Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Dec 12, 1999
Pros: cheaper, great mix of terrain, closest to SF for day-trippers
Cons: Located over the pass and further away from Tahoe City, windy, medium-sized mountain
Summary: I just returned from my first trip ever to Sugar Bowl and was delighted by what I found. Like many of the other reviewers wrote, Sugar Bowl is under-hyped and much less visited than the other major North Lake Tahoe resorts. In my 2 years of skiing at ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 6, 2002
Pros: Closest ski resort to the Bay Area, great service, great runs
Cons: Lines can get long, Small
Summary: This is a great family place. Sugar Bowl has a great ski school for all ages. It is even better because they just put in a new Express Quad to the top of Mt. Lincoln. It has 2 terrain parks and many runs that range from easy to super hard. I have ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 3, 2001
Pros: Its closer to home but is it worth it?
Cons: Too expensive, NO vertical drop
Summary: So you live in the are and you keep hearing commercials for how much closer Sugar Bowl is, and for a quick second you think that is a great idea, I can go skiing and have fun and its closer to home so I will save time as well, right? Well forget all ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 18, 2001
Pros: Close to the Bay Area, Great coverage, large mountain means small crowds
Cons: slow gondola from the base
Summary: Sugar Bowl has it all for the family and the solo adventurer, from expert to beginner, and it is the closest ski/snowboard resort to the Bay Area. I fully recommend it over some of the other larger ski resorts, not only for price, but for entertainment ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 4, 2000
Pros: Tasty cocktails made from scratch
Cons: Austere bar area
Summary: Some judge a ski resort by its slopes. Others by its ski instructors or high speed lifts. As a novice snowboarder who spends plenty of time on my backside (and knees, and arms, and head...), I often need a break. Accordingly, I judge a resort by the ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 27, 2000
Pros: good food
Cons: to many hard runs
Summary: I just arrived home from my second trip to SugerBowl and man was I disapointed. They haven't gone out of there way at all to make this place better for the people. Also the place is covered in rocks.
I think that they should add some terrain ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 24, 2000
Pros: location (closest to SF), varied terrain, lots of snow, low-key atmosphere
Cons: slow Silver Belt chair, not as much terrain as Alpine or Squaw
Summary: OVERALL
Sugar Bowl is one of my favorites in the Tahoe Area. I've been there many times over the past 20 years. The location and varied advanced and expert terrain and low-key atmosphere are big plusses, and make up for the slow lift on Mt. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 26, 2000
Pros: Challenging runs, great for the expert
Cons: Service was a joke
Summary: A note on my experience as a skier: I'm not a diehard shredder, but I'm comfortable on intermediate and most expert slopes. I've hit a few double-diamond slopes over the years and learned my limitations. I'm not the best-travelled skier in the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 1, 2000
Pros: varied terrain, close to the highway
Cons: It's a slow drive from Truckee if it is storming hard
Summary: Truly a resort with something for everyone, I think Sugar Bowl is one of the best resorts in the Tahoe area. Beginners, intermediates, experts, families, powder hounds, huckers, jibbers, backcountry riders, skiers or snowboarders, there is a lot for ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 25, 2000
Pros: Good beginner package, slopes and lifts. Easy access off I-80.
Cons: Parking gets very full and rentals run out.
Summary: This past President's Day weekend I entered the world of downhill skiing for the first time. It was spur of the moment, although my girlfriend (who is a skier) has been hoping I'd try it for a while. The snow was there, the long weekend was there, and ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 20, 2000
Pros: Close to San Francisco
Cons: Small and poorly designed; horrible rental process
Summary: I took a day trip to Sugar Bowl on Saturday of President's Day weekend. Although I found the skiing to be quite good (it had snowed the week before), I was disappointed by several things.
First, the Mt. Judah side of the resort has fast ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2000
Pros: Good Runs
Cons: Expensive Lift tickets(except Wednesday)
Summary: I tried snowboarding for the first time this season, it took a few runs to get used to it. We went up to Sugar Bowl about 3 weeks ago, and the snow was scarce. My buddies went up this past Friday, and said that it was even worse than when I went. But ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 11, 2000
Pros: Excellent conditions, amazing halfpipes, incredible runs!
Cons: None
Summary: Sugar Bowl is an incredibly fun resort I recommend especially to SNOWBOARDERS! The runs aren't extremely long, but they're just long enough. This makes for more runs by the end of the day. It isn't usually very crowded, so long lift lines rarely ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 17, 1999
Pros: Mt. Judah is convenient and a delight
Cons: The older section needs the promised upgrade
Summary: Some of the sweetest skiing in California is also at one of the most convenient resorts. With the addition of the Mt. Judah area Sugar Bowl leaped out of its old past with the quaint but inconvenient lodge where you hiked up to the chair lifts. Please ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 16, 1999
Pros: Close to Home
Cons: Not Much Off Trail
Summary: Sugar Bowl – Sweet Rides
Sugar Bowl packs in a lot of varying terrain in a small area; the recent addition of the Mt. Judah lifts has really helped what was becoming a very congested mountain. Sugar Bowl is the perfect resort to hit for a day ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 2, 1999
Pros: Close to Tahoe, Lots of Expert Runs, Boarder friendly
Cons: Smaller, not as scenic, boarder centric
Summary: I've been to Sugar Bowl quite a few times but when going for the weekend I prefer to go to the larger resorts like Alpine and Squaw. On the other hand, when going up for just the day, Sugar Bowl is my preferred mountain because, relative to the other ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 20, 1999
Pros: Close to SF, Not As Crowded, cheaper lift tickets
Cons: Not as much terrain
Summary: Sugarbowl is one of the quiet jewels of the Lake Tahoe resorts. While it doesn't get as much press and media as the bigger resorts like Squaw, Alpine, etc... it definitely gets it fair share of snow. Similar to Alpine Meadows, Sugarbowl is in a ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Dec 30, 2003
Pros: Mid week specials, $39 Safeway Ticket Vouchers, and great beginner lesson/rental packages.
Cons: Not a true destination resort.
Summary: Sugar Bowl has it all for the family and the solo adventurer, from expert to beginner, and it is the closest ski/snowboard resort to the Bay Area. I fully recommend it over some of the other larger ski resorts, not only for price, but for entertainment
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