MOUNT SUNAPEE BOASTS THREE BIG TERRAIN PARKS FOR ALL LEVELS OF BRAVADO

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 is a family resort, making it a haven for kids, teenagers and young adults who are drawn to the challenge and excitement of terrain parks. Twenty acres (almost 9%) of the terrain at Mount Sunapee is devoted to parks providing a wide variety of elements for all skill levels and levels of bravado.

The SoBe Freeride Zone is the grand-daddy of the terrain parks at Mount Sunapee. Located on two parallel trails, Pipeline and Jet Stream, and serviced by its own triple chair, the SoBe Freeride Zone offers almost a mile of jumps, spines, rails, boxes, and hits. The new 4,000 watt sound system, installed for the 2007-2008 winter season, was a huge success and amped the excitement in the “Zone” all day long. A wireless microphone, which works anywhere in the park, made events and impromptu sessions more fun. The “Zone” features a quarter pipe, vertical wall, and big air jumps plus up to 30 other features at any given time.

Snowmaking was added to Eastside trail for the 2007-2008 season and a new terrain park was born. The Eastside park is a series of elements built entirely out of snow that flow from the top to the bottom, similar to a skier/boarder cross course. Features included huge mounds, jumps, a medium-size half pipe, rollers, spines, and serpentines.

Last but not least is the “Beginner Park” located on Calypso trail in Mount Sunapee’s South Peak Learning Area. This park has smaller elements built out of snow and featured a mini half pipe last winter, which the kids couldn’t stay out of. The mini half pipe also turned out to be a great training aid for the Learning Center staff at South Peak, helping beginners learn to edge and transfer weight.

Mount Sunapee holds four big events in the SoBe Freeride Zone each winter in addition to impromptu jams. Gravity Wars is a slope-style event scheduled for Saturday, January 14, 2009. Then it’s Snickers n’ Kickers, the first of two rail jams on Sunday, February 22. The landing gear retracts for the Clash of the Titans big-air contest on Sunday, March 8, followed by the season finale All Fools’ Rail Jam on Sunday, April 5.

For more information on snowboarding and free riding at Mount Sunapee visit the parks and pipes page at mountsunapee.com.