Talk:Sunday River (ski resort)

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The name of this article is confusing since it implies it is about the Sunday River of Maine rather than the ski resort. There seem to be a number of pages linking here that intend to link to Sunday River (Androscoggin River). Wouldn't it be clearer to rename this page to something like "Sunday River Ski Reort (Maine)"? The resort's webpage uses just "Sunday River" on its main page, but "Sunday River Resort" and "Sunday River Ski Resort" on other pages. The page http://www.sundayriver.com/ourresorts.html gives the address as "Sunday River Resort". Pfly 16:06, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Good point, though I'm not sure of the answer. The resort's brand indentity seems to be simply "Sunday River"; that's what they use in all of their promotional material. I could make the argument that, in terms of existing public consciousness (among skiers and non-skiers alike), people are more likely to automatically associate "Sunday River" with the name of a ski resort, wheras the namesake river is relatively obscure; both in Maine and nationally/internationally. How about having some kind of disclaimer at the top, similar to what I've seen on other articles, stating something like "This page is about the ski resort in Maine. For the Androscoggin River tributary, see Sunday River (Androscoggin River)." Ripogenus77 16:33, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

A disclaimer kinda thing sounds good, I'll add it.. unless I get derailed by Real Life. For what it's worth, I'm a skier and have never heard of Sunday River. Admittedly I'm from the western US and don't ski very much. The river Sunday River is apparently popular for canoeing, having good whitewater, so it may not be an entirely obscure river. Pfly 19:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Objectiveness

The section that talks about the different peaks seems opinionated/vague in parts, for example: "Downdraft is a short and steep difficult run." Besides the fact that this makes no sense, I would not consider the trail difficult because I have the ability to ski the trail with little difficulty. Also, it might be short relative to the trail "American Express" but it is three times as long as the trail "Tourist Trap."

I can also tell that some information is simply inaccurate based on having skied there so much, such as that saying the "Rocking Chair" terrain park is on Locke Mountain when the trail is literally right under the Barker Mountain Lift.

In the "Barker Mountain" section it mentions "Right Stuff" and "Ecstasy" as being important trails. This tells you almost nothing about the trail itself. And once again, out of personal experience, I know that "Ecstasy" is a common through trail and, while being very popular, "Right Stuff" is not particularly important (no events take place on it, it isn't a through trail, etc). Of course everything I have just said would be completely unciteable, as is what the author of this content is.

Take a look at the Sunday River trail map if it helps you understand my point. My instinct is to completely nuke the section, but I thought I would say something and get some feedback first. Jscottcc (talk) 00:04, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

Additional Suggested Content

Sunday River Ski Resort offers numerous events in addition to the few that were stated in the Summer/Golf/Mountain Biking/Competition sub-categories. Some of these events include Spring Concert series with well-known headliners, Pond-A-Palooza - a pond-skimming competition, and the North-American Wife Carrying Competition. While not the attractions the mountain is most well-known for, they are quite popular and an important aspect of the ski-resort's identity. It may also be beneficial to address Red Bull as the main sponsor of the Frozen Rush race event with a link to the Red Bull wikipedia page . As Red Bull is a well-known energy drink company and extreme sport sponsor, their involvement in the Frozen Rush event is a defining feature of the scale of the event itself.

Jpolster (talk) 22:41, 22 January 2017 (UTC)Jennifer P.

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