Sunday River is building the new Jordan 8 lift, one of the most technologically advanced chairlifts in North America and the first of its kind in Maine. The Jordan 8, a new Doppelmayr D-Line chairlift that seats eight skiers per chair and features signature Sunday River Red weather-blocking bubbles, is designed specifically to withstand strong winds and unpredictable weather. 

A new Doppelmayr triple chairlift is installed on the Merrill Hill real estate development featuring mountaintop home sites. Merrill Hill also features four new ski trails and snowmaking capabilities. The lift will open for select dates only during the 2021-22 season, with a grand opening scheduled for winter 2022-23. 

In 2019, Sunday River began managing operations at the Sunday River Golf Club. In order to make improvements and achieve growth, the resort recently purchased the course and solidified the long-term future of one of the most experiential golf courses in New England.

Sunday River installs four new surface lifts including a T-Bar on Locke Mountain for training and competitions, and three covered conveyors on the Sundance trail to enhance the resort’s learning terrain. 

Phase two of doubling the resort’s snowmaking capacity includes the installation of four new 500-horsepower pumps, which increases water capacity by 10 percent for the 2019/20 season.

Sunday River takes the first step towards doubling its snowmaking capacity with the addition of a new 600-horsepower pump and nearly two miles of high-pressure iron ductile pipe from its water source to Barker Basin, which immediately increases the resort’s water capacity by 15 percent for the 2018/19 season.

Though Boyne had been managing resort operations since 2007, the company purchased Sunday River as part of a six-resort acquisition, making Boyne the third largest mountain resort company in North America.

Sunday River opened the Mountain Room in the Peak Lodge in partnership with Portland, Maine restauranteur Harding Lee Smith. The resort also debuted the new Spruce Peak Triple.

Sunday River adds 75 acres of new glade terrain, enhances snowmaking with a $1.1 million upgrade, and adds a conveyor system to the Spruce Peak Triple.

The new 15-acre T72 terrain park on North Peak opens as well as Camp in the Grand Summit Hotel.

The Eddy The Yeti children’s book is published and the Betty the Yeti mascot is introduced.

Sunday River celebrates 50 years with a season-long celebration and new book. Eddy the Yeti—Sunday River’s official team mascot—joins the family.

Boyne introduces Boyne Low-E Fan Guns to Sunday River. The new guns converts water into snow more efficiently, especially at marginal temperatures, improving snow quality while greatly improving energy and water efficiency to use less power.

Sunday River joins the Boyne Resorts family, lead by President and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Kircher.

The Robert Trent Jones Jr. designed Sunday River Golf Club opens.

Oz opens as Sunday River’s eighth peak with a fixed-grip quad serving 40 acres of new terrain.

Jordan Bowl opens with a new high-speed quad serving 100 acres of new terrain.

Aurora Peak is added with a new quad chair and trails. The Perfect Turn ski school is created.

White Heat is added as the “steepest longest widest trail in the East," which opens White Cap. 

The first detachable quad opens at Sunday River on Barker, and terrain and a lift on Lower White Cap is added.

The North Peak Triple and Fall Line Double are installed adding approximately 40 acres of trails on North Peak and South Ridge.

Construction for South Ridge Base Lodge begins. Mixing Bowl is extended down to the new base along with snowmaking.

Sunday River adds the Barker Double as the first chair at the resort.

The Mixing Bowl T-Bar and trail were created as a dedicated learning area. The Mixing Bowl T-Bar started below the Barker Base Lodge and ran to an unloading area where the current South Ridge Express unloads.