Sunday River Ski Holidays - Fantastic Trials
Sunday River's ski area has now extended to cover eight inter-connected mountains, with over 125 trails and gladed ski runs stretching for 5km (3 miles) from east to west. If that's not impressive enough for an east coast resort, the fact that there are more than 7,000 acres of undeveloped terrain adjacent to Sunday River makes it even more remarkable. The lift and trail design is exceptionally well thought out to make moving around the mountain easy, fast and fun.
Each of the resort's mountains offers a distinct skiing or riding experience covering virtually all the diverse possibility of winter sports. Beginners have one of the best learning areas anywhere at South Ridge, served by one surface lift and three chairs, including a high speed quad. All skiers and riders make their first turns on Sundance. Intermediates have a huge choice of trails to enjoy with few ski resorts anywhere able to offer the uplift speed and fast cruising descents to enable you to ski so much and so varied terrain in so little time.
Last Minute Ski Holidays in Sunday River - Extreme Black Runs
For steeps and bumps most skiers head for White Cap where the White Heat run has one of the most demanding mogul trails in the east, with pitches up to 70 percent. Shock Wave is also steep while Obsession is a long cruising black diamond. The Hardball and Chutzpah gladed runs are regarded as some of the toughest in the East. Extreme terrain is to be found on Spruce Peak, where Spruce Cliffs is a challenging double black that begins with a steep cliff and flattens out in to a tight gladed area. For those who find themselves in over their head 'Bail Out' offers a return route to Risky Business, one of the many popular long intermediate cruises, before you reach the cliffs.
The newest areas are Oz and Jordan Bowl, the former boasting wide open slopes and glades with powder bowl skiing similar to those of Colorado and Utah. Jordan Bowl is the site of the resort's new second base area and its new Grand Hotel: there are great views from the top of the Presidential and Mahoosuc Ranges.
Cheap Ski Holidays in Sunday River - Great Ski School
Whatever level of skiing you're at you'll benefit from a Perfect Turn course, the ski school tuition scheme invented at Sunday River and now exported to dozens of resorts. The idea is that lessons leave the ski school meeting place regularly, usually once an hour, and you just grab a lesson at whatever time suits you. First of all you match yourself against a video display of ten different skier levels, book your class and you're away. Usually group sizes are small and you end up with a more or less private lesson. If you get on with the people you ski with you can arrange to meet them again next day; if you don't, then book a different time, it's wonderfully simple, flexible and good news for skiers.
Cross-country skiers will find some of the most extensive trails in Western Maine about 1.5km (1mile) from the base of the lifts at the Sunday River Inn and Cross Country center.
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