MWSC – Ski Center

Maine Winter Sports Center Kicks off $20 Million Dollar Endowment Campaign with Major Gift

Ski CenterFebruary 11, 2015

(Press release) Presque Isle native, Mary Barton Smith, has given a gift that, when matched, will generate $8,000,000. CARIBOU, Maine — Mary Barton Smith, whose $500,000 matching gift in February of 2014 kicked off a successful $1.4 million dollar fundraising campaign and gave the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC) new life, has given a $2,000,000 gift and an additional $3,000,000 matching gift to kick off MWSC’s $20-million-dollar endowment campaign. Fully matched, Smith’s gift will represent...

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Maine Winter Sports Center Welcomes Dodge as Development Coach

Ski CenterOctober 31, 2011

Caribou, ME — Maine Winter Sports Center is pleased to announce the hiring of Amber Dodge as Development Coach. Dodge will take the reins of the highly successful MWSC Development Team from departing coach David Chamberlain. Amber was born in Worthington, Massachusetts and started skiing in her backyard with her family. She joined the local Bill Koch Youth Ski League at the age of 4 and grew up running, hiking, skiing and canoeing. Her most influential...

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MWSC Biathlon D2R2 – One of the Hardest Century Rides Around

Ski CenterAugust 26, 2010

Sometimes you hear about a special hike, cook bike route, or just plain cool event and you think to yourself, “I have to do that”. The Biathlon Team heard about D2R2 through some local riders and we thought that this was one of those “I have to do that” events! Started as a fundraiser for a local Land Trust company called the Franklin Land Trust, the D2R2 has grown year after year, even after riders...

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MWSC Biathlon Sugarloaf Camp

Ski CenterAugust 26, 2010

Just finished up a great week of training in Sugarloaf last week. After a big intensity week in Jericho it was a welcome change to hang out in the Western Maine mountains and put in some easy volume with our X-C Team. Fall was in the air with some really nice evenings where you welcomed the warmth of an extra blanket on your bed. We only took out the rollerski for a couple workouts, otherwise...