It was actually the second weekend Sugar Bowl was open, but with the midweek closure and a big storm, it sure felt like deja vu all over again.
Saturday had one of the biggest crowds that I’ve seen in a good while waiting for Disney to open . Â To say there was a lot of pent-up excitement would be an understatement. Â Still, by “biggest” I mean big for our little fishbowl — it was still just a few minutes even though it looked like a lot of people to this mid-week skier, and thinned out by mid-day. Â The snow was solid but tons of fun to slice buttery turns through, and there was lots of it. Â This was a weird storm that dumped lots of snow on us, but less on everyone else. Â Sugar had two feet up top, other mountains in the west had between a foot and two, and some of the Eastern mountains had almost nothing (Mt. Rose reported an inch!).
Sunday was nice in the morning, and brought a surprise snow shower in the afternoon. Â Conditions were generally good on and off-piste, high-traffic areas got scraped off as usual, but what are you going to do? Â Crow’s chair didn’t open, but everything out there is open with a traverse back to Disney. Â For those of you who are nostalgic for the old Crow’s experience, get on out there and get hiking!
Sugar is open for the season (7 days a week now), and there’s some small storms predicted for early in the week to fill things in. Â Enjoy it while you can. Â I know I will!
-J snow
