I use to ski. If there were a way to make that statement not just past tense, but past-past tense it would be more accurate. It has been at least thirty-five years since I skied last but I have fond memories of being on the slopes even if my first attempt did result in frostbite. Fortunately, my toes thawed.
My childhood best friend’s family skied every weekend and I was lucky enough to tag along on many trips to the ski resort. There was also an active ski club in my high school. Every Friday night, we headed to the mountain. Skiing is big in Maine.
Although I’ve only tried downhill skiing, cross-country skiing is also a popular winter option. We hiked at the Roberts Farm Preserve in Norway recently. This 165 acre preserve has a series of cross country ski trails for all skill levels. We were there for winter hiking since, as is probably clear by now, I’m not a skier. They offer one winter trail, The Noyes Trail, for snowshoeing and hiking. It circles the preserve intersecting with the cross country trails here and there.
It’s a fairly short trail, just under two miles, but you get some great views of Lake Pennesseewassee with the Mountains in the background. There is also a warming hut on the property that is open on weekends. I learned after our visit that you can borrow cross-country skies or snowshoes for free from the warming hut.
We’ll have to give that a try the next time we visit. Maybe there is more skiing in my future after all.
Do you like to ski?
I’m participating in a Blogging A-Z Challenge for April 2018. I will be posting new content every day this month except most Sundays. Each post is associated with a letter of the alphabet, starting with A and ending with Z. My theme for the challenge is Winters in Maine. To read more of my A to Z posts, click HERE.
| things to know | |
|---|---|
| Place | Noyes Trail – Roberts Farm Preserve |
| Address | 64 Roberts Road, Norway, Maine |
| Winter Scene | Cross Country Ski Trails |
| Website | Western Foothills Land Trust |
| Favorite ♥ | Lake & Mountain Views |
Weekends in Maine 
I have never skied in my life, but I’d love to try. Especially in such beautiful place as Norway. I’ve never been there either, but people who has gone say it’s a beautiful country.
One day, I hope 🙂
In the meanwhile, I lov eyour photos.
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I would love to get to Norway someday too. This is actually a trail in Norway, Maine.
There is an iconic sign in Maine that shows you the distance to a variety of towns in the state – Norway, Paris, Denmark, Naples, Sweden, Poland, Mexico, Peru and China.
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My older kids and my husband all enjoy downhill skiing but I haven’t tried it since I was a lot younger. I do enjoy cross country skiing though, but in recent years I’ve really fallen in love with snow shoeing. That’s my winter thing.
Melanie’s Stories
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Snow shoeing is my winter thing too! I think cross country skiing would be fun to try someday though.
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I don’t ski but my kids do. I’m a “sit by the warm fire” kind of winter person =)
Dena
https://denapawling.blogspot.com/
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By the end of my downhill skiing days, I had definitely migrated to a “sitting in the lodge by the fire” kind of person.
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I thought all snowy people skied – now I find out that you can just snowshoe – or sit inside in the warm (both sound quite appealing to me as they don’t involve broken limbs or getting cold and wet)
Leanne | http://www.crestingthehill.com.au
N for Never lie
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There are a few of us who don’t ski but we’re probably in the minority. Snowshoeing is more my speed too.
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I have never skied and don’t think have a fascination for it either. Frostbite sounds painful love, hope it healed alright after that.
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Fortunately, it was just a mild case.
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I would gladly snowshoe but too many knee surgeries in my past for skiing. A definite ‘don’t’ my doc would say.
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That’s how I feel about running. I’d much prefer walking than take the pounding on my knees from running.
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I once tried skiing at a school camp and was hopeless. I would love to visit Norway and the fjiords just glorious. Thanks for more beautiful photos and have a great day! xx
Sue from Sizzling Towards 60 & Beyond
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As much as I skied when I was younger, I was always fairly hopeless at it as well. It was fun for a time.
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Yes I was hopeless but it was a fun weekend with school friends.
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I was always very content to stay on the bunny trail with the little kids.
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I was a bunny trail girl myself and never moved much beyond the snowplow.
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I have skied twice. I didn’t get past snow ploughing. Then I had children. It is so expensive to ski here in Australia. The children skied a bit with camps and school excursions. Now my son lives near the snowfields he skies a few times a year. I’m afraid I’m a head north to the warm sort of person in winter.
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Skiing is an incredibly expensive sport which is probably another reason I stopped.
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I’m Swiss, so I kind of *have* to ski. My best skiing memories are of high school and college ski camps. In the meantime I haven’t skied in almost 20 years, though. I’m a “I want perfect conditions” kind of skier: sun, warm temps, blue sky, few people, no waiting in line – which is pretty impossible to achieve 😉
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I think I’d be a “I want perfect conditions” kind of skier too if I ever picked it back up again. For now, I’ll stick to snowshoeing and hiking.
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