winter wild uphill race.

i. Cross-country skiers ascend the Scrimshaw Trail at Whaleback Mountain during the Winter Wild Uphill Race. Participants had to complete a 2.5-mile loop around the mountain, roughly one mile of which is uphill.

ii. Shaye Robbins, right, hugs Lisa Bisceglia, left, both of Kittery, Maine, after Robbins finished the Winter Wild Uphill Race.

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