SUN JOURNAL • December 28, 2022
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has approved Boyne Resort’s expansion plan for Sugarloaf’s West Mountain. The multi-year, multimillion-dollar project is part of the resort’s Sugarloaf 2030 master plan that includes new trails for all abilities, adding and upgrading lifts, skier services infrastructure, roads, bridges, parking lots, condominiums, duplex-style townhomes and single-family lots. Earlier this month, the Carrabassett Valley Planning Board gave its conditional approval to the plan. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Maine Department of Transportation need to sign off on the project before construction can begin. It that happens, timber clearing will begin this winter.