Sunday River, ME, Opens Today for Skiing and Riding Sunday River in Maine will open its slopes for a special Halloween ski day today, October 31. This event is exclusively available to New England Passholders, Ikon and Mountain Collective Passholders, and Ticket Pack holders. In an announcement on its website, Sunday River credited the “extra treat for your Halloween” to the dedicated efforts of its snowmaking team, who’ve “really […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 31, 2024 0 Comments
The 7 Most Iconic Ski Runs on the East Coast The East Coast, or, the ‘Ice Coast’, as some may say it, is widely regarded as having some of the most icy and variable conditions in North America. Due to this, challenging runs on the East Coast are often overlooked. This article should change that, however, as it is a list of all of the most challenging and iconic ski […] Industry News Jake Benton | June 26, 2024 5 Comments
Sunday River Resort, ME, Plans to Reopen This Saturday, December 23, 2023 Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine, has announced that the resort is planning to reopen on Saturday, December 23, 2023. On Monday and Tuesday, December 18-19, 2023, parts of New England had been struck by severe storms, seeing wind gusts of up to 132 mph and heavy rainfall that caused severe damage. The floods following the storm devastated infrastructure throughout […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | December 21, 2023 0 Comments
Sunday River Resort, ME, Remains Closed Due to Damage Caused by Severe Flash Flooding This video of a road being washed out at Sunday River Ski Resort in Maine is INSANE!! (📸 Joe Smith) pic.twitter.com/Qf1ZnRMXEe — Joe (@NewsProJoe) December 18, 2023 Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine, will remain closed through Wednesday, December 20, due to damage caused by an ongoing storm causing severe weather and flash flooding throughout the Northeast. Since Monday, parts of […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 19, 2023 0 Comments
Snowmaking Has Officially Started at Killington Resort, VT It’s official: snowmaking has started on the East Coast! With a window of good weather, Killington Resort, Vermont, made it happen last night, making snow up in their north ridge area. With more good weather for snowmaking this week, Killington will exhaust every window they can to get a trail open for skiing and riding. Historically, they don’t need very […] Industry News Will Hart | October 31, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Snow in the Making – Annual Systems Test Completed at Sunday River, ME At 6:45 a.m. this morning, Sunday River Resort in Maine completed its annual test of the snowmaking system, signaling that ski season will be here soon. Four HKD Impulse tower guns sprung to life atop the Jordan Bowl, signaling the official kick-off to the winter countdown. With this test complete, Sunday River is ready to make snow as soon as there […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2023 0 Comments
Top 9 Largest Vertical Drops on the East Coast We all love stats and numbers and the ski industry is no different from any other sport, profession, or business in that aspect. Which ski resort has the highest elevation, which one has the most trails that are rated expert, and which resort has the most off-piste terrain are all questions we ask ourselves when trying to select the next mountain […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | September 22, 2023 4 Comments
What to Know About Sunday River’s New “Barker 6” Bubble Lift For the 2023/24 season, Sunday River Ski Resort will have a new bubble lift titled Barker 6. The Doppelmayr D-Line design will replace the outdated Barker lift installed in 1987, currently the resort’s oldest detachable lift. The installation of this lift is part of Sunday River’s “2030 Plan” which seeks to sustainably grow the ski area and make investments that […] Ian McIsaac | July 1, 2023 0 Comments
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