On December 5, 2013, champion skiers from Maine gathered at the D. A. Hurd Library in North Berwick, ME. to swap stories about skiing at the Bauneg Beg Ski Area. The event was organized and moderated by local historian Dave Dutch and recorded by Oral History and Folklife Research, Inc. In addition to Dutch, Ski Museum of Maine Curator Scott Andrews and Leighton, additional participants included Frank Scott, and Peter Hussey.
Champion skier Pat Leighton remembers stories of the Bauneg Beg Ski Area as Scott Andrews listens. Leighton explains differences in contemporary equipment and how skiers had to pack the snow without machines.
More information on the history of skiing in Maine is available at the Ski Museum of Maine in Kingfield, ME.