Sugar Mountain Resort
Address
Sugar Mountain, NC 28604
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Description
North Carolina’s largest ski area is Sugar Mountain Resort with 125 acres of skiable terrain.
Skiers and snowboarders enjoy 20 trails and nine lifts, including a high-speed detachable six-person chairlift that is the fastest in North Carolina. Sugar Mountain’s peak elevation is 5,300 feet.
NC’s Only Double Black Diamond
Ski Sugar boasts the only double-black-diamond slope in North Carolina, as well as the largest vertical drop (1,200 feet) in the state. Upper Flying Mile is an intermediate slope that connects with Lower Flying Mile for a total run of 1.5 miles long.
Recent updates to snowmaking equipment mean fluffy, white powder is now pumped more efficiently to all ski slopes. Fourteen of the 20 slopes are lighted for night skiing.
Snowboarders are welcome on all slopes, as well as the terrain park, which has a variety of features and is serviced by a handle tow.
Snow Tubing and Ice Skating
Other popular activities at Sugar Mountain Resort are ice skating and snow tubing. The skating rink and tubing park are located together in an area just below the ski lodge. That area has its own parking lot, which makes it easy to access for people coming to the resort solely to ice skate and/or snow tube.
Sugar Mountain’s 10,000-square-foot outdoor ice-skating rink is the only one in the Banner Elk area. Ice skating sessions are 1.5 hours and take place multiple times each day. Skate rentals are included in the ticket price. Children ages 3-4 skate for free with a ticketed adult.
The snow tubing park at Sugar Mountain features 700-foot tubing lanes serviced by a Magic Carpet lift. The park includes excellent snowmaking equipment and lighting for tubing at night. Sessions are one hour and 45 minutes daily between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.
A restaurant between the ice skating rink and snow tubing park is a great place to warm up and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or a full meal.
Ski/Snowboard Lessons
Sugar Bear Ski School offers skiing lessons for ages 5-10, while the Polar Bear Snowboard School teaches snowboard lessons for ages 7-14. Individual and group ski and snowboard lessons are offered for all ages and ability levels.
Relax in the Ski Lodge
The ski lodge is home to a large cafeteria, the Last Run Lounge full-service bar and restaurant, and Sugar Mountain Sports Shop, which sells the finest in ski, snowboard and leisure apparel. Drop-off childcare is available seven days a week.
An online equipment rental system with touch-screen kiosks at the ski lodge streamlines the rental process for skis, boots, poles, snowboards, helmets and winter apparel.
Guided one-hour snowshoe tours lead participants through a winter wonderland along the edges of the ski area.
The typical ski season for Sugar Mountain runs from mid November to late March. For more information, visit www.SkiSugar.com.
Description
North Carolina’s largest ski area is Sugar Mountain Resort with 125 acres of skiable terrain.
Skiers and snowboarders enjoy 20 trails and nine lifts, including a high-speed detachable six-person chairlift that is the fastest in North Carolina. Sugar Mountain’s peak elevation is 5,300 feet.
NC’s Only Double Black Diamond
Ski Sugar boasts the only double-black-diamond slope in North Carolina, as well as the largest vertical drop (1,200 feet) in the state. Upper Flying Mile is an intermediate slope that connects with Lower Flying Mile for a total run of 1.5 miles long.
Recent updates to snowmaking equipment mean fluffy, white powder is now pumped more efficiently to all ski slopes. Fourteen of the 20 slopes are lighted for night skiing.
Snowboarders are welcome on all slopes, as well as the terrain park, which has a variety of features and is serviced by a handle tow.
Snow Tubing and Ice Skating
Other popular activities at Sugar Mountain Resort are ice skating and snow tubing. The skating rink and tubing park are located together in an area just below the ski lodge. That area has its own parking lot, which makes it easy to access for people coming to the resort solely to ice skate and/or snow tube.
Sugar Mountain’s 10,000-square-foot outdoor ice-skating rink is the only one in the Banner Elk area. Ice skating sessions are 1.5 hours and take place multiple times each day. Skate rentals are included in the ticket price. Children ages 3-4 skate for free with a ticketed adult.
The snow tubing park at Sugar Mountain features 700-foot tubing lanes serviced by a Magic Carpet lift. The park includes excellent snowmaking equipment and lighting for tubing at night. Sessions are one hour and 45 minutes daily between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.
A restaurant between the ice skating rink and snow tubing park is a great place to warm up and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate or a full meal.
Ski/Snowboard Lessons
Sugar Bear Ski School offers skiing lessons for ages 5-10, while the Polar Bear Snowboard School teaches snowboard lessons for ages 7-14. Individual and group ski and snowboard lessons are offered for all ages and ability levels.
Relax in the Ski Lodge
The ski lodge is home to a large cafeteria, the Last Run Lounge full-service bar and restaurant, and Sugar Mountain Sports Shop, which sells the finest in ski, snowboard and leisure apparel. Drop-off childcare is available seven days a week.
An online equipment rental system with touch-screen kiosks at the ski lodge streamlines the rental process for skis, boots, poles, snowboards, helmets and winter apparel.
Guided one-hour snowshoe tours lead participants through a winter wonderland along the edges of the ski area.
The typical ski season for Sugar Mountain runs from mid November to late March. For more information, visit www.SkiSugar.com.
Address
Sugar Mountain, NC 28604