Mt Abram Ski Area & Bike Park — Attraction in Greenwood

My home away from home. When I was young & my father was a ski instructor here, I learned to ski in the great 10 week Jr Program, with my family, my friends, and their parents too. This is a family mtn that likes to have fun; different themes and events each weekend put a little spice and flavor into the resort. The terrain varies from well groomed easy green circles, moderate blue squares, and challenging black diamonds, to bump runs and glades with new work constantly being done in the woods to open the many great fall lines the mtn has to offer. The West Side contains, in my opinion, the best learn-to-ski-terrain in the Northeast & has a smaller lodge and adjacent sunny warming pavilion to accommodate large groups. This lodge offers food, coffee, sodas, and draft beers, and also holds the daycare center. The Main Side currently has a temporary lodge structure with heated floors and custom crafted woodworking. Unfortunately the previous lodge burned after a lightening strick, but this current structure is warm and comfortable and has accommodated guests even on very busy days. The attached bathrooms are clean & spacious, and I love the weekly fresh flowers at the hand washing station. Adjacent to the Main Lodge is the outside ticket booth, rental shop and ski shop (run by Sportshaus of Bridgton, ME) with knowledgeable and friendly staff, the race pavilion, and the locker pavilion. In the Main Lodge you'll find Loose Boots Lounge (also known as LBL or "the boots") with a full dinner menu and bar. Joel's fresh ground sirloin beef burgers, hand breaded chicken fingers, homemade potato chips, power salad, and dinner specials like glazed salmon and Irish Stew are well worth ordering from LBL. The cafe always has delicious pizza (made with Portland Pie dough), hearty chili, and fresh baked sweet treats in addition to your typical cafeteria burgers, fries, and chicken fingers. Loose Boots Lounge offers a mug club in which gives you a 20oz pour & you get to take your pottery home with you at the end of the season (makes for a great coffee mug at home). Live bands, fundraising events for the Ski Club, and community members in need, keep the nightlife active. Due to a transition of management, at the time of planning and booking, the 17/18 season was a little light on apres events, but the events that did take place were very fun and the focus on snow making and grooming was well accepted. I know apres ski plans are already well underway for the 18/19 season and discussions of summer concerts, as well as finishing the mtn biking, and disc golf courses are of concern. Mt Abram is also a great location for a wedding event. They've had couples starting their lives together, in all of Maine's beautiful seasons, with the picturesque mtn as the backdrop and serving as a reminder of a solid foundation and strong family support. With everything that has happened to the mtn, that could have easily stopped it's existence, it has endured and continues to thrive. If you're looking for a smaller mtn, with a very family friendly atmosphere, and terrain for all skill levels, look no further than Mt Abram in Locke Mills (Greenwood), ME. I'll...

Mt. Abram is fantastic both in the summer and in the winter due to it's role as both a ski mountain and a quiet summer hike. Mt.Abram finds competition as a ski mountain with Sunday river and sugarloaf, but not much else. Mt.Abram doesn't offer as many runs as the two other mentioned mountains, but it's homey and has challenging trails as well as bunny slopes nonetheless. To be clear, Sunday and sugarloaf are the optimal skiing resorts if you want the most difficult trails or the most options. But mt.Abram's quality stands strong, it's lines are generally shorter, and it offers comforting touches that the larger ski areas do not. It should also be mentioned that mt.Abram generally has cheaper ski tickets and runs on solar energy, which helps you feel good about your choice to ski there. On the whole, mt.Abram is not the outright best of mountains in the area. The hiking here is a little bit of an adventure; the trails are not well defined and it's up to you what you make of the hike. There are also blueberries on the way up. I love this small trek and try to do it every summer Let's be honest though, there's a 95% chance you're looking at this review in regards to Abram as a ski mountain. Each ski mountain offers it's own specialties it's best at, what fit is most appropriate is a matter of your priorities. Mt.Abram has never dissatisfied me and a doubt it will...

I enjoyed my time at this ski park quite a bit. If you're just looking for a casual ski day avoiding 30 minute long lift lines, then I can't recommend this place enough. They've done everything they can to make a nice welcoming and comfortable day of skiing.

I only drop a star because there aren't a lot of trails. Technically 10 were open, but you know how that goes, where most of them aren't really what you want to ski on, and I ended up riding the same 2 or 3 all day. But I did love the trails they had. I think if there was more snow, there would be a lot more trails and better variety. But at this location, consistent snow is always going to be an issue--no fault of the park.

No fuss, no wait, good prices, good people, simple skiing, and a low intensity day on the slopes. If that's what you're looking for it is a great place. If you don't want the same trail twice in the day, I'd probably look...