Sugar Mountain Resort
Some of the Region's Longest & Most Challenging runs
Sugar rises from 4,100 feet to more than a mile high. Two double chairlifts whisk skiers to a jaw-dropping summit view from Tennessee to Virginia and on to Grandfather Mountain and Mount Mitchell.
Take in that big-picture perspective on the popular North Ridge and Switchback intermediate slopes. From there, Upper and Lower Flying Mile whisk you to the base lodge to complete that mile-and-a-half run. On the way, Sugar Slalom lies off to the right and the mountain's surface lift-served terrain park veers off left.
Expert options start at the top, with North Carolina's only double black diamond runs. Go left from the summit lifts, where Tom Terrific and Boulder Dash plummet off the face. Take a right, slide through the "Experts' Only" gate (if you dare) - and plunge down Sugar's steepest, longest drop - the Whoop-de-do (Click here for a Sugar Mtn. Trail Map).
Across the lower mountain, intermediate Big Birch is a nice warm-up with its own triple chairlift. Real beginners have a conveyor lift beside the ski and snowboard school, another of Sugar's strong points. Easy Street is an entirely separate area of beginner slopes with its own double chairlift. Higher up at mid-mountain, the rolling cruiser, intermediate Big Red, is also set off with a separate double chair.
Sugar's festively lit lodge has everything in one place, including a cafeteria, lounge, ski rentals, and the Sugar Mountain Winter Sports Shop. The lodge also offers the mountain's guided snowshoe hikes for adults and kids, the only such offering in the Boone area. This newly popular outdoor activity is perfect for the family. Snowshoes are included in the fee. Come see why snowshoeing is exploding in popularity.
Sugar Mountain also offers tubing serviced by a magic carpet ride lift, ice skating sessions on their 10,000 square foot refrigerated ice rink, and an annex of its winter sports shop, all near parking lot D, the site of the summer golf course.
SUGAR MOUNTAIN RESORT
ADDRESS:
1009 Sugar Mountain Drive
Banner Elk, North Carolina 28604
CONTACT:
Phone: (828) 898-4521
Sugar Mountain Resort
NC's largest snow sports area with 20 runs on the mountain's 125 skiable acres from beginner to expert including 6 lifts and snow tubing park. The resort has 100% snowmaking capabilities and a 1,200 ft. difference from summit to the lodge. The resort also has ski and snowboard schools for all ages...
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