Black Mountain of Maine #7

Of course, Black Mountain is only 8 minutes from my home, and I should have saved this climb for later. However, it's a busy work day with student manuscripts pouring in and a journal article to draft, so a local hike works.

I started skiing here in 1961. I coached here from 1979 to 1999. Over the past 10 years the place has doubled in size thanks to a $9 million grant from the Libra Foundation. New lodge, double the size skiing, a triple chair, a double chair, a new parking lot... this place is a prize for a small town like Rumford. Oh, and guess who named the mountain? Yup, me. I was working at the place back in the 1980s, and we needed a name to separate us from the Black Mountain in New Hampshire. I blurted out, "Black Mountain of Maine," and bam. Naming rights!

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