Month: February 2021

Sun and more sun this week at the bowl!  Saw a mono-skier and a baller with a pair of original Line skiboards (“snowblades”).  And Mr. Neon too.  Keep up the good work, Sugar Bowl freaks!

Trivia.. last week’s answer:  a gondola was built in 1953!  The Magic Carpet was the first aerial tramway on the west coast and the second of its kind to be used at a ski resort in North America.    It had a capacity of 280 skiers per hour.   Boarders weren’t allowed because they didn’t exist yet.  🙂

This week’s question: How much did it cost a skier to ride the Mt. Disney chairlift in 1939?

– Disco Cat

It’s ski skate week, the mountain is covered in kids!  I didn’t expect that in February immediate following a holiday weekend.  Huh!

Trivia… last week’s answer: Ski instructors  made $100 a month in 1940, PLUS housing.  Wow.  Tahoe’s employee housing shortage could learn a lesson or two from the 40s, who knew?

This week’s question: What was the “Magic Carpet” that was built in the summer of 1953 at Sugar Bowl?

Watch out for cats!  – Disco

Last question’s answer: True!  Sugar bowl was the first (US? North American?) resort to offer slope-side accommodations.

This week’s question: How much was a ski instructor paid per month during the 1940-41 season?

– Disco