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Sunday River Lifts

machski

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What is their insistence on bringing people to the ass end of the earth, with minimal base facilities and less parking?

The extra couple hundred feet is not going to affect snow pack in a meaningful way.
I believe it also has to do with the amount of $$ they and owners at the Jordan have pumped into that hotel. I think that is the key, Boyne likes that kind of stuff. The Summit at WC, owners have balked on upgrade costs.
 

thebigo

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Liftblog is reporting "Sunday River sues an insurance company over denial of a $10 million claim for damages sustained in a 2023 flood."

 

machski

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Liftblog is reporting "Sunday River sues an insurance company over denial of a $10 million claim for damages sustained in a 2023 flood."

Well, not exactly SR, Boyne is sueing for the denial of claim for SR's flood losses of December 2023. Still convinced this is in part driving the operational changes we have seen at SR this season in addition to the Big Sky loss. But based on the documents, pretty clear the flood insurance coverage was a Boyne corporation coverage package for all their resorts, not just a SR specific coverage.
 

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Tickets are now available for the two (likely) final weekends. $100 a day. Seems very high for Jordan only?Screenshot_20260310-092934.png
 

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Wow, I’ve done midweek the first or second week of April for five or so years now. Usually I wait till last minute for weather, but now I’m glad I didn’t book anything at SR, sucks to say that. To run Spruce, Barker, Jordan would be a better move. This isn’t even really trying.
 

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Wow, I’ve done midweek the first or second week of April for five or so years now. Usually I wait till last minute for weather, but now I’m glad I didn’t book anything at SR, sucks to say that. To run Spruce, Barker, Jordan would be a better move. This isn’t even really trying.
Weekdays always went until Patriots Day in the past....
Very Sad to see them go weekends only so early this year

Black (NH) will be rocking well into April
 

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With the amount of money they get for a pass...even a bronze, I would expect better spring operations.
 

thebigo

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taking a look at the April calendar for loon, SR and SL respectively. I dont have a problem with the approach, loon is the day trip option. SR exceeds my daytrip tolerance in april and I would rather be at SL if getting a room in april. guess I would be pissed if I owned property at SR.

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deadheadskier

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taking a look at the April calendar for loon, SR and SL respectively. I dont have a problem with the approach, loon is the day trip option. SR exceeds my daytrip tolerance in april and I would rather be at SL if getting a room in april. guess I would be pissed if I owned property at SR.

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You're neglecting to consider the many York and Cumberland county SR skiers who won't day trip to Sugarloaf or Loon. It would make far more sense to shutter Sugarloaf midweek in April over Sunday River. Of course that would also be complained about.
 

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York county maine is home to 200K people, another 300K call Cumberland county home. Metro Boston is home to five million.
 

deadheadskier

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York county maine is home to 200K people, another 300K call Cumberland county home. Metro Boston is home to five million.

What is your point?

Boston day trippers go to Loon, not Sunday River. Midweek April business is largely local day trip folks. Where is the largest pool of day trippers for Sunday River from? York and Cumberland counties.

I bet dollars to donuts that SR sees more midweek business in April than Sugarloaf does and it's largely due to day trip skiers from those two counties. SR certainly saw more of my business than SL when Portland was home for me.
 
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