[snowriders] Sugarloaf sales are up

[MIT Snowriders Members]

Hey Snowriders,

Our next trip trip to Sugarloaf on Feb 27th is open on the website

The skinny:
$ 33.00  (bus only)
$ 76.00  (bus+lift)
$ 104.00  (bus+lift+rental)

Departs 4:30am from amherst st (by the student center)

Another shameless wikipedia rip:
Sugarloaf (formerly Sugarloaf/USA) is a ski area and resort located on Sugarloaf Mountain in Carrabassett Valley, northern Maine. It is the largest ski resort in the State of Maine, in terms of number of trails (138), skiable acreage (1,400), and snowmaking percentage (95%); its continuous vertical drop of 2,820 feet (860 m) is the second longest in New England(after Killington's 3,050 feet (930 m)). Sugarloaf recorded a total of 352,000 skier visits in the 2005-2006 season, ranking it second among Maine resorts and 11th in New England, according to Ski Area Management magazine.

At 4,237 feet (1291 m) Sugarloaf Mountain is second in elevation to Maine's highest peak, Mount Katahdin. The summit of Sugarloaf offers the only lift-serviced above-treeline skiing in the Northeast.[3] The Appalachian Trail crosses within 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of Sugarloaf's peak and the summit offers 360 degree views of Maine's western mountains and New Hampshire's White Mountains.

As of March 2010, there were 54 miles (87 km) of marked trails and a total of 651 acres (2.6 km2) of developed trails. There were 1,400 acres (6 km2) of skiable area boundary to boundary. The fifteen chairlifts have the capacity to carry 21,180 skiers per hour. There are also 138 marked trails and glades, most of which are named after logging terms in a tribute to Maine's logging history. Trails include thirty-four rated as green circle (25%), forty-four blue square (32%,), thirty-nine black diamond (28%), and twenty-one rated double black diamond (15%). There are also twenty glades (13%), and three terrain parks. Lifts include two SuperQuads, two high-capacity quads, eight doubles, one triple, and one T-bar surface lift. The Sugarloaf season runs from mid-November through early May.

Keep an eye on the mountain report here:http://www.sugarloaf.com/TheMountain/DailyReport/index.html

Sign-ups are on the website here:http://snowriders.mit.edu/details_bustrip.php?id=068e1f018ff611293d24569f515bc4d3

We've opened up the sales a little earlier this week so we have plenty of time to fill the bus. As always we need butts in seats to make the trip happen so tell your friends!

We've got another 20 Graduate subsidies for this trip. The first 20 graduate students to sign up get an automatic $25 credit to the trip, meaning bus is only $8 and bus+lift is only $51. Hurry and get in on this great deal!

Questions? Hit-up the forums here:  http://snowriders.scripts.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?f=4