Black Mountain of Maine

[1][2] The ski jumping and downhill slopes had moved to a new area after World War II, but these proved insufficient.

[2][5] The cross-country trails were designed by Rumford native and two-time Olympian Chummy Broomhall, who also designed the cross country trails for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York.

Junior Olympics, and the United States Ski and Snowboard Association Cross Country National Championships in 1993, 1999, 2003, and 2004.

[6][7] The downhill area was much more modest, with a single T-bar lift servicing a few trails with a vertical drop of 470 feet (140 m), and did not expand much for many years.

In 2003, the ski area was purchased by the Maine Winter Sports Center, and shortly afterwards significant improvements were made.