Bethel Citizen 01.03.13

Prime Time Ski Cub News

The Prime Time Ski Club is overjoyed to bring in the New Year with about eighteen inches of snow at Sunday River, 118 open trails with 78 groomed (and that’s packed powder). We hope that some of you made it to the Sunday River New Year’s fireworks and had a good time celebrating too. We Club members also sincerely hope the recent snow storms are a harbinger of the ski season to come.

The North Peak Lodge is now open and the Club will resume our daily meeting at 10:00 AM for a quick tea, hot cocoa and a very quick couple of minutes for Club announcements and introductions of new Club members. It is our custom to leave the Peak Lodge in small ski groups with similar skiing abilities and trail favorites. After lunch we all go our own way for the rest of the day.

The Club takes a great deal of pride in adhering strongly to Sunday River Slope Safety with “Go With the Flow” and the “Personal Responsibility Code”:

Sunday River’s Go With The Flow program promotes the use of sound, personal judgment regarding speed and control when skiing and riding. Go With The Flow reminds skiers and riders to be courteous and follow the pace of those around them. Go With The Flow focuses on three key messages:

Be Aware – Pay attention to your surroundings.

Respect Slow Zones – Slow down at orange signs and trail junctions.

Follow The Pace – Faster than those around you is too fast.

Skiing and riding can be enjoyed in many ways. At ski areas you will see alpine, snowboard, telemark, cross country, and other specialized equipment, such as that used by disabled or other skiers and riders. Always show courtesy to others. Observe the code below and be responsible for everyone having a great on-hill experience.

Always stay in control and be able to stop and avoid other people or objects.

People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.

You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or are not visible from above.

Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.

The Club also encourages all of our members to have the Ski Patrol phone number on speed dial, 824-5340. We also encourage our members to have a card or bracelet with essential personal information that is easily available to the Ski Patrol in the event of an injury, a Medic Alert bracelet from Road ID is perfect, www.roadid.com .

It may interest some Club members and community members that Sunday River is sponsoring a Red Cross Blood Drive in the Mahoosuc Room at the South Ridge Lodge the afternoon of Tuesday, January 8.

Come and join us.  See what we’re about at www.primetimeskiclub.com . The Primetime Ski Club is an independent ski and social club welcoming anyone 50 and over. They meet weekdays at 10am at Sunday River’s North Peak Lodge to form daily ski groups based on ability, terrain, and social aspects.