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Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, Launches 23/24 Season Passes With New Deals

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Sugar Bowl Resort, CA, is kicking off its 23/24 season pass sales with deals for new and returning passholders. Beginning March 10, 2023, current passholders will have two weeks to renew their pass before pass sales are opened to the general public. During that period, renewals will be guaranteed a pass to purchase. On March 24, 2023, new passholders will […]

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Julia Schneemann | March 13, 2023
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The History of Sugar Bowl Ski Resort | 75-Years of Powder

Sugar Bowl ski resort on Donner Summit, CA has had a storied 75-year history. Sugar Bowl installed the first chairlift in California and the first gondola on the West Coast. Charlie Chaplin filmed scenes for his movie “Gold Rush” there in 1924. Walt Disney was an original investor in the ski resort and the land that Sugar Bowl sits upon was first purchased from the Southern Pacific Railroad for $10 per acre in 1923. Today, Sugar Bowl is a skiing and snowboarding hotspot and has the rowdiest inbounds terrain in California: The Palisades. […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | January 30, 2019
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Sugar Bowl, CA Will CLOSE for the Season on Sunday:

Sugar Bowl ski resort in Lake Tahoe, California will be closing for the season. It’s been a light snow year in the Sierra Nevada and all over the West Coast this winter. This is unfortunate as Sugar Bowl really is the place to ski in Lake Tahoe these days. Sugar Bowl gets more snow than any other ski resort in Lake Tahoe and are simply […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | March 18, 2015
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