MOUNT SUNAPEE CONTINUES TO CLIMB IN ANNUAL SKI MAGAZINE READER SURVEY RANKINGS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mount Sunapee Resort
Newbury, NH
Bruce McCloy, Director of Marketing and Sales
(603) 763-3500 or bmccloy@mtsunapee.com
 
Newbury, NH – (September, 2008) – Mount Sunapee was ranked as the #15 resort in the East in the 2008 SKI Magazine Reader Survey, which will be published in the October, 2008 issue of the magazine. Mount Sunapee climbed five places from #20 in 2007 to #15 in 2008. This is Mount Sunapee’s highest overall ranking ever in the East.

Anchoring Mount Sunapee’s ranking, Mount Sunapee was ranked with the best overall snow surfaces in the East for the third year in a row. Mount Sunapee was ranked #1 in the East for grooming and #2 in the East for snow quality for the second year in a row. In 2006 the resort ranked #2 in the East for both grooming and snow quality. Mount Sunapee has earned its reputation for consistently delivering great snow. Over the past nine seasons Mount Sunapee has averaged a #3 ranking in the East for grooming and a #4 ranking for snow quality.

“I think what’s telling about Mount Sunapee’s #1 ranking for snow surfaces over the past three years is the variability of the weather over those three seasons,” said Bruce McCloy, director of marketing at Mount Sunapee. “In 2006 we received only 50% of our annual snowfall, in 2007 we had average snowfall and in 2008 snowfall was a near record. Despite the weather, our huge commitment to snowmaking and grooming enables us to provide the best snow surfaces in the East day after day. This is something of which we are extremely proud.”

In the 2008 survey Mount Sunapee received a total of ten “top 10” category rankings in the East. In addition to grooming and snow quality, other top ten categories include weather, value, access, on-mountain food, family programs, scenery, terrain parks and overall satisfaction. Mount Sunapee has award-winning family programs, the only 4,000-watt sound system in the East in the terrain park, and a spectacular view of Lake Sunapee and the White and Green Mountains from the summit.

Mount Sunapee’s tag line, “The Big Mountain with the Best Snow is in Your Backyard,” should resonate with skiers and snowboarders this season. With consumers focused on travel costs this winter, Mount Sunapee offers more than 1,500 vertical feet, 65 trails and ten lifts only 90 minutes from Boston, in addition to offering day-in and day-out the best snow surfaces in the East.