The inspiring comeback of Saddleback Mountain in Rangeley, Maine [Video]

MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MAINE, A REMOTE RECREATIONAL PLAYGROUND. WINTER TIME ABUZZ WITH SNOW ENTHUSIASTS. BUT WHEN SADDLEBACK, THE LOCAL SKI MOUNTAIN, CLOSED A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS A GUT PUNCH TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE HAD THIS ALMOST A PANIC. OKAY. YOU KNOW, NOW WHAT DO WE DO? WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT OF WORK. FIVE LONG YEARS PASSED, BUSINESSES CLOSED, PEOPLE MOVED AWAY. BUT A STUBBORN FEW REFUSED TO GIVE UP HOPE. AND I WOULD TELL PEOPLE THAT AS LONG AS I’M THERE, THERE’S A CHANCE IT’S GOING TO OPEN. THE NEXT FEW YEARS WOULD BE FILLED WITH TWISTS AND TURNS, FALSE STARTS AND SUDDEN STOPS. BUT THE DOWNWARD SLIDE HAS STOPPED. THE LIFTS ARE RUNNING AGAIN AT SADDLEBACK, AND THE TOWN OF RANGELEY FINDS ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF A GOOD …