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Lower Mountain Click on the trail names to get a picture of each trail
Rip Gorge- This trail is the lower mountain lift line and is a good choice of trails in the early and late season because it has snowmaking and tends to have good coverage. The top is sometimes left ngroomed and is very fun after snow because not many people seem to ski it.
Allagash- Is to the skiers right of Rip Gorge, this is a good trail to ski late season even though it only has snowmaking on the upper part it doesn’t get a lot of sunlight so it holds the snow well. The terrain is constantly changing on this trail and there is one pretty good pitch towads the bottom.
St. Johns- Is My personnel favorite on the lower mountain, because it is fairly long and un groomed. It also has an interesting fall line, and you can ski it time after time and never see another person. It’s definitely a good pick on a powder day.
Kennebec- This trail is to the skiers left of Rip Gorge. It is the first trail to open in the season and the last one to close in the spring. It gets the most snowmaking attention so it always has good coverage and usually has snow well into April. Its also the widest trail on the mountain and is really fun to just let loose and make some big GS turns.
Squaw Brook (upper and lower)- Is to the skiers left of Kennebec. The upper part is labeled a Intermediate but a strong beginner should have no problem with it. You get to it by going about halfway down Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald(upper & lower)- This is the longest trail on the lower mountain. It is great for a beginner or anyone looking for a nice smooth run. You also get a nice look at the hotel from this trail and you can can acsess the Upper lodge for mit.
Canada Falls- Is located to the skiers left of lower Fitz. It is very wide and very flat. Snowmobilers are sometimes heading up and down the skiers left of it, so be careful.
Mid-station
Lower Piscataquis- This is the lower half of the upper mountain lift line, it is not a very rocky trail so it doesn’t take a lot of snow to make it good. You can also ski some of this trail for the lower mountain, which makes a nice long run.
Lower St. Croix- Is to the skiers left of lower Piscataquis. It is labeled a beginner but it is somewhat narrow and a beginner could have trouble with it but its great for intermediates and everyone else besides beginners.
Lower Moose River- Is to the skier’s right of Lower piscataquis. It is one of the best beginner runs at squaw and it’s always groomed and never crowded.
Beaver Creak- Is to the skiers left of lower Piscataquis. It is a short trail that connects you to Lower St. Croix, the first part of it goes uphill so try to get speed up before going getting to it.
Upper Mountain
Upper Lift Line- This is the lift line on the upper mountain it is extremely rough and fairly steep and takes a good 5 feet of snow to make it decent conditions, but it will open with no where near enough coverage sometimes so be careful!!
Seboomeck- Is to the skier’s right of upper lift line. It is a narrow ungroomed trail and gets pretty bumpy.
Penobscot- Is to the skier’s right of seboomeck. The views from this trail are some of the best you will ever see. This is a fairly wide trail for squaw mountain but its very windy and a lot of fun.
East Branch- This is to the skier’s right of penobscot. It is the longest trail at squaw stretching for 2.5 miles it’s a great narrow windy run, and usually the first trail to open on the upper mountain.
Moose River- To the skiers left of Upper lift line. This is a fairly wide trail, but requires a god amount of snow to open because there is a lot of rocks and bushes on the trail, but if you ski it when there is good snow it can be a great time, because of the variety of pitches on the trail.
Piscataquis- To the skiers left of moose River. It is a great trail for intermediates and up, it is labeled a black diamond but an intermediate should have no problems with it. There are also some underground springs on this trail and on warm days they will find there way through the snow, and it can get very icy in these small areas.
St. Croix- You can access this trail about halfway down Piscataquis; it is a narrow windy New England style trail. It is one of my favorites on the mountain. It also doesn’t get much sunlight, so it holds snow very well.
Cocoa Run- You can get to this by going about halfway down St. Croix. It is extremely short, narrow and very bumpy, it’s usually very icy, but if you hit it after a snowstorm or in the spring it is a really fun trail.
GLADES- Squaw has 5 Glades. Most of them are not marked. You should always use extreme caution before going into the glades, and always go with another person. But you should definitely give them a try because they are a lot of fun.
FACTS
- Big Squaw has a 1750' vert. drop
- Big Squaw has 33 trails
- Big Squaw has 2 ski lifts (triple and a double)
- Big Squaw has 70% snowmaking
- Big Squaw has a fantastic Piston Bully grooming fleet, creating smooth powdery surfaces.
- Big Squaw has a 52 unit hotel, with swimming pool and restauraunt.
- Big Squaw has 2 base lodges.
- Big Squaw has 4 Areco Fan snowguns and 1 hedco snowgun.
- Big Squaws longest trail is 2 1/2 miles long.
- Big Squaws longest top to bottom run is 3 1/2 miles.
- Big squaw has only lift tickets
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