Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest

06/10/2024

06/06/2024

OUTDOOR RECREATION LOVING MIDCOAST MAINE FB FRIENDS!

This coming Sunday, June 9th, from 9am to noon, the fine folks at Camden Snow Bowl have organized a collaboration of fabulous trail loving organizations, Midcoast Trails Stewardship, Trail Runners of Midcoast Maine, Midcoast Maine NEMBA, Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Camden Snow Bowl/Ragged Mountain Ski Patrol and FOUR separate projects will be happening on the mountain. Emily Higgins McDevitt of Midcoast Trails Stewardship and Curtis Kozielec of Trail Runners of Midcoast Maine will be leading two projects that will eventually join as one, and depending on timing, this view could be yours on Sunday!
Pizza 🍕 and drinks 🥤 will be served, thanks to our sponsors Camden House of Pizza and Harbor Dogs, after our work morning! This LOVE Ragged Mountain Trails day is one of many happening all over Maine this month of June as a part of Maine Trails Coalition's LOVE Maine Trails month!
Please arrive prepared to work with your own work gloves, water, sunscreen and bug spray, snacks and if you have a favorite tool, bring it too!
SEE YOU SUNDAY!
Meet at the lodge!

08/01/2023

Well... best laid plans.... sometimes... don't go according to plan... BUT, we haven't given up yet, so please stick with us... 2024 is just around the corner. We hope to see you then!
The 2023 CSBTF will NOT be happening after all.
Stay tuned for 2024...
Cheers!
CSBTF
Photo credit Michael O'Neil

08/24/2022

Festers, All! From our Race Director, Baxter Outdoors, we pass along the following information:

"Hello all,

I write to you with the somber announcement that we will not be holding the Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest this year in 2022...

But as my 3rd grade teacher Mr. Carter once told me, always follow some bad news with some good...the good news is that we will be back next year on Saturday Sept 23, 2023 for the fest. Mark your calendars. Save the date!!

No race this year. Yay race next year! Spread the word.

That is all. Much love,

- Adam"

As the Fest Co-Director, we at CSBTF want to assure you that things are already in motion to continue this epic adventure that we began way back in 2016, and after 5 years of Fests (we took 2020 off), we are not ready to end the fun of running and biking and celebrating on Ragged Mountain just yet... we are just taking a pause to create a truly collaborative event, one that will be sustainable for years and years to come! So YAY to that, too!

Cheers!
CSBTF
Photo credit Michael O'Neil

10/06/2021

TA-DA!!!! He's done it again! Our incredible Trail Fest photographer, Michael O'Neil, has curated 117 AHHHH-MAZING images which tell the fabulous and beautiful, epic and fun, hard core and all ages, aspects of our FIFTH (almost) annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest. As any photographer can tell you, the work doesn't stop when you put down the camera, so HUGE thanks to Michael for his work the day of the Fest and all the MANY hours he's put in since, making these images as perfect as they can be. We love them all! AND, TAG AWAY!!! We would love for you to "tag" yourself and as a result, share the Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest LOVE all over your own Facebook profile pages!!! We hope to be back on Saturday, October 1st, 2022, for the SIXTH (almost) annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest, so mark your calendars now! And, ENJOY reliving the Fest! Xo CSBTF

10/05/2021

One more sneak peek before the whole album of photos for the Fifth Annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest! drops tomorrow, if all goes as planned! The prerace gathering is always a fun time when Baxter Outdoors is in da' house!!! Xo CSBTF
As per usual, fabulous photo courtesy of Michael O'Neil

10/04/2021

It's really really really hard to contain our excitement over the images coming your way so soon. But, contain we will, and offer one image as a teaser, we also will. It was hard to choose THE one to best represent our Baxter Outdoors Fifth Annual Camden Snow Bowl Trail Fest!, but this one really stood out as reflecting what the Fest stands for most of all... FUN! FRIVOLITY! SILLINESS! AND, HARD CORE RACING AND HARD CORE RACERS OF ALL AGES!!! More soon... Xo CSBTF
Image courtesy of, and HUGE thanks to, Michael O'Neil

10/04/2021

All was Ragged Mountain Ski & Snowboard Club pancake breakfast, Camden Snow Bowl chairlift fall foliage rides, and Ski Patrol wood fired pizzas yesterday at the Bowl (check all this action out every Sunday in October!). The view from the hill was quiet and misty and a bit soggy, but with the beautiful memories of Saturday’s Fest. We’ve already requested Saturday, October 1st, 2022, so stay tuned for the official announcement, and, stay tuned for our 2021 images… coming SOON! Xo CSBTF

10/02/2021

A peek behind the curtain on Trail Fest Apres.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL! It was another incredible Fest.
All things social media, photos, results, reporting, storytelling, etc. to come Monday.
For now, we rest…

10/02/2021

A peek behind the curtain on Trail Fest Eve.

10/01/2021

We at CSBTF were SO EXCITED to receive an email from the CHRHS Mountain Bike Team with "just reaching out about Trail Fest" and "We've got 17 riders" back on September 13th! A few images from years past will give you an idea of how awesome these kids and coaches are as they ride the woods and mountains of Midcoast Maine! Will we see the flowered red shirts blazing amongst the fall foliage again?! We sure hope so! See you on the hill TOMORROW! Xo CSBTF PS All photos thanks to Michael O'Neil