November 17, 2024
| Mountain Update! This is your action ace news reporter, Bob McQueeney, reporting on all the conditions that are conditions at Sunday River. Friday: On the drive up, the polecat guns were blowing snow on American Express. Pulling into Barker, there was snow all the way down Cascades. It was glazed and had some cat tracks on it, so no skiing top to bottom today. T-2 and Upper Punch were open. The rustic Locke Mountain triple accessed the skiing today, and was used for downloading, every tenth chair. Sunday: Once again, this is your action ace ski reporter, reporting on all the conditions that are conditions at Sunday River ski resort. This reporter, having nothing on his agenda for this Sunday, traveled over to Sunday River to inspect the conditions. The temperatures are too high to make snow, but we expect lower temps come Friday. Currently, the groomers continue to put in a full shift, laying down stripes on 100% of the open terrain. Trails today are T-2 and Upper Punch. Interesting to note that a terrain park has been built on Upper Punch, but one could easily ski around these features. First chair was 8 AM on the Locke Triple, reload was at the mid station. After about an hour, the line for reloading was working it’s way up the hill and around the corner. (It is Sunday, after all). Down loading is every tenth chair, and they filled the chairs. Each time the chair is downloaded, the lift must stop for safety reasons, and unloading at the very bottom is the same thing. As I was leaving, there were more people coming up and parking had expanded to down Barker Rd. Once again, the skiing was actually pretty good, approaching mid season conditions, but only for the two short runs. Smiles were all around, one skier exclaiming he will need a grin-ectomy as he was having too much fun. (Yes, there is such a thing!). The groomers were hard at work early this morning, putting down stripes for us on 100% of the open terrain.  Prime Time Website Don’t forget to visit our website for the latest news and updates! You can get all the information anytime you want! Just visit https://primetimeskiclub.com/ Stor-a-skiThe way Stor-a-ski works, the first time you’re at the mountain just walk up to the building, let them know your part of Prime Time and you want to store for the winter. They’ll put a tag on your skis with your name. The price for us this year is $95 for the season with tipping at the end of the season and it’s a simple as that! The owner, Doug, doesn’t need names ahead of time and he knows there’s a number of us that that store with him. Mt. Tremblant The Prime Time Ski Club is going back to Mont Tremblant Québec! The trip dates are from 16 to 23 March, 2025, and you choose how many days you want to stay and ski. Slopeside and mountain village lodging with generous discounts on lifts and lodging. Contact Glenn Saller – glenns1093@gmail.com for more information. Winter ScheduleThe first potluck will be on December 12 at 5:30. Several venues are being explored, so the location will be announced later. At that time the board will determining the calendar for the ski season. Newsletters will go out twice each in November and December, then weekly (on Sundays) during the ski season. Please feel free to arrange activities, We’d be happy to post them out in our newsletters, and of course, word of mouth works well. |
