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Carey Kish's Ski Guide to Sunday River

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The Facts

Vertical: 2340' Lifts 4 High-Speed Quads, 5 Quads , 4 Triples, 2 Doubles, 3 Surface Location: P.O. Box 450; Bethel, ME, 04217 Contact: (207) 824-3000; sundayriver.com Trailmap

The ski-nny: V-a-r-i-e-t-y! Choose from more than a hundred trails across eight mountain peaks. Follow the sun from Whitecap to Jordan Bowl for a full, fun day. The River is also under new ownership, having transitioned with the Loaf from ASC to Boyne, which has already made significant upgrades to the River's expansive snowmaking capabilities. Steeps: White Heat? Been there, done that. Show off your good stuff on the double fault line of Shock Wave or try to keep it together on Vortex from the top. Cruisers: American Express and Risky Business are two of the best blue runs around and worth a couple of go-rounds. Easy going: Lollygag on Lollapalooza or dally along on Dream Maker. Apres-ski: It's the Foggy Goggle at South Ridge Lodge for music and meet-ups; the Sunday River Brew Pub out on Route 2 for a wood fire and pints of local ale; or Sud's beneath the Old Sudbury Inn for true local flavor and great pizza. Extra credit: Think you've got chutzpah? Dive into the trees on Chutzpah for some serious bark-avoidance practice. Shhh!: The crowds thin out early on Sundays at the River, a good time catch some elbow room out there.

- Carey Kish

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CM of Lewiston, ME
Feb 16, 2008 12:29 AM
Friday Feb 15 (2 days after storm) was a decent day at the River. Conditions were pretty good; enough piles of powder around though in places it was skied off or there was ice. Ungroomed areas weren't good; snow was crusty. Barker Mtn. as usual had some really good runs.

Nono of Portland, ME
Feb 14, 2008 1:26 PM
Friday, Feb 8th What a day !!
Although the sun was not shining the skiing could not have been much better ! The temp was mild but the skiing was hot ! Top Gun was my fav trail of the day with my companions loving the powda on the bumps of Shockwave ! Folks at Sunday River kept things moving along with hardly a wait in the liftlines. Our longest was 5 minutes !

Lisa of Bowdoin, ME
Feb 11, 2008 11:46 AM
Awesome skiing on Superbowl Sunday at Sunday River. Most folks disappeared from the slopes by 12:30PM so it was wide open all afternoon, with a few new inches of powder coming down. Jordan Bowl was deep in fluff, and almost no one was over there on Excaliber and Rogue Angel. Can't wait to get back up to fly in the WHite Mountain Sky!

Stephen Estes of Standish, ME
Feb 11, 2008 10:39 AM
Mt. Abram had great conditions on Sunday, February 10, 2008 for most of the day. The storm didn't begin until around 2:30 so my grandfather and I had most of the day to ski with good visibility. There weren't many people out on the slopes despite the calm weather so we were able to get in a lot of runs. My grandmother went tubing while we skiied and said that the three different runs were fun and being enjoyed by many families with small children.

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Family Fun

At Sunday River, it's called the White Cap Fun Center: Tubing Vertical drop: 100' Lift: Surface lift Prices: Full session (arrival to close) - $15 2 hours - $10 1 run - $3 Additional 2 hours - $7 Ice Skating: Ice skate rentals are available for $7 inside White Cap Lodge. Arcade, restaurants, fireworks, bonfire More info

resort forecast

Tonight: Cloudy. A chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms this evening ... then a slight chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 50 percent.

	Friday: Mostly cloudy in the morning ... then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds around 10 mph.
	Friday Night: Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 30 percent.
	Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. South winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
	Saturday Night: Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Light and variable winds. Chance of rain 70 percent.
	Sunday: Showers likely. A chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
	Sunday Night: Showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s. Chance of rain 70 percent.
	Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Highs in the lower 70s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
	Monday Night: Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Lows in the mid 50s.
	Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers. Highs in the lower 70s.
	Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy in the evening ... then becoming partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers. Lows around 50.
	Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
	Wednesday Night And Thursday: Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of showers. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s.

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