The 50's

Pleasant Mountain was a ski area of "firsts".

• 1953 – Maine's First T-bar was installed. Pleasant Mountain built a new 2-story base lodge with a cafeteria, ski shop, gift shop, deck and rest rooms.
• 1955 – Maine's First chairlift "Old Blue", which carried skiers 4,300 feet to the summit.

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