Skiing and Snowshoeing in the Moosehead Lake Region
Cross-Country Skiing
Visitors will find numerous opportunities for cross-country skiing while visiting Moosehead.
Natural Resources Education Center offers family-friendly trails at the Visitor’s Center on Route 15 and Lily Bay State Park hosts family-friendly cross-country skiing opportunities as well. Big Squaw Mountain features 10 kilometers of cross-country trails in addition to their downhill alpine skiing. The Appalachian Mountain Club boasts 70 miles of groomed, but untracked, backcountry skiing. The Birches’ cross-country trails include varied terrain for all levels of experience, they also have ski-in lodging available at their yurt huts.
For the more adventurous cross-country skiers, there are hundreds of miles of ungroomed logging roads waiting to be explored.