Sugar Bowl Conditions – Welcome Back Winter! As I drove out to Sugar Bowl from Tahoe City on Sunday morning, I knew I had made the right call. The traffic on 89 heading into Squaw and Alpine looked quite stressful while and the mellow drive to Sugar Bowl via old 40 was peaceful and scenic. As expected, the crowds were very manageable and the longest wait for a chair all day wasn’t even 5 minutes. This makes going bell to bell a bit more challenging… Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | March 2, 2015 0 Comments
Let the Snow Begin: Sugar Bowl Conditions Update + Photo Tour As a much needed storm makes its way into Tahoe, the skiing at Sugar Bowl is still hangin’ tough with ripping groomers and some rickety off piste skiing. First thing this morning there was around a half inch of new snow coating the groomers, making for some really fun hot laps. Unfortunately the Judah side of the mountain is still closed, but with a few inches of fresh snow on tap over the weekend Sugar Bowl will hopefully be able to reopen operations from the Judah side of the resort […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 27, 2015 0 Comments
Sugar Bowl Conditions Report – Beautiful June-uary Day It was a beautiful drive up the old Highway 40 past a cloud covered Donner Lake to get to Sugar Bowl on Monday morning. We probably arrived earlier than we should have, as everything had frozen over the night before. By about 10:30, the east facing slopes of Mt. Disney were starting to soften up. It was warm out with temps in the 50s; a full on June-uary day. The best runs of the day were on Market Street, East Face, Nancy’s Couloir and Sugar Bowl. We went back to check on Mt. Lincoln after lunch, but most everything was still frozen solid. Back to Disney we went, which was still riding […] Conditions Report Guy LaDouche | January 20, 2015 1 Comment