December 2011
12/2 Opening Day Treasure Hunt
Video Contest - Roll camera - get your video's posted on facebook/sunlightmtn.com and enter to win a season pass for 2012- 2013! Winners will be awarded based on number of likes and audience applause on Spring Thing Saturday.
*Rules & Regulations: Treasure hunt winners are not elligible to win if you won last season (10/11). You may not win if an immediate family member has already won this season (11/12).
Treasure Hunt Clues:
Congratulations to Jenn Logan for finding the first treasure!
Second Treasure Hunt Clues:
1. If we all do a dance, it will bring snow - High from the blue sky, it will blow.
2. Ride up the chairlift, Straight to the top. You'll have to look left, To find the right spot.
3. Follow this run, It should be perfectly clear. It's what we all do, To bring the snow here.
4. Punxsutawney Phil says 6 more weeks of winter....But if you schoose this run, you just might be a winner!
February
2/4 American National Bank Ski Spree
Event Itinerary: Saturday February 4, 2012
- 8:00am -- Registration begins for Need-4-Speed, Broomball, Rail Jam.
- 10:00am -- Need-4-Speed Competition
- 12:00pm -- Broomball Tournament begins
- 3:00pm -- Chili Cook-Off begins
- 3:00pm -- Live music by The Missing Link Band begins
- 4:00pm -- Rail Jam Competition begins
- 5:00pm -- Chili Judging begins
- 6:00pm -- Torchlight Parade and Fireworks!
You can also get $10 off a lift ticket on Saturday 2/4 and Sunday 2/5 when you present your Chili Cook-Off Button... and you can even get discounts at select restaurants through the month of February 2012! Some restaurants include: Charcoalburger, China Town, Chomps, Glenwood Canyon Brewing, The Grand, Peppinos Pizza, Hotel Colorado, Chili's, Uncle Pizza, Glenwood Caverns, Moe's, 19th St. Diner, Russon's Pizza and Sunshine Coffee and Deli!
Please join us for our annual Ski Spree Celebration - Saturday is filled with a Broomball Tournament to benefit Grizzly Hockey, Need -4-Speed, the ever famous Chili Cook Off - there are at least 30 participants this year so come on up hungry! Stay the evening with entertainment by The Missing Link Band and to watch Fireworks and our very own Torch light parade!
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Performance by The Missing Link Band
Click Here to Register your CHILI
Buttons for the Chili Cook-Off are only $10. You can purchase them at Sunlight Ski & Bike shop, Sunlight Mountain Resort, ANB Bank, Glenwood Insurance or Crystal River Spas in Carbondale. This gets you into the Chili Cook-Off to enjoy all the Chili you want! All other events will have a separate entry fee and lift tickets will be priced as normal.
2/4 Park Rail Jam
Show off your skills right in front of the lodge and have some chili in between!
Competition will begin at 4:00pm. Register in the lodge beginning at 9:00am. Registration closes at 2:00pm. Cost is $15 per competitor. Competitors under 18 must have consent from an adult. Click Here to download registration form. (Must present at registration on day of event.)
2/5 Town Race Series- Every Sunday in February
This year Sunlight is hosting a 4-week race series that invites local businesses and the community to compete against each other for great prizes and a chance to win a Cat Skiing trip for 4 to from Silverton Powdercats. Races take place three Sunday’s in February and one Sunday in March. We would like to invite you as an individual, your team or your business to enter this fun and competitive event at Sunlight. The races will work as follows: • Each team will be comprised of 4 racers and one alternate of any snow-riding discipline. One competitor must be a female. One female must compete in every race. • Teams may be built from any combination of alpine skiing, snowboarding or Telemark skiing. • Racers will ski two runs between 1PM and 3PM on Sundays in February and March. • The times will be compiled and each team will have a team time that will be entered at the end of the race day with eligibility to win great prizes. • Categories: Age 18 & Under Male, Female, Age 19 & Up Male, Female o Corporate - $50 per person or $250 per team. We encourage teams to be sponsored as businesses will gain community recognition as well as advertising through the event. o Recreation - $50 per person or $250 per team o Single - $10 per race entry. visit www.sunlightwintersportsclub.com for more information.
2/25 Glenwood Insurance Endurance Challenge
Get your team and get in shape, challenge yourself to see who can get the most hikes up the mountain in 12 hours! Cash prizes, live music, great food! Glenwood Insuarance is celebrating 100 years of service in the the valley!
Click Here for more information!
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March
3/2 Definance Challenge
Defiance Challenge- overtime required- a ten hour challenge of descent all on expert terrain- twice the fun as it is teams of two Prizes, live music, after party, and dinner. Proceeds go to Sunlight Ski Patrol.
Performance by: Smooth Money Gesture
3/3 Melanoma Awareness Day
Sunlight wants to raise awareness of Melanoma Skin Cancer in rememberance of Brad Lanpher, a skier of Sunlight who passed away from Melanoma Skin Cancer. Join us to celebrate his life along with everyone else we have lost due to Melanoma.
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3/24-25 Crystal River Spas Spring Thing
Chill out in a hot tub, watch some pro riders hit jumps and rails over a hot tub, listen to some live music and just celebrate the coming of spring!
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April
4/8 - Closing Day Beach Party Pond Skim Spectacular
Performance by The Missing Link Band
Sunlight Mountain Resort is a unique winter playground that is affordable and family oriented. Sunlight has hundreds of acres for skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing and snow-shoeing. Sunlight's summit on Compass Mountain in the White River National Forest, overlooks majestic Mount Sopris and the awe inspiring Elk Mountain Range. Amenities include a restaurant, lounge, rental and retail shop, ski school, children's center, and snowmobile tours. Our Ski Swim Stay package features a lift ticket, a trip to the Glenwood Hot Springs and a night of logging in Glenwood Springs. Click here to see your options.
Sunlight features 67 named trails covering over 470 acres. In addition to miles of cruising intermediate terrain, Sunlight's East Ridge has one of the steeper runs in the state. Aptly named, The Heathen falls beneath your feet at a breathtaking 52 degrees. Sunlight is home to one of the longest trails in ski country, Ute, a beginner slope that winds more than 2 miles from summit to base. Sunlight also hosts some of the best tree skiing in Colorado with many aspen groves untracked days after snowfall. All trails converge at the base lodge, so friends and family can always keep track of each other.
