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  • Maine Ski Lifts Timeline

    1950s
    1953-54 New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) T-Bar installed.
    1955-56 New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) Old Blue double chairlift installed.
    New lift Sugarloaf T-Bar installed (new Constam).
    1956-57 New lift Sugarloaf T-Bar installed.
    1960s
    1959-60 New lift Sugarloaf T-Bar installed.
    New lift Sunday River T-Bar installed.
    1960-61 New lift Big Rock Big Rock Express Pomalift installed.
    New lift Saddleback Cupsuptic T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    New lift Saddleback T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    1961-62 New lift Mt. Abram Maine T-Bar installed.
    New lift Black Mountain T-Bar likely installed.
    New lift Sugarloaf Whiffletree T-Bar installed.
    New lift Sugarloaf King Pine T-Bar installed.
    New lift Sunday River Locke Mountain T-Bar installed.
    1962-63 New lift Lost Valley T-Bar installed.
    New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) East Slope T-Bar installed.
    1963-64 New lift Saddleback Rangeley double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Squaw Lower T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    New lift Sugarloaf T-Bar installed (new Constam).
    New lift Sunday River Mixing Bowl T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    1964-65 New lift Mt. Agamenticus double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Mt. Agamenticus T-Bar installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Squaw Novice T-Bar installed (new Hall).
    1965-66 New lift Mt. Abram Duane's Retreat T-Bar installed (new Poma).
    New lift Lost Valley double chairlift installed.
    New lift Sugarloaf Gondola installed (new PHB).
    1966-67 New lift Camden Snow Bowl Big T-Bar installed (Hall).
    1967-68 New lift Saddleback Sandy double chairlift installed (new Hopkins).
    Relocated lift Saddleback T-Bar moved to Roosters trail.
    New lift Squaw Thompson double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    1970s
    1969-70 New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) Pine double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    New lift Sugarloaf Bucksaw double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    1970-71 New lift Mt. Abram Way Back Machine double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Evergreen Valley #1 double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Evergreen Valley #2 double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Evergreen Valley #3 double chairlift installed (new Mueller).
    New lift Sugarloaf Sawduster double chairlift installed (new Stadeli).
    1971-72 New lift Lost Valley double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    New lift Sugarloaf Timberline T-Bar installed (new Stadeli).
    New lift Sunday River Barker Mountain double chairlift installed (new Pullman-Berry).
    1972-73 New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) Sunnyside double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    1973-74 New lift Sugarloaf Double Runner West double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1974-75 New lift Sugarloaf Double Runner East double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1975-76 New lift Camden Snow Bowl Chair double chairlift installed (Hall, possibly from Bald, ME).
    New lift Camden Snow Bowl Little T-Bar installed (Hall).
    New lift Sugarloaf Spillway East double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1980s
    1979-80 New lift Saddleback Kennebago T-Bar installed (Hall).
    1981-82 New lift Sugarloaf Timberwind double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River South Ridge double chairlift installed (new Hall).
    1983-84 Removed lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) Old Blue double chairlift removed after season.
    New lift Sugarloaf Spillway West double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    Removed lift Sugarloaf T-Bar removed after season.
    1984-85 New lift Pleasant Mountain (Shawnee Peak) Summit triple chairlift installed (new Riblet).
    New lift Sugarloaf West Mountain double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    Relocated lift Sugarloaf Timberwind double chairlift removed after season, possibly placed in storage (Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River Locke Mountain triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1985-86 New lift Sugarloaf Snubber triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River Fall Line double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River North Peak triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    1986-87 Removed lift Squaw Lower T-Bar removed after season.
    New lift Sunday River South Ridge triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River Spruce Peak triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    Removed lift Sunday River Barker Mountain double chairlift removed after season.
    1987-88 New lift Squaw Donaher triple chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    Removed lift Sugarloaf Whiffletree T-Bar removed after season.
    New lift Sunday River Little White Cap quad chairlift installed (new Yan).
    New lift Sunday River Sunday River Express detachable quad chairlift installed (new Yan).
    1988-89 New lift Mt. Abram Skyline double chairlift installed (used Hall).
    New lift Shawnee Peak Rabbit Run double chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sugarloaf Whiffletree quad chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    New lift Sugarloaf King Pine quad chairlift installed (new Borvig).
    Relocated lift Sugarloaf Timberwind double chairlift possibly moved from storage, installed as Skidway (Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River White Heat quad chairlift installed (new Yan).
    New lift Sunday River White Cap quad chairlift installed (new Yan).
    1990s
    1990-91 Removed lift Evergreen Valley #1 double chairlift likely removed after season (sold to Big Rock, ME.
    Removed lift Evergreen Valley #2 double chairlift likely removed after season.
    Removed lift Evergreen Valley #3 double chairlift likely removed after season.
    1991-92 Other lift note Sugarloaf Gondola truncated to upper mountain only.
    New lift Sunday River Aurora Peak quad chairlift installed (new Yan).
    Removed lift Sunday River South Ridge 1 double chairlift likely removed after season.
    1992-93 New lift Sunday River South Ridge Express detachable quad chairlift installed (new Poma).
    New lift Sunday River Quantum Leap triple chairlift installed (used Hall/Borvig).
    1993-94 New lift Big Rock North Star double chairlift installed (used Mueller from Evergreen Valley, ME).
    1994-95 New lift Sugarloaf Super Quad detachable quad chairlift installed (new Garaventa CTEC).
    New lift Sunday River Jordan Bowl Express detachable quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    New lift Sunday River Jordan Mountain double chairlift installed (Garaventa CTEC and Hall).
    1995-96 New lift Sunday River Oz quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    1996-97 Removed lift Shawnee Peak Pine double chairlift removed after season.
    Removed lift Sugarloaf Gondola removed after season.
    Removed lift Sunday River North Peak triple chairlift removed after season (sold to Attitash, NH).
    1997-98 New lift Shawnee Peak Pine quad chairlift installed (new Garaventa CTEC).
    Other lift note Shawnee Peak Sunnyside double chairlift upgraded to triple.
    New lift Sugarloaf Whiffletree detachable quad chairlift installed (new Garaventa CTEC).
    Relocated lift Sugarloaf Whiffletree quad chairlift moved, renamed Timberline (Borvig).
    New lift Sunday River Perfect Turn Express detachable quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr).
    2000s
    2003-04 New lift Black Mountain Novice double chairlift installed (from Bretton Woods, NH).
    Removed lift Saddleback lower T-Bar removed after season.
    Other lift note Squaw Thompson double chairlift grip failure results in multiple injuries and closure of lift.
    2004-05 New lift Big Rock South Star triple chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    New lift Black Mountain Summit triple chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    Other lift note Saddleback Rangeley double chairlift extended, rebuilt by Doppelmayr CTEC.
    New lift Saddleback South Branch quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    2007-08 Removed lift Saddleback Kennebago T-Bar removed after season.
    Removed lift Sunday River South Ridge triple chairlift removed after season.
    2008-09 New lift Saddleback Kennebago quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    New lift Sunday River Chondola installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    2010s
    2009-10 Removed lift Shawnee Peak Summit triple chairlift removed after season.
    2010-11 New lift Shawnee Peak Summit triple chairlift installed (used CTEC from Loon, NH).
    Other lift note Sugarloaf Spillway East double chairlift deropement results in multiple injuries and extended closure of lift.
    Removed lift Sugarloaf Spillway East double chairlift removed after season.
    Removed lift Sugarloaf Spillway West double chairlift removed after season.
    2011-12 New lift Sugarloaf Skyline quad chairlift installed (new Doppelmayr CTEC).
    Last updated: December 23, 2011

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