Après ski in Sunday River

Traditionally Sunday River has lost points with reviewers who look for a compact resort centre that's buzzing from dusk till dawn every night through the winter. Sunday River is rarely buzzing at night - not as a whole at least, but there are plenty of party spots if you know where to go and recent initiatives have made the place a lot livelier after dark. These include the Nite Cap, the resorts entertainment centre at the White Cap base. Gradually expanded over recent years the White Cap base now includes a popular tubing park which opened to rave reviews for the 97-98 season and is 420m (1400 foot) long, winding through the trees before a unique sweeping right hand turn with a huge bank creating a wild, exciting ride. The Nite Cap is also home to a lively restaurant and pub and there's an ice rink and the Broadwalk Arcade - an entertainment centre for teens with video games and music. Apart from these organised activities there are a dozen other restaurants in the area and the option of driving over to Bethel, a few miles away, for more choices and a recently built multiplex cinema complex. There is also an excellent micro brewery located at the turning from the resort road to the Bethel road.