Sugar Bowl Resort

Terrain

• 16 easiest
• 42 more difficult
• 31 most difficult
• 13 experts only
• 3 freestyle

Named trails on our map of the mountain, by the sign on the resort's own map. The resort's own mix: 13.7% beginner · 42.2% intermediate · 44.1% advanced.

Elevation

Base 6,883 ft to summit 8,383 ft, on the same scale as every resort in the list (16–13,487 ft).

Uphill travel

Uphill travel by skinning with an Uphill Day Ticket ($49), an Uphill Season Pass ($249) or a Sugar Bowl season pass, after signing the Uphill Use Policy. Routes 7 AM – dusk when open (status posted by 7 AM and 5 PM): Judah Lower (Lower Coldstream → Tunnel 41 → Buena Vista), Judah Upper (bootpack along the Summit Chair lift line, or via the Flower Ridge gate; closed after storms until Judah Bowl is mitigated), Mt. Lincoln (Union Street → Silver Belt Run-Out → Cat Walk → Henderson's Bowl → California Street → Crowley's Traverse) and Mt. Disney (Disney Return → Disney Traverse → Disney Meadow → Disney Traverse; closes 4 PM for snowcat work). No parking at Sugar Bowl to reach Forest Service land when the resort is closed — use the Sno-Park lots.

The resort's uphill policy

At a glance

Lifts

9 chairs, 1 gondola or tram, 1 surface lift, 1 carpet

Skiable acres

1,650

Night skiing

No (lifts 9 AM – 4 PM; Summit Chair 10 – 3, Crow's Peak 9 – 3)

Terrain parks

4

Passes

• Mountain Collective · 2 days

2026–27 season, from each pass's own resort list.

Trail map

The resort's official map

Tickets

Tickets & passes

Phone

(530) 426-9000

Ski patrol

(530) 426-6727

Address

629 Sugar Bowl Rd., Norden, CA 95724

Compare with a neighbor

• Donner Ski Ranch2 mi · 1,000 ft
• Boreal Mountain Resort2 mi · 500 ft
• Soda Springs Mountain Resort3 mi · 550 ft
• Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Resort5 mi · 600 ft