountains struggling for the rest of the season to recoup their losses. Only two weeks ago, parts of Maine were reporting temperatures in the upper 50s. That wasn’t making ski area operators like Bill Whitcomb at all happy. But this week’s snowstorm has put a smile on his face. “Right now, snow in the month of March is frosting on the cake anyway, so anything you get is great,” he says. Whitcomb’s New Hermon Mountain Ski Area near Bangor is for a convenient place to make a few runs down one of the mountain’s 20 trails during the week or to bring the kids after school. Emily Walker of Hermon was at the mountain just before 3 p.m. Tuesday. “It’s been amazing, we’ve been very fortunate this year, we live close and I’m a snowboard instructor here and a ski patroller so I’ve enjoyed every minute of this season,” she says. The rewards for
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