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Sugarloaf Vs. Sunday River

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freeskier08
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For all you Mainers out there, (im from Madawaska in realll northern maine), I need some help in choosing where to go for a ski trip this winter. I've been to Sunday River before but never Sugarloaf. Anybody have any pros/cons about each mountain?
Sep 27 2006 9:17PM
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Bees_Knees
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go to sugarloaf
Sep 27 2006 9:22PM
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freeskier08
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uhh..ur thing says ski sunday river yet u say to go to sugarloaf?!?!?!?!
Sep 27 2006 9:26PM
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railsldr1242
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here's how it is:

sr has more rails and prbably more park features overall
it is also much bigger and spread out, but there are a lot more massholes and gapers to get in your way


sugarloaf has better flow in their park, the jaumps are all in a line going down stomping grounds, but sugarloaf also has colder and windier weather, which can make it less enjoyable.

i would choose sr but that's because i ski there much more and i'm probably biased, basically as far as the parks go sugarloaf had a lot more good jumps but sr overall has better well-rounded parks, and more features.
Sep 28 2006 2:09PM
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railsldr1242
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it also depends on the distance you are away from each one and the price of passes for each so you'll have to look into that too
Sep 28 2006 2:12PM
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*GP*
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im sure he's saying that b/c SR is always so packed and over crowded as it is.
Sep 28 2006 2:31PM
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eastAR5
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if you like ice skating in -20 degree hurricanes sugarloaf is where its at
Sep 28 2006 2:36PM
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ProgressCoast
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Go to sugarloaf new park this year under the superquad they turned the stomping grounds back into a regular trail. The new park is supposed to have more and bigger jumps, and a lot more rails set up because theres so much more space than the old park
Sep 28 2006 3:26PM
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philipc
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i would say sugarloaf, or if your in real northern maine, try mont ste. anne, its wayy cheaper than any mtn. in maine
Sep 28 2006 3:37PM
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bob_dole
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fuck maine....i hate that state
Sep 28 2006 3:53PM
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philipc
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fuckkk you
Sep 28 2006 3:54PM
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Bees_Knees
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jea
Sep 28 2006 4:07PM
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chapz
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yeah pretty much this
Sep 28 2006 5:35PM
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*GP*
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Same with SR... here's a link to an article on FREESKIER.com

http://www.freeskier.com/freeskier/news.php?news_id=628
Sep 28 2006 5:46PM
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sktrkdo7
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i resent that masshole comment man
Sep 28 2006 6:01PM
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Rossi|311
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SR is where its at
Sep 28 2006 6:47PM
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bowlripper
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i say sr but never been to sloaf prolly will next yr
Sep 28 2006 7:00PM
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richardswett666
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I went to sunday river last season and im never going back. its way too crowded and the parks dont have nearly as much flow as sugarloaf. plus the atmosphere at sugarloaf is so much nicer. and if you dont like cold weather why ski?
Sep 28 2006 7:35PM
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thejackal1177
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i like sr's feature's better but sugarloaf's flow better...
Sep 28 2006 8:55PM
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thejackal1177
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but sr seems to be making some adjustments too
Sep 28 2006 8:57PM
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klimp
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sr is so big though that its not that hard to find a lift that isnt that crowded
Sep 28 2006 9:05PM
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freeskier08
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yea u make a lot of sense but im already going to Stoneham with some friends in like february and my family was the one that decided to do a trip sumwhere in the lower part of the state.
Sep 29 2006 11:36AM
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*GP*
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Stoneham is pretty damn close to SR
Sep 29 2006 12:21PM
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JsNeagle
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I grew up on both mountains. Sugarloaf is colder, so the park is usally pretty icey, but I still love it. It's got a good flow, and it's pretty long. Sunday River has lots of options, but most of the park runs are fairly short. If you're looking for all around better skiing, Sugarloaf is much better. Great east coast woods. Sunday River gets monotonous, in my opinion. And crowded as fuck. I would go Sugarloaf, if they're equal distance from you, just for the atmosphere and all around skiing.
Sep 29 2006 1:55PM
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freeskier08
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thanks a lot ...good advice...and yea im gonna end up going to sugarloaf it is a bit closer to where i am..coming from madawaska. im guessing you jsut take the 1-95 from houlton to bangor then cross from bangor to sugarloaf?
Sep 29 2006 9:46PM
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grams.
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they both suck
Sep 29 2006 9:49PM
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Fitz.
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i have the exact same delema my father asked me to chose one or the other and have had a hard time but i think im going to sunday river
Sep 29 2006 9:50PM
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freeskier08
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so what heaven sent mtn do you ski on then? backyards dont count.
Sep 29 2006 9:50PM
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grams.
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ahaha ive never skied at sugarload or sunday river and there probably about 239520 times better than my 1200 foot vertical home mountain in upstate new york , bristol mountain (really hill) we got about 35 inches of fresh fluffy snow a year, its quite nice
Sep 29 2006 9:52PM
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freeskier08
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35 inches of snow a year? wtf....
Sep 29 2006 9:54PM
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railsldr1242
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haha,nothing against skiers in general from massachusetts, when i said "massholes" i meant the people that decide to bring their whole family skiing in maine for vacation and have never skied at all before and just become a real annoyance when you're trying to ski and get in the way a lot
Sep 29 2006 10:40PM
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cgroves
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watch your self homie, them fighting words!!!!!!
Sep 29 2006 10:47PM
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Lukey_1080
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sr is better, sugarloaf can be fun though, park wise i like sr better and trail wise i like sr better, i like both atmopsheres though and its fun to go to sugarloaf like once or twice a year for a change.
Sep 29 2006 10:48PM
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pwaite
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Grab the all east pass. As a student its reasonably priced. Both mountains have they're pros and conn's. Either one on a good day can be a good time, and on a bad day, they can both be hell.

