Sugar Bowl, CA Report: Still Winter on Donner Summit Vintage Film Footage (1930) of backcountry skiing on Donner Summit, pre-Sugar Bowl | YouTube – Bela Vadasz Report from March 22, 2021 Brought to you by Sugar Bowl Resort The Spring Equinox was over the weekend, but it sure felt like winter at Sugar Bowl on Monday. After a weekend of instructor training with an AIARE Level 1 Avalanche Course […] Conditions Report Mike Bartholow | March 26, 2021 1 Comment
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
Rollin’ Groomers: Sugar Bowl Conditions Update + Photo Tour Today brought another round of sunshine and high temps to Tahoe, and the skiing at Sugar Bowl was quite ripping. The east wind we’ve had for the past week finally faded, and things were actually able to soften up a bit off piste. Turns off of Disney were starting to corn […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 1, 2015 2 Comments
Slashin’ into the 75th Season @ Sugar Bowl – 12/06/14 The time is finally here…off-trail skiing and celebrating the opening day for Sugar Bowl’s 75th season. Opening day access was through the village via the awesome old school gondola. However, the meat of the skiing was on Mt. Lincoln. With light rain and a thick cloud layer it definitely was not the most ideal day in the weather department but fun prevailed. The terrain included anything from the Rahlve’s Run to Lake View for about halfway down the chair, and at that point, the groomer was the call as the off-trail snow was a wee bit sticky. The top half of Mt. Lincoln was smooth and fast yielding[…] Conditions Report Casey Cane | December 9, 2014 0 Comments
Discovering Snow at Donner Pass Resorts – 03/10/14 It was our time to head North. The North Shore of Tahoe to be precise. With a warm storm looming for Monday morning on Donner Pass, it was a perfect opportunity to grab some slushy night skiing turns at Boreal and then shred some Sugar Bowl pow the following morning. Boreal was perfect with warm temps, soft snow, and a glorious sunset. At 7am the next morning, we noticed something strange coming down from the sky…SNOW! By the time the storm was finished, Sugar Bowl received around 6″ at the summit. As I headed to the top of Mt. Lincoln, a thick cloud refused to go away […] Conditions Report Casey Cane | March 12, 2014 0 Comments
Sugar Bowl Conditions Report: Snow Top To Bottom, Take Me To Pow Town! The storm we’ve been so patiently waiting for this winter is finally upon us. Well, sort of. With variable temperatures and some misleading reports (such as Squaw claiming snow at the base when it was certainly rain), Sugar Bowl was certainly the place to be. It snowed, and snowed HARD, the entire day and total wait time in lift lines: […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | February 8, 2014 1 Comment
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