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Sugar Bowl Ski Resort
California, USA


Resort Statistics
vertical drop:1,500 feet
summit:8,383 feet
base:6,883 feet
lifts:12
trails:84
longest run:15,840 feet

Snowboarding
permitted:Yes
terrain park:Yes
half-pipe:Yes
Snow and Terrain
annual snowfall:500 inches
snowmaking:27%
skiable area:1,500 acres
easiest: 17%
more difficult: 43%
most difficult: 30%
experts only: 10%

Other Activities
x-country:328 km
snow tubing:No
Contact Information
information:530 426-9000
conditions:530 426-1111
web site:sugarbowl.com
e-mail:info@sugarbowl.com
location:California, USA


Sugar Bowl Ski Resort News

Sugar Bowl opens up backcountry with new lift (Truckee Times)
February 16, 2010 - When Sugar Bowl Resort opened for business 70 years ago, it boasted the first chairlift in California and lift tickets were a mere 25 cents.  read more

Winter Games: Rahlves to host ski cross event at Sugar Bowl (Truckee Times)
January 29, 2010 - Sugar Bowl welcomes ski cross athletes from around the world today and Wednesday when it hosts a U.S. Skiing Nor-Am Cup competition.  read more

Sugar Bowl to host skicross races, U.S. Olympic Camp (Sierra Sun)
January 29, 2010 - SUGAR BOWL - In roughly three weeks, Truckee's Daron Rahlves and Errol Kerr will bang for space against some of the world's fastest skiers when the discipline of skicross debuts at the 2010 Olympic Games. In the meantime, the pride of the U.S. and Jamaica skicross teams, respectively, are polishing their skills at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo., before returning home to compete locally ...  read more

Winter Games: Rahlves to host ski cross event at Sugar Bowl (Reno Gazette-Journal)
January 28, 2010 - Sugar Bowl will welcome ski cross athletes from around the world next week when it hosts a U.S. Skiing Nor-Am Cup competition.  read more

Sugar Bowl to host two FIS NorAm skicross competitions Feb. 1-3 (Sierra Sun)
December 28, 2009 - Sugar Bowl Resort will host two sanctioned U.S. Skiing FIS Nor-Am Cup skicross competitions Feb. 1-3, 2010. Top-level skicross competitors from around the world will descend on Sugar Bowl to race the new skicross course on the Tunnel 41 trail, located off the Mt. Judah Express quad chair. The discipline of skicross - described by Sugar Bowl ambassador and skicross competitor Daron Rahlves as ...  read more

Sugar Bowl to open new Summit Chair on Wednesday (Sierra Sun)
December 22, 2009 - NORDEN, Calif. - The recent winter storm that left behind more than 4 feet of snow on Sugar Bowl Resort, coupled with the current storm that added 10 inches more, has improved skiing and riding conditions enough for the Summit Chair to open earlier than anticipated. The CTEC-built Garraventa fixed-grip quad, rising 420 vertical feet, will make its debut on Wednesday, Dec. 23. Skiers and riders ...  read more

Sports Briefs: Sugar Bowl opens for its 70th season (Sierra Sun)
November 25, 2009 - Sugar Bowl opens for season Sugar Bowl Resort kicked off its 70th season of skiing and riding on Wednesday, with both the White Pine and Jerome Hill chairs running. Tickets are $39 for adults, $29 for young adults and seniors, $15 for kids ages 6-12, $5 for super seniors and, as always, kids 5 and under ski free. General Admission is in effect all weekend for free lessons and rentals, and the ...  read more

Daron Rahlves excited for new Sugar Bowl lift (Sierra Sun)
July 21, 2009 - NORDEN, Calif. - For years, Daron Rahlves, like local many skiers and riders, has had to hike to get to the top of Mt. Judah at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort - this winter, former Olympian will have an easier option.  read more

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort getting new quad chairlift (Sierra Sun)
July 17, 2009 - NORDEN, Calif. - Sugar Bowl Ski Resort is installing a new chairlift to the top of Mt. Judah in time for the coming winter.  read more

Historic Sugar Bowl once a favorite of Hollywood crowd (Rocklin & Roseville Today)
March 18, 2009 - This aging ski resort oozes with charm and history, serving as a museum of sorts. Long before the arrival of quad chairs, shaped skis and terrain parks, Hollywood celebrities and average folks often mingled together on the slopes at Sugar Bowl.  read more



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