Sunday River, ME Made Snow Last Night | It’s Officially ON In The East Sunday River, ME turned on the snow guns early this morning. The temperatures dipped well into the 20’s and it was game on from there. The forecast is calling for a warm up this week, but the resort promised to make snow whenever they could and that’s exactly what they did. Sunday River, ME Forecast: It doesn’t look like the resort […] Industry News Chris Wallner | October 17, 2017 0 Comments
Santa Sunday at Sunday River Ski Resort, ME Newry, Maine: Ho, ho, ho! Yesterday the slopes of Sunday River were decorated with 180 jolly Santa’s skiing and riding down the slopes. The spirit of the holiday season known as Santa Sunday is a charity fundraiser held every December at the resort. There were 180 Santa ‘s on hand to help support the 18th annual event which went on […] Robin Azer | December 5, 2016 0 Comments
The 15 Most Popular Ski Resorts in North America According To Facebook Just last month, Facebook made huge amounts of its data public including who is interested in what called ‘Audience Optimization‘. Intended as a new tool for managers to identify their target market, Facebook’s new Audience Optimization feature has also opened up a quantifiable worldwide popularity contest that we call social media. Interestingly, nearly 158 million people have expressed interest in […] Industry News Chris Wallner | February 8, 2016 0 Comments
Ode to the White Ribbon of Death It’s early season and I’m thinking of the last day of last season. It was sunnier and warmer. The snow was better and there was more of it. It wasn’t this crowded either. Nor did it get dark at 3 o’clock. Not to create the impression that this isn’t fun. It’s fun alright. Skiing will always win out over not skiing. That said, it’s time for some snow and an end to this white ribbon of death as the people like to call it. It’s narrow, it’s scraped off, it’s crowded, and if you are back east there is probably a snow gun blasting every ten yards or so. It’s also all that’s open. Lap after lap. Lap… after…lap… My more […] Featured Article Andy Hays | November 7, 2015 6 Comments
Sunday River, Maine OPENS Today with Top-To-Bottom Skiing | VIDEO & Photo Tour: Third earliest Opening Day in resort history. Best Opening Day conditions. Ever. Posted by Sunday River on Monday, October 19, 2015 Sunday River ski resort in Maine opened for the season today with top-to-bottom skiing and riding on 100% artificial snow. Sunday River is the 2nd ski resort to open this winter only one day after Killington, VT opened yesterday. […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 19, 2015 1 Comment
VIDEO: Sunday River, ME Fired up the Snow Guns This Morning! Sunday River ski resort in Maine fired up their snow guns last night for an early season test. A cold snap last night allowed them to give the guns a good test and make sure all is in working order. Today is the last day of summer and ski resorts will be working hard to get everything dialed in for the coming ski season. Maybe it’s time to take a look […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 22, 2015 0 Comments
6 Ski Resorts OPEN in North America This Weekend! It’s only October and there are already 6 ski resorts open this weekend. Not bad. Well, there might be 6… Sunday River is going to make a game time decision tomorrow morning at 6:30am about wether they’ll be open or not tomorrow. If they do, we’ll have 6 ski resorts open this weekend. If they don’t, we’ll only have 5. Even 5 ain’t too shabby for this time of year. If you live anywhere near one of these open resorts, get out there and get […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 25, 2013 2 Comments
Sunday River, Maine OPEN Tomorrow… Maybe… Sunday River ski resort in Maine hopes to be open this Saturday (ie tomorrow). They’d initially planed to be open for the full weekend, but they’ve experienced higher than forecasted temperatures today which forced them to cancel snowmaking. This morning they’ve announced that they are going to make a game time decision on wether they will be open or not tomorrow at 6:30am tomorrow morning: “We’re still aiming to […] Industry News SnowBrains | October 25, 2013 2 Comments