Skiing Camden Snow Bowl
Friday, February 13th, 2026
Runs: 6
Distance: 4.33 miles
Elevation: 4,646 feet
Max Speed: 32.9 mph
Avg. Speed: 12.0 mph
Moving Time: 21 minutes, 49 seconds
Total Time: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 15 seconds
Day #1 of vacation! Gen and I were back on our traditional Maine Indy Pass trip, and we'd be joined by Sarah, Alec, her friend Andre, and her mom at the end of the trip! Gen and I had just hiked Mt. Megunticook in the Camden Hills and then had a grueling seven-minute drive (it was insanely easy) over to the Camden Snow Bowl for a little bit of skiing before driving out to Andover for our AirBnb! Parking was a breeze in their main lot, we easily got out Indy Passes and $5 RFID cards, and then made our way into the ADORABLE and small (and sunny) lodge to boot up!
Conditions
2/13/2026
Open 10am-7pm today.
We will be open for February Vacation 2/14-2/22 9am-4pm. Purchase tickets online to save money and skip the ticket line (use the Weekend/Holiday tile in our eStore).
Runs 1-6
Run 1: Triple Chairlift - Northeaster
[0.84 mi; 3:20; 883 ft; 30.5 mph max; 15.1 mph avg]
Run 2: Triple Chairlift - Northeaster - Spinnaker
[0.84 mi; 5:31; 902 ft; 22.5 mph max; 9.1 mph avg]
Run 3: Triple Chairlift - Northeaster
[0.78 mi; 3:30; 866 ft; 32.9 mph max; 13.3 mph avg]
Run 4: Triple Chairlift - Clipper - Foxy
[0.77 mi; 3:36; 876 ft; 29.4 mph max; 12.8 mph avg]
Run 5: Double Chairlift - Coaster - Foxy
[0.30 mi; 2:29; 223 ft; 19.9 mph max; 7.2 mph avg]
Run 6: Triple Chairlift - Mussel Ridge - Half Hitch
[0.81 mi; 3:22; 889 ft; 30.6 mph max; 14.4 mph avg]
I was running ahead of Gen and with the abundant sunshine in the lodge, it was HOT in there. She could see the sweat forming on my forehead and told me to go get a run in, so I did! I took the Triple Chairlift up, which was a beautiful, albeit super slow ride, and followed Northeaster down. It was wild and stunning to see the surrounding hills and the Atlantic Ocean from the top - I could even make out a bit of Acadia National Park! The trail was a nice cruiser with one steeper push at the very end. Snow was in decent shape, but the final steep was pretty scraped off and... exciting! I caught Gen right as I finished the run, which was perfect timing!
Gen followed Northeaster down for Run #2 and I took Spinnaker, which was re-labeled from a blue to a double-black diamond citing natural snow - I was curious about that severe rating jump, and turns out it was mostly for the drama. The trail was overall easy minus navigating a few bumps and water bars - it was actually fun! I got caught behind a group of teens who were having less fun than I was, specifically at some of the water bars, but I managed to get ahead of them and popped out halfway down the final headwall at the same time Gen was - yay!
The mountain was starting to pivot to night skiing, which featured just a handfull of trails, so we opted to get one more run down Northeaster in before patrol closed it for the night. Gen was feeling good and having fun, which was priority #1! It was so nice to have her back!
Run #4 brought us down the narrower Clipper, which was borderline ice luge and had park kids FLYING down from all directions. It wasn't overly pleasant, to say the least! We cut across to the double lift line, called Foxy, which was much improved!
Run #5 brought us up the Double Chairlift, which was cute and slow. I was asked to help a ski school kid with the lift, so Gen was on her own! The kid's name was Noah and she was super stoked to be back on skis after taking last season off for ice skating. This was her first day back. She had a LOT to say about the slow lift that kept stopping, and I had some more colorful thoughts about the woman in front of us who simply did not get off of the lift... Anyway, when it was our turn Noah was STRESSED and pizza'd right into me, but thankfully I was easily 4x her size and got her down safely. Gen made it up soon after, and we followed the fun Coaster back to Foxy. Gen was not enjoying the snow conditions anymore, so she started to pack it up, and I decided to hop back on the Triple to get one more new trail in before leaving.
Mussel Ridge was the black run, and it did have a small steep pitch partway down. Similarly to Clipper, the snow was mostly scraped off, which made for some interesting turns (I really meant to get my skis tuned before the trip, but per usual I forgot...), but I made it down! The sun was setting behind the mountain, which created an absolutely breathtaking alpenglow on the hills and sky in front of me. I audibly gasped at how pretty it was! I continued down Half Hitch and skied to the front of the lodge where I dropped my skis. The lodge was super busy (and still small), so I grabbed my stuff and brought it all to the car to de-boot. Gen met me there, we hit the gift shop, and started our journey to Andover!
We stopped at a Taco Bell in Augusta and made it to the AirBnb in a little over two hours. The place was great, but there were HUNDREDS of dead/slightly alive lady bugs (or more properly, the invasive Asian Lady Beetle). Apparently they have been a problem at this AirBnb, so we got to vaccuuming, which was a bummer but at the end of the day completely fine. We didn't stay up late enough to catch Sarah, Alec, and Andre's arrival, but we gave them a warning and soon passed out. Mt. Abram tomorrow!
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