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Sugarloaf Mountain from Twin
As seen from the north peak of Twin Mountain, Catskills. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- As seen from the north peak of Twin Mountain, Catskills
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Sugarloaf
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Sugarloaf.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Carrabassett Valley is a town in Franklin County, Maine, United States.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work and settlement beneath the snowline
It is the highest elevated incorporated settlement in the state.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Sugarloaf
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Sugarloaf.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Sugarloaf Mountain
View from the ski lodge area of Sugarloaf Mountain. Second highest peak in Maine at about 4250 feet. Well below the altitude of Mt. Katahdin at 5268 feet. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- View from the ski lodge area of Sugarloaf Mountain. Second highest peak in Maine at about 4250 feet. Well below the altitude of Mt. Katahdin at 5268 feet
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
1950
Winter becomes organised
The first trail was cut at Sugarloaf in 1950 by the Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club and a group of locals known as "The Bigelow Boys".
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Sugarloaf is recorded at 45.031° N, 70.313° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,291 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
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Sugarloaf Mountain from Twin
As seen from the north peak of Twin Mountain, Catskills. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- As seen from the north peak of Twin Mountain, Catskills
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
TODAY
Sugarloaf now
Carrabassett Valley remains a small mountain town organised around Sugarloaf, with skiing, forestry and year-round outdoor work sharing the upper valley.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Sugarloaf Mountain from Twin
AOD.US.SUGARLOAF.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sugarloaf Mountain
AOD.US.SUGARLOAF.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Carrabassett Valley, Maine overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.