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In recognition of the Toboggan Championship's 35th anniversary, Vicki Doudera, State representative for Camden and Rockport, presented a proclamation just prior to the start of the annual costume…
35th anniversary of the small-town sport that turned worldwide
CAMDEN — It's hard to believe that in 1991 only a few hundred locals attended the first organized traditional wood toboggan race in the country. Sports…
Gearing up for February U.S. National Toboggan Championships
Thanks to the efforts of five volunteers who trekked to Tobogganville at the Camden Snow Bowl in early October, the chute is now sporting a fresh coat of white paint, and ready for winter…
UPDATE, with winners:
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A gallery of what makes the most fun winter event in Camden every year
CAMDEN—Though the frigid 15-degree temperatures probably contributed to seeing fewer costumes on the ice this year, the 34th US National Toboggan Championships always brings out the local ice…
Maine, Mass, Maryland and New Hampshire battle it out for top billing
CAMDEN – Blustery winds out of the northwest chilled the Midcoast Feb. 3, 4 and 5, and with temperatures dropping to the teens during…
So far, so good with Hosmer Pond ice; heed parking rules or risk getting a ticket
CAMDEN — Seasonably cold nightly air has settled into the Midcoast, portending a favorable start to the 33rd annual U.S. National…
Fastest time: 10.10 seconds
CAMDEN — The chute took a new path this year, dumping toboggan racers into bales of hay instead of the Hosmer Pond ice, and it was a shorter, gentler descent down side of Ragged Mountain. But no…
Undeterred by whatever Mother Nature tosses up, U.S. Toboggan Nationals to get underway
CAMDEN — At first, the winter was too warm and Hosmer Pond froze, melted, froze and melted again, making it too unsafe to even think about running toboggans over it. So, volunteers and staff the…
CAMDEN - The 31st U.S. Toboggan Championships were in full swing on Saturday, February 12, at the Camden Snow Bowl. As expected there was a large crowd of both…
Take the shuttle from downtown Camden to the Snow Bowl
CAMDEN – This coming weekend, February 11-13, the 31st U.S. National Toboggan Championships will take place at the…
The 31st annual U.S. National Toboggan Championships (Feb. 5-7, 2021) has been postponed to Feb. 11-13, 2022. The Toboggan National organizing committee had been meeting over the past three months…
Smoother than glass — it’s how the locals do it
ROCKPORT — On Monday, the guys finally found the sled tucked in the back corner of the garage, beneath the Mercury outboard. They hauled out the 10-foot-long toboggan, stretching it over a board…
24th annual race weekend Feb. 7-9
CAMDEN — The ice is clear on Hosmer Pond, the chute is primed, and Fitzy has been out with the Nordic track groomer, smoothing out the bumps at the bottom of the hill where hundreds of toboggans…
