U.S. News Insider Tip: After visiting the Sugarloaf, unwind at the neighboring picturesque Praia Vermelha beach and then head over to the nearby Mureta, a bay-side wall in Urca where locals gather ...

After a series of major expansions, Sugarloaf is the largest ski area in the East. But this white-coned colossus of a mountain in western Maine, which also has the only lift-served above tree-line ...