Grant helps fund $1M Sugarloaf snow-gun upgrade

Sugarloaf ski resort in Carrabassett Valley has received a $300,000 grant from Efficiency Maine to help it purchase 300 high-efficiency snow guns. The entire project will cost $1 million, and Sugarloaf will foot the remainder.
Sugarloaf will install the new snow guns this fall, according to a press release. The new technology is expected to improve the resort's ability to make snow in key areas and at warmer temperatures, while also reducing its ...