Media Room
Get the latest news from your friends at Sugarloaf, and find all the resources you need for your next story.
Image Library
Need that banger shot for your cover story? Click the link below to browse our image library. Feel free to contact us if you're looking for a specific photo or to set up a media visit.
Video Gallery
Looking for some B-Roll? Click the link above and dive down the rabbit hole of Sugarloaf videos. If you don't find what you need or would like to set up a media visit, please contact our Marketing and Communications Department.
Press Releases
What's New and Newsworthy At The Loaf
Media Visits
Coordinate Your Visit
We welcome visits from working media and are happy to provide any assistance we can to help with your assignment. To coordinate your visit, please contact Charli Sayward, Communications Manager with your media affiliation, assignment details, and any specific needs you may have for your story. We ask that you plan your visits during midweek, non-holiday periods whenever possible.
If you'd like to coordinate a visit to Sunday River, Loon Mountain, or another Boyne Resort in conjunction with your story, we are happy to reach out to their respective Communications Departments on your behalf.
Lift Tickets
We are typically able to provide lift tickets for working media on assignment. We ask that you contact us directly at least two days prior to your visit, and be prepared to verify your media affiliation and story assignment. Due to the large volume of media requests, complimentary lift tickets are generally limited to working media members on assignment only.
Lodging
Depending on availability, we can offer complimentary or discounted lodging for working media members. Due to high occupancy rates, we typically are unable to provide lodging on weekend days or during holiday periods.
Photo/Video Production
If you are interested in hosting a photo shoot or video production at Sugarloaf, please contact the communications office
Quick Stats
Ski Resort Stats
- Summit Elevation: 4,237 feet
- Maine's tallest winter resort, second highest peak, and the largest ski area east of the Rocky Mountains
- Sugarloaf's Snowfields are the only lift-serviced, above-treeline skiing in the East
- Base Elevation: 1,417 feet
- Vertical Drop: 2,820 feet
- 1,360 developed, skiable acres, the most in the East.
- 65 miles of trails
- 176 trails, glades, & terrain parks
- Green Circle: 38 trails/22% of total trails
- Blue Square: 54 trails/32%
- Black Diamond: 42 trails/25%
- Double-Black Diamond: 36 trails/21%
- Glades: 38 glades/22% (included in the above)
- Longest Trail: Tote Road - 3.5 miles from summit to base
- Snowmaking: 700 acres of coverage
- 20-Year Average Annual Snowfall: 197 inches
- Nordic Trails: 50 km
- 15 Lifts: 3 SuperQuads, 3 high-capacity quads, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 3 surface lifts
- Lift Capacity: 25,388 skiers per hour
- Length of Winter Season: November through early May
- Hours of Operation: Lower mountain access lifts open at 8:00 am and main mountain lifts open at 8:30 am. Lifts close at 3:50 pm.
Golf Course Stats
- Par 72
- Distance: 6,910 yards
- Ratings by tees: Blues-74.4; Back Whites-72.3; Front Whites-70; Forward-73.7
- Slope ratings by tees: Blues-151; Back Whites-146; Front Whites-141; Forward-136
- By handicap #5 most difficult hole / #10 easiest hole
Fun Facts
- The course record is 68 from the championship tees, 69 from the blue tees, and 67 from the white tees.
- Though golfers regularly drive the green on the par-4 10th, there has been only one hole-in-one ever officially recorded on the hole, in 2009.
- The 10th tee is 90 vertical feet above the fairway and the 11th tee is 125 feet above.
- The front and back nines vary by 300 feet in elevation.
- The greens are Penncross creeping bent grass, the tees are Pen Way creeping bent grass, and the fairways are Penncross, Seaside and Emerald Astoria creeping bent grass.
- Roughly 100 bat houses, (50 male and 50 female) and 100 swallow houses are around the course.
- Wildlife includes deer, moose, red-tailed fox, grouse, pileated woodpeckers, black bears, rabbits, broadwing hawks, various species of ducks, Canadian geese, minks and the eastern coyote.
- The first six holes of the back nine frame the Carrabassett River and were named by Robert Trent Jones Jr., as the "String of Pearls."
Ratings & Awards
Golf Digest:
- #1 Golf Course in Maine 1985-2009, 2011-2014
- #45 of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses, 2007
- #30 of America's 100 Greatest Public Courses, 2005
- #45 of America's Top 100 Greatest Public Courses, 2003
- Top 10 Courses in the USA for Memorability and Aesthetics, 1997
- #1 Upscale Course You Can Play in New England, 1996
- #23 of the Top 75 Upscale Courses You Can Play in the USA, 1996
- Top 100 You Can Play in the USA, 1999
Golfweek:
- # Golf Course in Maine, 1997, 2017
- Top 200 Resort Courses, 2016
- Golfweek's 100 Best Resort Courses, 2007, 2009
- 41 of America's Best 100 Golf Resorts, 2005
- #1 Public Course in Maine, 2003
- #1 Public Course in Maine, 2002
Golf Styles Boston: Top 100 Must Play Courses of New England, 2005
NE Journal of Golf: #1 of the Top 100 Courses You Can Play in New England, 2004, 2003
Links Magazine: #14 of the Hidden Gems that Anyone Can Play, 2000
Golf Digest For Women:- Top 100 You Can Play in the USA, 1999
- #16 of the Best Places to Play in America, 1998
Golf Magazine:
- Top 100 Courses You Can Play, 2004, 2002, 2000
- #1 Course You Can Play in New England, 1998
- #20 of the Top 100 You Can Play in the USA, 1998
Best of Northeast Golf: Best Overall Courses, 2006
Boston Magazine: Top 10 Golf Holes in New England (11th Hole), 1996
American Golf Resort Guide: Top 150 Most Collectible Courses in the World
