For Sugar Bowl Skiers & Riders
Winter returns with a sleeper Tuesday pow day! Hit the freshies in Roller with Mean Dean all morning, then skinned up to J Bowl in the afternoon. What a day!
Trivia.. last week’s answer: It cost $2.00 to ride Disney in 1939. The lift was also open to non-skiers for $0.25 a ride. Wow!
This week’s question: Before becoming the Dean of Architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, what Sugar Bowl landmark did William Wurster design?
– D. Cat
Sun and more sun this week at the bowl! Saw a mono-skier and a baller with a pair of original Line skiboards (“snowblades”). And Mr. Neon too. Keep up the good work, Sugar Bowl freaks!
Trivia.. last week’s answer: a gondola was built in 1953! The Magic Carpet was the first aerial tramway on the west coast and the second of its kind to be used at a ski resort in North America. It had a capacity of 280 skiers per hour. Boarders weren’t allowed because they didn’t exist yet. 🙂
This week’s question: How much did it cost a skier to ride the Mt. Disney chairlift in 1939?
– Disco Cat
It’s ski skate week, the mountain is covered in kids! I didn’t expect that in February immediate following a holiday weekend. Huh!
Trivia… last week’s answer: Ski instructors made $100 a month in 1940, PLUS housing. Wow. Tahoe’s employee housing shortage could learn a lesson or two from the 40s, who knew?
This week’s question: What was the “Magic Carpet” that was built in the summer of 1953 at Sugar Bowl?
Watch out for cats! – Disco
Last question’s answer: True! Sugar bowl was the first (US? North American?) resort to offer slope-side accommodations.
This week’s question: How much was a ski instructor paid per month during the 1940-41 season?
– Disco
It wasn’t as busy as I thought on Friday after all. Some lines in the morning but it cleared out quick. Lots of folks getting stuck in the deep, deep snow, hehe. Patrol cleared and opened Sisters and Sugar Bowl, because they rock. Thanks to WillSkis for breaking trail and helping me make bad cliff area decisions, hell yeah. 🙂
Okay, Saturday is DEFINITELY going to be a zoo. Crow’s is on the schedule though, and hoping for a skin up J bowl too!
I don’t need to check, I’m sure Squawpine didn’t run anything close to the top. Mt. Rose was straight up closed.
Here at Sugar Bowl, those of us who braved the “blizzard”-in-progress were treated to Disney, Judah and Lincoln! Kudos to Sugar patrol and ops who still know how to open in a storm! Best in Tahoe.
Winds weren’t too bad in the end, visibility was decent, no crowds or lines, couldn’t ask for a better storm day of freshies and free refills! Things didn’t get too “blizzardy” until the afternoon. Tomorrow could be a bit tougher if the forecast holds, heavy snow all day. Friday is going to be a zoo.
p.s. Trivia! Last week’s answer: False. Miners from Nevada City were hired to do the drilling for the steel towers. All the concrete was hand-mixed and poured on-site.
This week’s question: Ski Magazine once called Sugar Bowl the “Rools Royce of California Skiing.” True or False?
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
Last week’s answer: False.
During the 1950s, Bill Klein became a chief tester for Head’s popular metal-edged ski. Howard Head offered Klein a one-fourth interest in his company for $15,000, but Klein declined. Head later sold his business for 9 million dollars.
This week’s question:
To save money, prisoners from San Quentin helped to install the footings for the 13 towers on the Mt. Disney chairlift in 1939. True or False?
P.S. There’s finally SNOW in the forecast! Do your dances!
Last week’s answer: Hannes Schroll
Schroll was an accomplished ski racer winning over 100 international ski titles including the heart-stopping Marmolata Race in the Italian Alps, which was considered the fastest downhill course in its day.
This week’s question:
Sugar Bowl Ski School Director Bill Klein was offered a one-fourth interest in the “Dynastar” company in the early 1950s. True or False?
Nicknamed the “Red Devil of Tyrol”, name the famous Austrian who founded Sugar bowl in 1938. Hint: He loved to yodel.