For Sugar Bowl Skiers & Riders
A little dust on crust teaser Saturday… but hell yeah, we finally have a real Tahoe storm on the way! Five feet to start, incoming Tuesday night. Ten snowflakes in the forecast with more feet on the way.
I’ve got my powder tails ready! Storm skiing, here I come!
– Disco Leopard
No Disney on Thursday as predicted, but we did get it Friday and a ton more. Patrol has been blasting a bunch and we got to reap the rewards. Disney, then the rest of Disney (except Nancy’s and Sugar Bowl). On the Lincoln side, Silver belt, ’58’s and the Sisters. Wow. It’s still bony and early season, but off-piste options have really opened up.
Looks like Judah opens today, maybe J-Bowl and/or Sugar Bowl?
Watch out for leopards!
Easily the busiest I have seen Sugar yet this season, and crowded and claustrophobic for a minute in the pre-opening Jerome line, but everyone spread out pretty quickly after that.
What a pow day! I sure needed that. Not too much new terrain just yet even though there were blasts going off all morning… Klein’s.. and upper Lakeview reopened.
Disney was spinning (not open) in the afternoon. Official unofficial prediction is a Thursday opening. 🙂
– Disco Cat 🙂
Well, I sure forgot how tough it can be to ski the storm. New this season: wet mask. Yuck. See you tomorrow for bluebird Monday!
It happened! Springtime conditions in November. Definitely thin and bony out there, but lots of fun to be had. Dreaming of bottomless turns in the eponymous Sugar Bowl, until then, going big in Two-and-a-half Chutes will have to do. 🙂
Ten suns in the forecast today… do your early season snow dances!!
-JS
Opening day is almost here!! Better not eat too much tofurkey this holiday, because you’re gonna be up bright and early Friday!
Looks like Jerome will be spinning, and Hard Drinkin’ Lincoln too!
Sugar was selling some day tickets, but they’re already gone for opening day and weekend.
Ready to get your Sugar Gnar on, friends? I know I am for sure. See you in five days!
-JS
While we’re all waiting anxiously for Sugar Bowl’s opening day in one week (we’ll see you there), I thought I’d share the best way to watch incoming storms and get your stoke on.
First up is the Tahoe Daily Snow, where you can find BA’s great snow- and mountain-specific reports for the area, and fun geeking out on the forecast models, historic precipitation, and all things snow.
Second stop is the Weather Underground’s Serene Lakes station forecast, which is right next to Sugar Bowl. The 10-day graph is my go-to for visualizing when and how storms come in.
And lastly, be safe out there and always check Sierra Avalanche Center daily advisory before heading out the boundary.
See you in a week!
– J. Snow
That’s right. We’re back for the 2019/2020 season! We’ll be tagging lifts, crushing pow, breaking trail and, most importantly, having FUN!
No snow in the forecast just yet.. Sugar says they’ll open in one month, on November 29th. Let’s hope a storm brings us an earlier date.
What is Unofficial Sugar Bowl? It’s a ski team, a website, a community, an annual closing day cave party, an attitude, a lifestyle. 🙂
Also time for our annual reminder that Unofficial Sugar Bowl is YOU! Wanna share your pics or video? Post about conditions? Have opinions on operations, coaches, local politics, who makes the best bloody? It’s all fair game. Get in touch and I’ll be happy to make you an account so you can post too.
-John S.
Hi friends! What a great season opening! Happy 2018/2019!
Lincoln opened Saturday, Disney opened Sunday, plus as an afternoon surprise, the top gates at Lincoln for fun in Silver Belt, the Sisters and ’58s. Wow!
Not that patrol isn’t doing an amazing job, but I’m surprised the hike out from Lincoln to J-Bowl didn’t open Monday. I guess it’s the first few days of the year, we’ll have to watch and see what opening rhythms look like this year.
Lastly, a reminder that Unofficial Sugar Bowl is YOU! Wanna share your pics or video? Post about conditions? Have opinions on operations, coaches, local politics, who makes the best bloody? It’s all fair game. Get in touch and I’ll be happy to make you an account so you can post too.
-JS
Freshies in J-Bowl with Snow White and John Snow!