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NATURE'S OUT THERE. JOIN THE PARTY.

Destination: Sugarloaf Mt., Maine
Travel Time : 9 hrs
Departure: late afternoon - Saturday, March 06, 2010 | Penn
Return: late night - Friday, March 12, 2010
Cost: Members: $400 / Non-Members: $415
What's Included : 6 nights lodging: Sat Mar 6 - Thu Mar 11.
5.5 Days lift tix: Sun Mar 7 - Fri Mar 12.
Ski/snowboard rentals and meals are NOT included.
Transportation
Add-on option: 5.5 days ski /snowboard rental (everything): $140.
Rain Date: N/A
Skill Level: All Levels
Physical Activity Level: Medium
What to wear: WARM clothes (ski clothes).
What to bring: Ski goggles, ski gloves, ski gear (rentals are an additional $140 for 5.5 days).
Open to:
Number of Spots: 16
Signups Begin: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Registration Deadline: Friday, March 05, 2010
Registration Closed Email Contact Email Trip Leader (QT Lin)

Sat: drive up to Portland, Maine (6.5 hrs), enjoy a nice seafood/ lobster dinner, and stay for the night.
Sun morning: drive up to Sugarloaf Mt (2.5 hrs) and start skiing at noon.
Mon - Fri: skiing.
We leave on Fri afternoon (~3pm) back to Philly (6.5 hrs), reach around 1am (dinner along the way).

"The legendary snowfields, unique slopeside resort village and among the top snowboard resorts in N. America, that's Sugarloaf."

Summit

Maine's second highest peak at 4,237 ft. Only lift-serviced above-treeline skiing in the East.

Base

1,417 ft. with the Sugarloaf Resort Village at the base.

Vertical

2,820 ft. - The most continuous in New England!

Skiable acres

1,400 skiable acres boundary to boundary.

Developed trails

  • 54 miles, 651 acres, 138 trails, and glades
  • Green circle 34 trails - 25%
  • Blue square 44 trails - 32%
  • Black diamond 39 trails - 28%
  • Double-black diamond 21 trails - 15%
  • Glades20 (included in the above) - 13%

Longest trail

Tote Road - 3.5 miles from summit to base

Terrain Parks

Three distinct terrain parks - beginner, intermediate and advance
Superpipe (400' long, 18 foot walls) and Minipipe
Permanent snowboardcross and skiercross course

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