HIGH TIMES at Sugarloaf Standing at 4,237 ft, Sugarloaf mountain is the second highest in Maine.

MEMO TO MOTHER NATURE Snow Nation would appreciate some natural snowfall this season.

TOP TALENT Shannon Maguire (front) is one of six snowboarders selected to represent the U.S. in the 2016 Youth Olympic Games.

BULLWINKLE ET AL Mt. Abram packs a cartoon character punch.

ROOTS in this image from Sugarloaf, the annual Sugarloaf Banked Slalom in March pays homage to snowboarding’s roots. Olympian Seth Wescott is playing host this year.

DROUGHT During the 2010-11 season, Sunday River didn’t receive a sizable snow until 19 inches fell Dec. 27, 2010.

KEEPING THE SKIES CLEAR FOR SKIING Drones are grounded at Maine’s biggest ski areas.

PROVIDING DEPTH Snowmaking is king during Maine’s ski season. This photo, courtesy of Sunday River, shows the technology at work on the state’s ski mountains.

DRY RUN A Demo Day, a chance to try out gear, is held Nov. 28 at Sunday River.

That would have been an amazing color were the sea cobalt blue the day Jeri Theriault and a friend drove by it. I only know because on my way to the origin of the word in Webster’s 2nd International, I happened on both pages of the Color Chart, where number 85 burns a cold richness. In addit…

The title of Wesley McNair’s, Why We Need Poetry, couldn’t be better for purposes here of showing how poetry can be equal in sensual qualities to those in music and the visual arts.

In February of this year The New York Times Magazine announced a revamped issue with new fonts, columns, writers, and most surprisingly the announcement that they planned to publish a poem each week: Poetry is often seen as a quaint preoccupation, but we believe it is a vital experience, par…