Congrats to Sunday River
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Permalink Reply by Darcy Morse on -
You're good Junior! :)
Sunday River Ski Resort First To Open in the Country
Sunday River uses 74 snow guns and 19 hours of snowmaking to pull off a mid-October opening
Newry, Maine (October 22, 2010, 3:35 p.m.) – Checkmate, Mother Nature. Sunday River wins.
Thanks to 19 hours of nonstop snowmaking, Sunday River Ski Resort, located in Newry, Maine, became the first resort in the country to open as of 3:30 p.m., with skiable terrain including its T2 trail accessed by the Locke Mountain triple, skiing from the top of the mountain to its midstation.
This marks the fourth year in a row that Sunday River can boast being the first resort on the East Coast to open and the first time ever the resort can claim to do so on a country-wide scale.
“It goes to show the magnitude of our snowmaking system and level of commitment towards making this happen,” Brent Larson, VP of Mountain Operations for Sunday River, says. “We started snowmaking last night, worked nonstop and we’re skiing today, which is pretty incredible.”
Starting at 9 last night, Sunday River turned on 74 snowguns and kept them blazing throughout this afternoon. At sunrise, a handful of skiers and riders waited patiently at the base of the Locke Mountain triple chairlift until the resort officially announced it would open.
Sunday River first tested its snowmaking system with a top-to-bottom quality control check back on Sunday, October 10, 2010. The resort used 80 guns to test for water pressure consistencies across Locke Mountain. Since then, a series of unfavorable weather events kept the resort from making snow up until last night.
“We hope to keep going with as much snowmaking as possible over the next couple of days,” says Larson. “We still have a ways to go before we’re top to bottom, but given how quickly we were able to pull together the top portion of T2, it won’t be long now.”
Sunday River will remain open until 4:45 this evening.
Skiers and riders unable to make it up this afternoon will also have this weekend to take in conditions. Sunday River will continue to make snow as weather permits.
Lift tickets are $25 and can be purchased out of the Barker Base Lodge adjacent to the Locke Mountain triple chairlift. The Locke Mountain triple chairlift will open at 8 a.m. with last chair at 3:30 p.m.
For more information on Sunday River, visit www.sundayriver.com. For media inquiries, contact Darcy Morse at (207) 824-5243.
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Permalink Reply by WJenness on -
Darcy,
The pic from Ski esta makes it look like there was some headway made on Sunday Punch as well... How close is that to coming online?
Thanks,
-w
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Permalink Reply by snowmonster on -
This is awesome! I love how the River flew below the radar and sneaked up on everyone!
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Permalink Reply by jerryg on -
Well played SR Mountain Ops!
snowmonster said:This is awesome! I love how the River flew below the radar and sneaked up on everyone!
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Permalink Reply by ga2ski on -
See you in the morning. Guess I won't be making snow in my yard tonight.
Beating out A-basin and Loveland for 1st in the country.... good job.
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Permalink Reply by Russ Murley on -
Good snowmaking temps continue tonight!
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Permalink Reply by WJenness on
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Russ Murley said:Good snowmaking temps continue tonight!
I figured something was up when you were pretty quiet here Russ! ;-)
What are your thoughts on the supposed storm for next weekend? Any early guesses?
-w
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Permalink Reply by Maineskier69 on -
With the colder temps, Sunday will be the better of the 2 days up there.
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