This winter, Sunday River celebrates its 50th birthday - a milestone and good reason to throw an all-out party! In putting together the schedule, ideas, website and book dedicated to Sunday River's history, it became apparent quickly to those of us on the working end, that this year is no small task. Fifty years means many things to many people but I am sure that we can all agree that there is a lot that has happened in the time. So how does one resort celebrate the infinite number of memories that are associated with it? We are still working on the details, but we can tell you that we are publishing a new book authored by long-time Sunday River fan and former Director of Ski Patrol, Dave Irons. Justly named - "Sunday River: Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future" it's a great historic overview of how far Sunday River has come.
If you think about it, what started as one mountain has since grown into eight interconnected peaks. The original T-bars have all been replaced with 16 of New England's most modern lifts including last year's introduction of the Chondola. As we started to look back at the pictures that span the past five decades, the vast differences that have come about since Sunday River's first opening day on December 19, 1959 were pretty obvious. Which brings us back to the looming question of "when should we start the celebration?" Lucky for us, December 19, 2009 falls on a Saturday so you should save the date now for the biggest kick-off party of the year.
We hope you enjoy this site - it will be filled with everything and anything related to our season-long celebration.
Happy 50th from us at Sunday River!