Click Here Chisholm Ski Club has an Outstanding Ski Schedule this Winter
“It’s only a little club . . . but we do big things.” - Chummy Broomhall (1919-2017)
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It's going to be another busy winter for our volunteers at Black Mountain of Maine as Black Mountain and the Chisholm Ski Club will be hosting a full slate of events. The first in a series of the always popular Snowmobile Hill Climbs kicked off the season on December 14th. The new year 2025 begins with the Nordic portion of the Bates Carnival on January 10th and 11th, and will feature ski teams from the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association.
Alpine events in January, include a Maine Alpine Racing Association U14 Giant Slalom, a Maine Junior Ski League race, and High School races. We will also host several Nordic events that month, including the annual Jr. Sassi 3km Classical and Sassi Memorial 5km Classical on January 25th. Another Nordic event that day is the Maine Nordic Team Qualifier.February begins our championship season, as we host portions of the Mountain Valley Conference Championship and the Kennebec Valley Athletic Association Championship. The Maine Junior Ski League Championship will come to Rumford on February 11th and on February 17th and 18th we will be the host of the Maine Principals Association Classes A, B, and C Nordic State Championships. February will also be the month for the grueling Last Man Standing Uphill Race as well as the Eastern High School Maine Alpine Qualifier and the MARA U14 Qualifier for Giant Slalom. Closing out the season in March we will have the Women's Day on the 8th and the Tom Kendall Ski Meister Race on March 9th. Our final event of the season will be the Eastern High School Nordic Championships on March 14th, 15th and 16th. |
28 Legends Compete in Ski Museum Giant Slalom
28 Skiers over 50 years of age competed in the Ski Museum of Maine's Legends Giant Slalom race at Black Mountain of Maine. Skiers could take two runs, with the best of the two being their official time. In the women's F60 Class, Heid DeBlock of Team Prime Time took the gold with a best run of 48.69. Taking the silver was Leigh Breiderbach with a time of 52.52. The bronze went to Chisholm Ski Club's Terry Richard with a time of 1:09.22.
Gail Preble won the women's F70 class with best time of 48.66. Taking the silver was Robin Hodgkin with a tie of 58.67.
In the men's competiton, Hans-Peter Brahn of Prime Time 2 won the M60 class with a time of 40.94. Second place was won by Darryl Brown of the Chisholm Ski Club with a time of 41.94. Sugarloaf Ski Club's Peter Thompson took third with a time of 43.57.
In the M70 class, Michael Ham took top spot with a time of 37.74, while Michael Becker came in second with a time of 39.31. Chisholm's Tim Gallant took the final podium position with a time of 42.49.
Art Cunningham proved that you are never too old to compete, winning the M80 division with an amazing time of 42.14.
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Ski Legends Race
2026 LEGENDS GIANT SLALOM RACE
After Covid interrupted the Annual Legends Race in 2021, the competition for 50+ skiers is back!
What: Modified Giant Slalom Race
When: Friday, March 6, Race Start 1 pm, best of two runs
Where: Androscoggin Trail, Black Mountain, Rumford, Maine
Who: Race categories: Men and Women ages 50-59; 60-69; 70+
How Much: $50 registration in advance, $60 day of race
Registration includes lift pass day of race and after-race awards party
Register and pay on-line at https://www.SkiReg.com/maine-ski-legends-alpine-race
New this year- Kendall Team Trophy
Teams of four with at least one man or one woman. Winner determined by place in racer's category not time. Register your team day of race at check-in on the main floor of the lodge. Get your team together from your ski area, ski club, fellow coaches, or group of friends.
Online Registration Deadline: Thursday, Mar 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM ET
Many, many thanks to Black Mountain and the Chisholm Ski Club for hosting the event.Questions? Send an email to
Yarmouth Women Win State Class B Alpine Championship
Mountain Valley's Lily Boulanger sweeps individual titles
The Yarmouth High School women, led by Logan MacLeod and Gwen Zimmerman, captured the 2026 Maine Principal's Association Class B Alpine Championship at Black Mountain of Maine. MacLeod, a senior, finished fourth in the morning's Giant Slalom race and 2nd in the Slalom in the afternoon while junior Zimmerman finished fifth in the GS and 13th in the Slalom. Other scorers for the Clippers were Taylor Carr, Sophia Tipple, and Finley Giguere.
Coming in second place was Fort Kent High School. The MPA Good Sportsmanship Awards were presented to Fort Kent HS in the North and Maranacook HS in the South.
Lily Boulanger, a senior for Mountain Valley High School, took individual honors with victories in both the Giant Slalom and Slalom races. Haidyn Saucier of Fort Kent and Emery Dodge of York HS finished second and third in the Giant Slalom. MacLeod and Maranacook's Phoebe Bell also made it to the podium in the Slalom race.
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Fort Kent Men Capture Class B Alpine Championship
Reed Michaud and Tristan Riley take individual titles
The Fort Kent High Shool Men won the 2026 Maine Principals Associaltion Class B Alpine State Championship under blue skies at Black Mountain of Maine on Tuesday. Second place went to the Yarmouth Clippers. 
