Category: Snow Reports

Given the warm weather lately, it’s no surprise that Sugar pushed back their opening date again…  hopefully only one more week until Dec 5th.

Alas, the waiting continues… have a great holiday and can’t wait to ride the white ribbon with you all soon!

So you might have seen an earlier, Nov 21th opening day in the news, or or on the official “Hours” page.  Today I even heard a rumor Bridget (our CEO) confirmed it in a conference Zoom call with local town leaders.

Sure would be nice to see you all in just 15 days, but this cynical guy will believe it when day tickets go on sale for the 21st.  Right now that’s still saying Friday the 28th.  And the weather until then isn’t looking the best for snowmaking.

Think snow (or at least cold) and can’t wait to see you!

Sugar has been slacking on  announcing opening day this year, but  we’re here to tell you… opening day is our traditional Black Friday, November the 28th.  Weather permitting, of course.   Will it be just snowmaking on Jerome, or will mother nature bring us more?  Time will tell!  In any case, I’ll see you there!  🙂

It was definitely a busy week at the bowl.  I heard a record was broken Tuesday.  (busiest weekday?)

I even managed to get there early enough most days to park in the upper Judah lot.

Looking forward to regular weekdays for the rest of the season.

just time for a quick recap of the early season…

Opening weekend with rain Friday, snow Saturday and then some ridiculous lines on Jerome.   Never seen anything like that at Sugar before.  Fortunately, terrain opened rapidly after that.  Some great pow days and lots of sunshine inthe early season so far.

It’s been great to see and make turns old and new friends.  Plus, there’s been lots of great costumes and helmet bling out there, and it’s not even spring yet!

We’ll be back shortly with some opinions about recent changes and such, and more of the usual stoke.  In the meantime, if YOU have an opinion on the new park location or anything else Sugar, feel free to get in touch.

Holiday crowds were here with us one final weekend, and now things are back to normal.  See you out there making some hot laps!

Why don’t we kick off the season with a wet Sierra storm?  On the bright side, it’s exactly what we need to get the base started and make sure there’s no weak layer at the bottom of the snowpack.  On the other hand, I’m not feeling motivated to wait outside in the rain for a cookie and some champers, haha.  I’ll wait for the changeover to snow and some free refills.

What a start to the season!  See you out there!

Just time for a quick recap … the big one (ten and half feet!  but super windpacked), first spring, return of winter with a series of decent pow days, and second spring is just around the corner.

Yup, the Palisades reopened for the second time this season… and the second season in a row!  And I’m not talking about some Other Resort, we had our Palisades long before those fools.

Yup, the beginning of March has brought with it a proper Tahoe storm, the kind measured in feet.  Looks like blizzard conditions might quiet down a little Sunday and allow us to get out there and play?  I’ll be there with my pow tails on.

Wow.  What a great powder day!  Not totally bottomless, but more than enough.  I wasn’t complaining about the occasional scratchy sound from my tails.

Not sure why no one showed up.  Even for the Bowl, it was empty.  And half of the regulars never made it to Crow’s… open weekdays this season!  I found an orange circle that said “Powder shot” and it was all mine.  🙂

Woo!  The best park at Sugar is now open!

Beacon park is located at the bottom of Overland.  You need a beacon to play.  😉