Crocker Basin - Sugarloaf Mountain Resort - New England Ski Area Expansions

Maine: Sugarloaf Mountain Resort: Expansions

Ski Area Expansions

Crocker Basin at Sugarloaf Mountain Resort

Crocker Basin Details

Status:	Cancelled
First Season of Operation:	1980s
Lifts:	4 lifts
Terrain:
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Looking to continue development, Sugarloaf purchased 1,170 acres of land on the western face of the mountain in the late 1970s. Originally named Crocker Basin, the new complex was expected to have four lifts and a vertical drop of some 1,400 feet. Press accounts in 1979 projected the area to be developed in the early to mid 1980s.

While the West Mountain component opened with a double chairlift in 1984, the other terrain was never developed.

A 1979 rendering of the proposed Crocker Basin area

Sugarloaf Mountain Resort Expansion History
Project Name	Season	Status
Birches	1970-71	Open
Brackett Basin	2010-11	Open
Bucksaw	1969-70	Open
Burnt Mountain	2013-14	Open
Crocker Basin	1980s	Cancelled
Crocker Mountain	1970s	Cancelled
Snowbrook	1985-86	Open
Upper Mountain	1956-57	Open
West Mountain	1984-85	Open
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Last updated: April 5, 2014

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