Sugar Mountain Ski Resort, NC, Kicks Off 2025-26 Season Tomorrow, November 11 Sugar Mountain Ski Resort in Avery County, North Carolina will open tomorrow, November 11, for the 2025-26 winter season, not an unusually early opening for the ambitious Southern ski area. Other early openings occurred November 11, 2018, and November 9, 2019. And as recently as 2012, Sugar Mountain Resort dropped the ropes on Halloween. Related: Think the South Can’t Ski? […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 10, 2025 0 Comments
Pre-Season Clinic With Olympic Skier Krista Schmidinger at Sugar Mountain, NC Are you looking to improve your skiing technique? What better way than to learn from the best in a three-day clinic at Sugar Mountain, North Carolina, run by ski legend Krista Schmidinger? Schmidinger is a retired former U.S. Alpine Team ski racer who competed internationally from 1986 to 1995. She won the Gold medal in Super-G at the Pan American […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 5, 2024 0 Comments
Easter Egg Hunt at Sugar Mountain Resort, NC, This Sunday, March 10 Easter is coming early to Sugar Mountain Resort, North Carolina. The resort is hosting an Easter egg hunt this Sunday, March 10, on Easy Street, starting at 8:45 a.m. The event is just one of many fun events during March Madness. Since March 4, the resort is offering  25% off lift tickets, rentals, and snow tubing. “Dress up in […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 6, 2024 0 Comments
Sugar Mountain Resort, NC, to Host Memorial Cup on March 2, Raising Funds for Cancer Sugar Mountain Resort, North Carolina, will host the Richard T. Trundy Memorial Sugar Cup competition on March 2. The competition is held as a NASTAR giant slalom competition, for participants with an intermediate or above ability level. One hundred percent of the entry fees goes to the American Cancer Society in memory of Sugar Mountain’s former director of operations, Richard […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 1, 2024 0 Comments
Florida Man Dies Sledding After Hours at Resort A Florida man was killed last Friday night, Jan. 31. at Sugar Mountain Resort in North Carolina after sledding at the resort after it had closed. The man, 53, was apparently riding on a plastic disk when he hit a snowmaking machine and was killed by blunt force trauma, Sugar Mountain Police Chief David Henson said. Related: Heli-Ski Expert Nicolas […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 6, 2020 0 Comments
Come See Alaska Ski Movie “Sugar Mountain” in Tahoe City, CA Tomorrow at 7pm Last March, I spent on a month camping/skiing/climbing on a glacier with 8 Aussies. We made a ski movie and it’s damn fun. Please come check out the flick at the Tahoe Art Haus in Tahoe City’s Cobblestone Plaza tomorrow night, Monday, January 12th, 2014. Thanks. Join us for the North American premiere of adventure epic SUGAR MOUNTAIN in Tahoe City, at the Art Haus Cinema, Monday Jan 12th. Going to be wild! Sugar Mountain, Alaska near Valdez. photo: snowbrains Sugar Mountain, Alaska […] Miles Clark | January 11, 2015 1 Comment
Watch “Sugar Mountain” – New Alaska Ski Movie – Free Today: This past March & April, I spent 30 days camping, skiing, and climbing with 8 Aussies on the Shoup glacier just side of Valdez, Alaska. We had an incredible experience out there and even had a string of 18 sunny days in a row at one point. WATCH SUGAR MOUNTAIN FREE HERE: SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI MOVIE We were there to make and adventure/ski film. The boys brought out all the latest equipment including drones and they captured some incredible imagery from that spectacular northern region. Helly Hansen was the main sponsor of this movie and they are hosting the movie on their website for free for the […] Miles Clark | November 26, 2014 0 Comments
30 Days in the Chugach Range, AK “Sugar Mountain” Movie Trailer Last March, I spent a month on a remote glacier near Valdez, Alaska with 8 Australians. We were there to film a ski/adventure movie about camping/skiing/climbing in Alaska and the challenges that come with it. This movie, Sugar Mountain, tells our story. San Francisco, Calif. (October 13, 2014) – Today Lightbox Pictures released the trailer to their third adventure film – Sugar Mountain – ahead of its November 25th release in association with Helly Hansen. Sign up at sugarmountainfilm.com today for an […] Featured Video SnowBrains | October 13, 2014 0 Comments
The Future of Filming Ski Movies: Alaska Ski Movie Wins “Robot Film Festival” This past winter I spent 20 days on a glacier in Alaska camping, climbing, and skiing with 8 Aussies. I know what you’re thinking, but it wasn’t that bad… No, these guys were fantastic, we had a ball, and I’ve been extremely impressed with the quality of the images that they were able to capture. Amazing stuff. Especially since our boy Danny was able to get some very unique shots with his […] Miles Clark | July 30, 2014 0 Comments
30 Days in the Chugach Range, AK | Photo Tour: The past 30 days in the Chugach Range of Alaska have been inspiring. This place never stops teaching lessons and never lets you drop your guard. For the first time in my life, I feel as though Alaska and her people have let me in. She’s now calling me and I can’t resist. It won’t be long before I do a […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | April 10, 2014 6 Comments
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