Love Sugar Bowl. You covered it perfectly. Even the busiest days don't feel overly crowded. Being in the Bay Area I can get an early morning start, be there for first chair, ski all day, then be back home by dinner.
I have skied Sugar Bowl, Donner Ski Ranch, Homewood, Palisades (both sides), Kirkwood, Heavenly, and Northstar over the last several years and Sugar Bowl is my favorite out of all of them. Lots of snow, none of the corporate BS, and lower crowd levels than the big corporate resorts.
i was an instructor there back in 1985 or "86. Sugar bowl has plenty of runs for the advanced and expert skier. For some reason the moguls are very well shaped. Crows nest chair has lower pitch mogul fields where as the disney chair has excellent steeper moguls right under the chair at the top. And the Lincoln chair has a lot of moguls under the chair and to the right as you look up the hill. My favorite runs, besides the mogul runs, were working the front of the Disney chair. There is always some interesting stuff to ski like wind blown hard pack, wind drifts, and even a beginner chute the requires some tight turns with "no" consequences. The other area that is super fun with endless interesting features and lines is the gully to the right of the Lincoln chair as you look up. ( The original chair used to go right up this gully so you could strut your stuff in front of a lift full of spectators.) Finally, if you take the very short hike up from the top of Disney, you can traverse to a nice bowl that is a little adventurous with some cornices, chutes and what not.
I'm heading to Sugar Bowl with my family next week. I've never been. I grew up in the Bay Area and have skied a number of Tahoe Resorts but never SB. After seeing this video and reading the comments, I'm very excited to check it out! I love the idea of a less crowded resort (who wouldn't).
Thanks for creating this video! My lady and I will be visiting Sugar Bowl for the first time next weekend to top off our last day of the season.
Hope you had a blast :)
Love Sugar Bowl. You covered it perfectly. Even the busiest days don't feel overly crowded. Being in the Bay Area I can get an early morning start, be there for first chair, ski all day, then be back home by dinner.
I have skied Sugar Bowl, Donner Ski Ranch, Homewood, Palisades (both sides), Kirkwood, Heavenly, and Northstar over the last several years and Sugar Bowl is my favorite out of all of them. Lots of snow, none of the corporate BS, and lower crowd levels than the big corporate resorts.
We couldn’t agree more!
i was an instructor there back in 1985 or "86. Sugar bowl has plenty of runs for the advanced and expert skier. For some reason the moguls are very well shaped. Crows nest chair has lower pitch mogul fields where as the disney chair has excellent steeper moguls right under the chair at the top. And the Lincoln chair has a lot of moguls under the chair and to the right as you look up the hill. My favorite runs, besides the mogul runs, were working the front of the Disney chair. There is always some interesting stuff to ski like wind blown hard pack, wind drifts, and even a beginner chute the requires some tight turns with "no" consequences. The other area that is super fun with endless interesting features and lines is the gully to the right of the Lincoln chair as you look up. ( The original chair used to go right up this gully so you could strut your stuff in front of a lift full of spectators.) Finally, if you take the very short hike up from the top of Disney, you can traverse to a nice bowl that is a little adventurous with some cornices, chutes and what not.
most underrated resort in norcal
We couldn’t agree more, thankfully the other mega resorts steal all the limelight and Sugar Bowl thrives in the shadows.
I'm heading to Sugar Bowl with my family next week. I've never been. I grew up in the Bay Area and have skied a number of Tahoe Resorts but never SB. After seeing this video and reading the comments, I'm very excited to check it out! I love the idea of a less crowded resort (who wouldn't).
Sounds amazing, make sure you let us know how your trip was!
super helpful. Subscribed.
Thank you ☺️
Any discount codes ? 😊