SR's park is probably better then sugarloaf's. They have larger jumps and bigger rails. The superpipe is good about 4 days a year. The day it opens, the one day mid winter that despite walls of blue ice, it actually has perfect shape, and the two days that it warms up in the spring. The park is fun when its nice out, features are well maintained and a session is going off. When february hits and the park crew gets lazy and pissy, its not so good. Skiing wise, its sunday river, not much vertical, lots of groomers, and more out of state duche baggs then you can count. (90% of ASC's paying market and the only people that upper management really cares about)

Sugarloaf is a really good time when there is snow. If you can get up and hit the snowfields on a powder day, it some of the better resort skiing in the east. It can be brutally cold though and warm afternoons with sub-zero nights can mean very skied out icy trails first thing in the morning. The groomers dont look so bad on those days. The park is a lot longer then SR's which means you get a lot of hits in a lap. The pipe never seems very good, hence the reason the CVA spends a month every year training for pipe in breckinridge. People at sugerloaf are a bit more local and seems to be a bit more friendly. It takes a little more for the massholes to make they're way up to maine's more northern region.

If you do get the all east pass though, attitash is pretty close, making the hike to killington early and late season tends to be worth it, and there are always a few good events down at mount snow that I found myself traveling too.

Sep 30 2006 5:58PM
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freeskier08
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You helped a lot thanks, and the coldness doesnt bother me im from northern maine where its always cold, and since im from the northern i dont think ill get an eastern pass tho it is a good idea. i dont make enough trips down (its about 5 + hours), but thanks good info.
Sep 30 2006 8:09PM
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DeSena
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ya fucking a-dank got it dialed so legit
Sep 30 2006 8:16PM
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USSAracer4life69
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"Someday Bigger" blows my K2 Seth Vicous every night!
Oct 21 2006 9:48PM
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grams.
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haha yeah thats right
Oct 21 2006 9:51PM
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pat-rickdaigle
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if u r going late in the season sugarloafs jumps are so fucken amazing. if u r going mid season go to sr because bthere are more rails.
Oct 21 2006 10:00PM
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Nasty_Napes
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hahah so true..
sunday river has some dank handrails around it too..
Oct 21 2006 10:00PM
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bobs
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word pretty much right on. i think sr is a better mt all around

Oct 21 2006 10:06PM
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PEJibber31
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Generally all anyone has written about is the park, but I would hope your trip for skiing will involve more than just park all day. In that case I think you would be crazy to choose sunday river over sugarloaf for trail quality/diversity. Ive been going to both my entire life but in the last 5 years or so Ive barely bothered to go to Sunday River, it's over crowded, too easy outside the park, and there are A LOT of douchebags in the park at SR. If the snow fields and the back side of sugarloaf is open, it should be a hands down decision.

And as for all the cold comments... Wearing a basketball jersey while skiing in February isnt necessary. Put on a jacket and suck it up. I guess I shouldn't be saying anything though, one of my favorite things about Sugarloaf is it has it's own natural form of Darwinism... Let the weak stay home or go to SR!! Juuuussstt ppllaayyinnn...
Oct 21 2006 10:39PM
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freeskier08
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Yea u make sense i wasnt going for just the park either...it was part of teh decision but not all. and about teh cold? im sure im not gonna see anything there that i havent seen in Northern Maine yet...
Oct 22 2006 10:26AM
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deleted4
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ahahahahah well said
Oct 22 2006 11:07AM
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newschooler7
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hahah nuff said.
Oct 22 2006 11:58AM
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grams.
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haha this has been quoted a million times..but yeah that sums it all up
Oct 22 2006 12:18PM
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DeSena
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ya fucker dont make your name ski sundayriver if you go to gay sugarloaf.. faggot
Oct 22 2006 4:34PM
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PEJibber31
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Thank you for the intellectual and helpful post.
Oct 22 2006 4:40PM
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DeSena
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np... sugarloaf is horrible and has nothing good... if you want to hit 10 foot tables and a box wider then 5 feet the go for it
Oct 22 2006 4:45PM
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TimmyP
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i think im going to be up there jan 3-7 how would you rate their park and overall mountain conditions
Oct 22 2006 5:27PM
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TerminatorX
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SUGARLOAF

Top Elevation 4,237 ft | 1,291 m
Bottom Elevation- 1,417 ft | 432 m
Vertical Rise- 2,820 ft | 860 m
Lift Capacity- 21,810 persons/hour
Area Size- 15 lifts | 133 trails | 658 acres
Longest Run- 3.5 miles
Terrain Park- Yes
Halfpipe- Yes
Trail Difficulty- green- 26% blue- 31% black- 27% double black- 16%
Ski Lifts-
2 Detached Quads
2 Fixed Quads
1 Triple Chair
8 Double Chairs
2 Surface Lifts

SUNDAY RIVER

Top Elevation- 3,140 ft | 957 m
Bottom Elevation- 780 ft | 238 m
Vertical Rise- 2,360 ft | 719 m
Lift Capacity- 32,000 persons/hour
Area Size- 18 lifts | 131 trails | 663 acres
Longest Run- 3 miles
Terrain Park- Yes
Halfpipe- Yes
Trail Difficulty green-25% blue-35% black-23% double black-17%
Ski Lifts-
4 Detached Quads
5 Fixed Quads
4 Triple Chairs
2 Double Chairs
3 Surface Lifts
Nov 5 2006 10:30PM
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