Sugar Mountain Resort Reviews

• Overall Rating 3
• Family Friendly 1
• Downhill Terrain 3
• Terrain Park 2
• Nightlife 3

Date Visited: Feb, 2008

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I have been sking Sugar for over 20 years. The reason you will see such a huge disparity in the reviews is that because of the weather, the conditions can go from great to terrible and back to great again within a matter of days. This resort like its sister Beech is small, shabby, run down, and old by Colorado standards. But for us living in the Piedmont area of NC & SC its a true blessing! I just hope and pray every year that they will be able to make enough snow to stay open enough to make enough money to keep going. Every word you read in all these reviews is true. If you are looking for a premire skiing experience "go West young man", but if you just need a fix for your downhill jones and live anywhere from Atlanta to Knoxville, to Charlotte to Savannah, this and Beech are the only dealers in town. As for the runs Sugar has the only double black in the Carolinas in Whoopdedoo and has a couple of pretty good single blacks in Tom Terrific & Boulderdash. The only problem is Whoopdedoo is seldom open and Tom & Boulder are not as well maintained as the rest of the slopes. I ski Big Red (a nice long for real "blue" run) alot because its usually in the best condition (read it has snow on it) and it has a lift that serves it half way up the mountain that keeps the church bus crowd at bay. Look at the web cams to verify conditions (all resorts fib about conditions), ski weekdays or Sunday late AM & afternoon to avoid lift lines. I have gotten in 20+ runs in an afternoon session on Sunday many times. For Apres Ski there are a couple or good resturants in Banner Elk. Nothing on the mountain but the equivalent to your middle school cafeteria. Keep your expectations at a single A level,(think Carolina Mudcats - not New York Yankees) and you'll have a great time.