Sugar Bowl Resort

Perched atop Tahoe’s Donner Summit, Sugar Bowl Resort is the closest major resort to Sacramento and the Bay Area. Sugar Bowl offers terrain to accommodate beginners and challenge experts, spreading across four peaks serviced by 13 lifts and 1500 acres with 500 inches of annual snowfall. As one of the country's oldest ski areas, Sugar Bowl has kept it's classic ski atmosphere while providing modern amenities. Guests can access the resort through two portals--a quick ride on the historic gondola to the snow bound Village or slope side parking at the modern Mt. Judah Day Lodge.

Elevation

  • Summit
    8383ft
  • Vertical Drop
    1500ft
  • Base
    6883ft

Terrain

Beginner Runs

17%

Intermediate Runs

45%

Advanced Runs

38%

Expert Runs

0%

Terrain Parks

3

Longest Run

2 MILES

Skiable Terrain

1500 ACRE

Lifts

  • Total Number Of Lifts: 13
  • Gondolas & Trams: 1
  • Eight Person Lifts: 0
  • High Speed Sixes: 0
  • High Speed Quads: 5
  • Quad Chairs: 3
  • Triple Chairs: 0
  • Double Chairs: 2
  • Surface Lifts: 2

Tourist Office

P.O. Box 5

95724 Norden

California

United States

Phone: (530) 426-9000

info@sugarbowl.com

Sugar Bowl Resort Website Tourist office

Important Dates

Projected Opening Ski Season: 11/17/2012

Projected Closing Ski Season: 04/28/2013

Projected Days Open: 150

Days Open Last Year: 151

Years Open: 74

Average Snowfall: 500"

Sugar Bowl Resort Reviews

  • by skiman! 28th March 2013
    • Overall Rating 5
    • Family Friendly 5
    • All Mtn. Terrain 5
    • Terrain Park 3
    • Nightlife 2

    Awesome!!

    Pros: Great snow, great terrain, awesome runs, and fun area
    Cons: not enough terrain parks, and wish they had food up on the mountain

     
  • by gmayes 28th December 2011
    • Overall Rating 5
    • Family Friendly 5
    • All Mtn. Terrain 5
    • Terrain Park 5
    • Nightlife 3

    Making the Most of It

    Pros: Despite dry conditions throughout the region, Sugar Bowl was making it happen!!
    Cons: Tickets are a tad high for what you get

     
  • by stutterstan 8th February 2011
    • Overall Rating 4
    • Family Friendly 0
    • All Mtn. Terrain 0
    • Terrain Park 0
    • Nightlife 0

    Good small resort

    Pros: Good small mountain
    Cons: Windy at higher elevations

     
  • by Conn8 7th November 2010
    • Overall Rating 4
    • Family Friendly 3
    • All Mtn. Terrain 4
    • Terrain Park 4
    • Nightlife 3

    Fun

    Pros: Fun resort, good terrain park, amazing terrain, the lodge was great
    Cons: flats, really slow lifts on far part, longer lift lines on far part

     

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