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Sugar Bowl

  • March 20, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by gosusan from San Francisco, California
Sugar Bowl

Sugarbowl was the first resort in Tahoe, and for good reason. This area gets the most snow in Tahoe, and often it is finer (like sugar) than what falls elsewhere. The terrain is well varied, from the steep chutes of the '58s and other double-diamond shockers to wonderful intermediate cruisers on all of the 4 mountains. There's off-piste tree sking over by Crow's Nest and occasionally Sugarbowl will open up the backside for some more expert skiing. Snowboarders can enjoy a couple different terrain parks. Another benefit for Bay Area skiers, Sugarbowl is about 50 minutes closer than Squaw or Alpine, and many people like to get the jump on the return traffic by skiing here on Sunday at leaving by 2:30 (which means the resort is more crowded that day.) Sugarbowl has standard ski services at both the the main base lodge (complete with hotel, but requiring a gondola ride from the road) and at the Mt. Judah lodge. There's also a mid-mountain chalet at the base of Christmas Tree Hill and a coffee shop that is sporadically open on top of Disney. I think Sugarbowl is the best place to take beginners and early intermediate skiers. Their ski school is excellent, and they have 3 different areas for learning, none of which have more advanced runs funneling into them (a.k.a. bowling for skiers.) Once you've mastered their intermediates, you can try some expert slopes. There's a few double-black runs for the utter loons and the general amusement of the rest of us spectators on Lincoln chairlift.

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