Wow, big news for our little mountain in the off season!
First off, Sugar is now on the Mountain Collective pass, as the sole Tahoe resort, replacing Palisades and Mammoth. Woah. While that’s not the apocalypse of crowds that joining the Epic or Ikon ridiculousness would bring to our uncrowded haven, it for sure puts the Bowl on the radar of traveling tourists and pow chasers with a much bigger spotlight than before. I don’t think we’re going to see a drastic increase in crowds this season because from MC passes, but I’d guess Sugar is going to start getting more attention and press.
Secondly, apparently we have a new CEO, Bridget Legnavsky, imported from New Zealand. Quoting the Sierra Sun article, her achievements at previous mountains include things like “impressive growth in skier visits by shifting focus to terrain parks”. Ugh. I sure hope that’s not in our future. Our summit spies tell me that Judah side overflow parking next to Donner Pass road has been paved, that’s not a good sign. 🙁
And to end on a high note… it felt like summer went on forever this year, but here we are looking at six+ feet in the forecast. Will we really get that much? Will Sugar open? Winter is here for sure. I’m going to have some hot soup and watch the mountain cams. See you soon!
