For Sugar Bowl Skiers & Riders
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. 😉
In celebration of this season’s historic 792 inches, please join the Unofficial Sugar Bowl Ski Team for our eighth annual closing day cave party!
Disco Cat, DJ Mister Will and DJ Foxy are scheduled to spin tunes for your earballs. Wear a costume, bring some nosh & drink or just your fine-ass self.
When: Closing day, Sunday, April 30th
Where: Disney cave
Directions: Disney cave is located between Eagle and Avalanche. Take the spine toward Disney Nose… there will be a sign for Eagle dropping to skier’s left, take it. Then ski underneath (downhill side) the giant rock on skier’s right. Alternately, you can take Donald Duck about halfway down and then do a traverse to skier’s right, aiming for the downhill (left) side of the giant rock.
Safety third: Please do not drop cave line (from the top), go around the side.
Those of you who park in the upper Judah lot almost certainly have met this sweet black guy. Well, if you seem him today, give him extra pets, because this handsome man turns 12 today!
Should we talk about Disco running into our new CEO at the Belt Room? Last pow day of the year? The corn harvest?
Nope, not today! Today we’re going to remind you to support our patrol’s Avy Dogs! Get your merch from patrol at the top of Disney.
In addition to a bunch of T-shirt designs (my favorite is the black one with the dynamite!), there’s also goggle covers, hats, and buffs with each of our adorable patrol dogs. Are you on Team Buster, Team Nova or Team Graupel?
(Today’s song pairing: Nightmares on Wax – So here we are)
False spring, sleeper pow days, Palisades reopening (and staying open!), Peak Snow, real spring, Team Unoff representing at the Uphiller & Banked Slalom (Disco on the same gear for both, hehe)… just wow.
Oh! And Old 40 reopened yesterday. I missed you, Old 40!
View from the top of West Palisade on reopening day:
Just starting to see the top of the trail maps peek out again at Dis and Tree… hard to believe there’s less than two weeks of lift-served skiing left. Corn harvest is a go!
Closing day cave party will be on Sunday the 30th!
On a sleeper Thursday morning, for the first time since 2019, the Palisades opened!!
A couple weeks back I recall a stranger on the chair wondering if the Palisades could open “without Darren Rahlves leading the charge”. Haha! OF COURSE our patrol can open the Palisades!
Not too many folks on the mountain but Team Unoff was representing! I’ve dropped Middle Palisade and West Palisade before, but First Palisade was new for me.
And just like that, the next storm moved in Thursday afternoon, visibility went in the toilet and the magical morning was over. I don’t know what the state of things will be post-cement, but I’d bet this wasn’t a one-and-done situation. The Palisades will hopefully be open again this amazing season…
Winds were howling when I made it up to Sugar for the first time post-blizzard.
On Wednesday, an attempt was made to operate Dis, but the wind didn’t cooperate. Consolation prize instead was Jerome. With barely anyone at the mountain, there were lots of fresh tracks to be had.
Thursday morning had some of the longest lines of the season on Disney. Snow conditions were mostly wind-affected and questionable. Lots of folks left eventually. Heard someone doubting whether Lincoln would open. Ha! You must be thinking of some other mountain, my friend. Of COURSE Lincoln opened in the afternoon, and all the gates as well (except Lincoln East Face?). Somehow, a night and day difference from Disney’s conditions, much better snow!
Aand… more feet on the way this weekend! Because 539″ isn’t enough, haha.