mccleaks
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Heading up to the Loaf tonight for the weekend. Sounds like they are making a recovery from the rain and freeze earlier this week which is nice. They say they'll have King Pine re-opened by tomorrow and they have been doing some re-surfacing across the mountain.
I'll gladly take anyone's advice on what has been skiing well there recently, but my real question here is which way does everyone go on the long drive up there? I live in the Boston area and on a good day with no traffic and no snow, it's still a solid 4 hour drive. So I like to trim that down any way I can. Google maps always suggests exit 75 off I-95 in Lewiston. That leaves a whole lot of non-highway driving which I'm not a huge fan of. I tend to prefer more highway, especially now that Maine raised the speed limit to 70MPH. I typically go to exit 113 in Augusta which is a beautiful drive through Belgrade Lakes. I have also gone even further to exit 130 in Waterville which I also don't hate. There is a Hanniford right off that exit which is a good pit stop to avoid the higher prices at Mountainside Grocery for the weekend.
Just curious which way everyone prefers and which way people think is the fastest? Also if there are any good pit stops along the way that I'm missing out on. Would love to find a store on the route with a good craft beer selection or restaurant with a kitchen that is open late. Fighting traffic out of the city I'm usually not getting off the highway until 9pm and basically everything up that way seems to be closed by then.
I'll gladly take anyone's advice on what has been skiing well there recently, but my real question here is which way does everyone go on the long drive up there? I live in the Boston area and on a good day with no traffic and no snow, it's still a solid 4 hour drive. So I like to trim that down any way I can. Google maps always suggests exit 75 off I-95 in Lewiston. That leaves a whole lot of non-highway driving which I'm not a huge fan of. I tend to prefer more highway, especially now that Maine raised the speed limit to 70MPH. I typically go to exit 113 in Augusta which is a beautiful drive through Belgrade Lakes. I have also gone even further to exit 130 in Waterville which I also don't hate. There is a Hanniford right off that exit which is a good pit stop to avoid the higher prices at Mountainside Grocery for the weekend.
Just curious which way everyone prefers and which way people think is the fastest? Also if there are any good pit stops along the way that I'm missing out on. Would love to find a store on the route with a good craft beer selection or restaurant with a kitchen that is open late. Fighting traffic out of the city I'm usually not getting off the highway until 9pm and basically everything up that way seems to be closed by then.