The races were postponed one day because of the weather on Monday, and both the Giant Slalom and Slalom races were run in one day, with the GS only doing one run.
In the morning's GS, Reed Michaud of Fort Kent took gold with a time of 50.65. Second place went to Cooper Dodge of York High School with a time of 51.68. The third place was won by Tristan Riley of Maranacook with a run of 52.19.
After a lunch break, racing continued in the afternnoon with two runs of slalom. Riley took first place with a combined time of 1:25.86. Second place was won by Michaud with a time of 1:27.30. Taking the final podium position was Dodge with a time 1:27.55.
Also scoring for the champion Owls were Wyatt Marquis, Finley Marquis, Caleb Pelletier, and Caleb Saucier.
The Good Sportsmanship Awards went to Fort Kent in the North and Maranacook in the South.
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Young Races Compete in MARA U12 U14 GS Qualifier
The Chisholm Ski Club and Black Mountain of Maine hosted the Maine Alpine Racing Association's U12 and U14 Giant Slalom Qualifier on Sunday, February 22nd. With a calm blue-bird sky day and a temperature of 32º at race time, the U12 Girls opened the competition. 
Natalie Blaisdell, skiing for Carrabasset Valley Academy, took first place with runs of 58.32 and 53.65 for a two-run total of 1:51.97. In second place was Eloise Wadsworth of CVA with times of 57.65 and 55.18 for a combined score of 1:52.83. In third place was Gould Academy Team's Sage Ippolito with runs of 58.54 and 55.71 and a two-run total of 1:54.25.
Also finishing in the top ten were Brooke Servidio, Elise Duda, Emerson Thornton, Audri Pelletier, Stella Hunter, Victoria Borowski, and Mackenzie Tetreault.
In the U14 Girls, CVA's Molly Holman took top honors with runs of 55.06 and 51.42 for a combined time of 1:46.48. 
Second place went to Gould's Madison Lambert with times of 55.70 and 51.92 for a two-run time of 1:47.62. Hayden Plourde of Valley Racing Team came in third with times of 55.62 and 52.48 and a combined score of 1:48.10 .
Rounding out the top ten were Isla Dakers, Hazel Redman, Nellie Wood, Addison Gray, Riley Corner, Niaya Gaudet, and Keira Livesay.
In the boys U12 race, Hal Trenholm, skiing for CVA, took gold with times of 55.93 and 53.13, giving 
him a combined score of 1:49.06. His teammate Winston Mehalic came in second with times of 56.49 and 54.87 and a two-run times of 1:51.36. Third place winner was Duncan Steinert of Pleasant Mountain Racing Team, registering times of 57.34 and 54.35 for a combined 1:51.69 time.
Other top-ten U12 skiers were Emmett Hark, Jacob Strait, Robinson Jones, James Redman, Breck Lowe, Jensen Larrabee, and Liam Masterman.
Only .81 seconds separated the top three skers in the boys U14 class. The top racer was Henry Sapak of CVA. 
Sapak had runs of 53.55 and 50.47, giving him a combined score of 1:44.02. Right behind him were teammates Finn Hilderbrand and Preston Ponitz. Hilderbrand finished in 54.35 and 50.31 for a 1:44.66 combined score. Ponitz had runs of 54.44 and 50.39 for a two-run total of 1:44.83.
Also received medals were Henry Brochu, Gunnar Goethert, Abram Plourde, Wyatt Colin, Max Puyanic, Owen Bouchard, and Peter Cote.
For complete sortable Live Timing girls results, go to https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=305408. For boys results, go to https://www.live-timing.com/race2.php?r=305409.
Race Photos will be available at 
Maine Eastern HS Alpine Team Set
February 20: Top High School Skiers in Maine competed Friday at Black Mountain of Maine, hoping to earn a berth on the 2026 Maine Alpine Team which will compete in the Eastern High School Championships in Franconia, New Hampshire from March 6-9.
Leading the men’s team will be a pair of Fryeburg Academy skiers, Tucker Barnaby and Merrik Iacozili. Barnaby had the fastest time in the 1st run of the slalom race with a time of 40.49. Iacozili had the fastest time in the first run of the giant slalom race with a time of 49.53.
They will be joined on the team by Tristan Riley of Maranacook High School, Reed Michaud of Fort Kent High School, Cooper Dodge of York High School, Sam Good of Kennebunk High School, Dylan Cobb of Poland High School, Ian Christie of Falmouth High School, Sawyer Shanaman of Edward Little High School, and Gabe Landry of Falmouth High School.
The women's team will be led by Margo Hasson of Falmouth High School and Lily Boulanger of Mountain Valley High School. Hasson had the best times in each of the slalom runs, with her fastest
time being a 42.61 in the first run. Boulanger had the fastest times in each of the giant slalom races, with her best time being a 49.96 in the first run.
Also representing Maine will be Hazel Martin of Marshwood High School, Ellie Porter of Edward Little High School, Valentina Farioli of Fryeburg Academy, Phoebe Bell of Maranacook High School, Eleanor 
Browne of Skowhegan High School, Ella Morse of Falmouth High School, Laney Caron of Fort Kent High School, and Maeve Long of Marshwood High School.
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