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Justin Archambault, left, watches fellow full time ski patrollers Ryan Kirkey and Jay Stephansky gear up to check on trail conditions on Barker Mountain at Sunday River on Tuesday. Archambault, taking his turn holding coverage in the patrol shack, says that his favorite part of working on a snow day is dropping ropes for the first time of the season on popular trails and seeing the guests' unbridled excitement as they ski down. (Andree Kehn/Sun Journal)