Winter Outdoors Series

2025 WINTER RESOURCES

Consider these resources if your club is looking for additional ways to get outdoors this winter!

Free ski nights at Black Moutain of Maine Wednesdays 5-9 pm

• Learn more.

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

• BPL is offering a series of winter outdoor events at various Maine state parks, featuring activities like ice skating, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, sledding, and nature walks, along with free equipment rentals and warming areas with hot drinks. Events are open to all ages, with special park admission fees, and some locations also offer food, displays, and educational programs.

• Learn from Maine’s BPL about the best places to explore, who knows maybe they’ll be near your school! You can rent snowshoes through Maine Gear Share (ask Sam about scholarship opportunities). The 2025 snowshoe and cross-country FREE ski trailer location details to be announced. Here are 2024 trailer details to give you an idea.

The Maine Play Book

• This handy resource, written by former Teens to Trails’ staffer Jen Hazard, provides year-round outdoor activities in Maine for all ages. Divided by season and region, this book makes it easy for your Outdoor Club to find ideas for local trails, skating ponds, outdoor events and new discoveries! Many of the suggestions are free or low cost. Find your copy here.

Roberts Farm

• Location: 58 Roberts Road, Norway, ME

• Roberts Farm is a multi-use trail system for hiking, snowshoeing, and cross-country skiing. When there is snow, they have up to seven miles of groomed trails. Their warming hut is open Monday-Thursday 1-4 pm, Friday 1-7 pm, Saturday-Sunday 10-4 pm.

• Friday Night Lights will be from 4-7 pm with their new solar light installation. Headlamps are encouraged.

Pineland Farms - Sledding Hill

• Location: 15 Farm View Dr, New Gloucester, ME

• Pineland Farm offers FREE sledding from dawn until dusk daily. And this hill is groomed for optimal speed!

• Bring your own sled or rent one of theirs for $5.
  For more information, visit their website here.

L.L.Bean Winter in New England

• Location: Across New England

• L.L.Bean offers a resource list of discounted experiences across New England. Utilize these discounts for your outings!

  SKI MAINE

  School vacation week blackout dates apply, unless otherwise noted.

  Lost Valley, Auburn, ME
  $20 Lift Tickets Every Tuesday

  3-8 p.m. | Jan. 7-Mar. 11

  Visit lostvalleyski.com for latest ticket information and conditions.

  Mt. Abram, Greenwood, ME
  $19.60 Lift Tickets on L.L.Bean Maine Day
  Thursdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

  PLUS, $39 Lift Tickets
  Fridays–Sundays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

  Visit mtabram.com for latest ticket information and conditions. No blackout dates apply.

  Black Mountain of Maine, Rumford, ME
  Discounted Tickets
  $30 Lift, $5 Uphill

  Thursdays and Fridays
  9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Jan 2-Mar. 28

  Plus, FREE snowshoeing and Nordic skiing every day

  Visit skiblackmountain.org for latest ticket information and conditions.

Is there somewhere that you would like to bring your Outdoor Club next winter?
Is there a winter experience that you Outdoor Club would like to try?

Reach out to our programs team here if you think we can help!