Sugar Mtn. TR Sat 11/28/09

[Powdermonkey]

I don't mean to trash Sugar but they should have at least waited until they had a sustainable base to even open. That lift loading picture is a joke. It should not be a race to see who can open the first but who can provide the best quality terrain.

[outdoor wood]

Its all about that promo Thanksgiving guarantee they sell every year. saugar loses if they can't deliver any kind of goods.

[Ski Bunny]

Loading the lift in the mud? Good way to trash equipment. I'll wait until conditions are better. Glad you had fun though.

[skiing rules]

Originally Posted by iheartsnow

25 minutes just to get to the lift?? Isn't that the norm on even a slow day though? lol

I'm glad I stayed at home. That mud looked pretty gnarly.

no, most days I go we never wait more than 4 minutes or so, but I usually go in march...

[skiing rules]

Originally Posted by Powdermonkey

I don't mean to trash Sugar but they should have at least waited until they had a sustainable base to even open. That lift loading picture is a joke. It should not be a race to see who can open the first but who can provide the best quality terrain.

cataloochee didnt even have enough snow to groom. nc resorts are owned privately and there is kind of a race against each other to open, it is also pretty late compared to other years for them to be opening. I do agree that the loading area was just obscene. And it does not surprise me that sugar would do that.

[theKENDOG]

In the morning the loading area wasn't bad at all. The way I see it, I snowboarded today. It was a good day.

[Bronco Boarder]

Originally Posted by theKENDOG

In the morning the loading area wasn't bad at all. The way I see it, I snowboarded today. It was a good day.

+1

[sirtalkmuch]

Originally Posted by skiing rules

cataloochee didnt even have enough snow to groom. nc resorts are owned privately and there is kind of a race against each other to open, it is also pretty late compared to other years for them to be opening. I do agree that the loading area was just obscene. And it does not surprise me that sugar would do that.

Cataloochee may not have had enough to groom, but they did have enough coverage to never have muddy spots in the lift line. Also, they knew they didn't have enough base at the quad to open it so they chose not to. Good call.

[Ga Skier]

I think that Cat is way more customer friendly than the others.I almost feel like Im being watched or something at Sugar

[jmoney]

It should not be a race to see who can open the first but who can provide the best quality terrain.

Agreed. Like someone else said, as much as I'm wanting to strap in and carve it up, I'll wait for some quality conditions. Last year we drove up from Atl for opening day and it was a huge disappointment, lessoned learned!

[skipanther]

if you liked the mud yesterday,you'll love it today,never got below 40 last night and now it's about 60f up there!if you ski ,wear the cheapest skis you have or better yet,rent them and sign that ins waiver,they might learn a lesson after their equipment is torn up!I still ski Sugar but I usually skip the 1st 2 weekends unless it's been supercold w/lots of snow!At least today,if yer up there you could get a farmers tan!

[skiing rules]

Originally Posted by sirtalkmuch

Cataloochee may not have had enough to groom, but they did have enough coverage to never have muddy spots in the lift line. Also, they knew they didn't have enough base at the quad to open it so they chose not to. Good call.

sugar also opened a run probably 3 or 4 times longer than cat did. I do agree that the muddy spots should have been fixed; I would have been pretty mad using anything other than rock skis. also, it seems like sometimes when runs are not open when the look ok to ride it makes people upset, i know it always bugs me. And if i was at cat and the only reason they didnt open rock island was because they couldnt get snow to stick in the liftline, i would have gladly walked down to load and skied the longer run. sugar offers that, cat doesnt. In the ski report they said the base depth was marginal, so they didnt lie about it either. in the end they charged a few dollars more than cat for a much better run, and the liftline got muddy. im sure people still had fun and didnt mind the skiing too bad. its the first day, it will get better

[skiing rules]

Originally Posted by jmoney

Agreed. Like someone else said, as much as I'm wanting to strap in and carve it up, I'll wait for some quality conditions. Last year we drove up from Atl for opening day and it was a huge disappointment, lessoned learned!

how pissed would everybody be if neither cat or sugar opened this weekend because of metiocre conditions? If you do not like it do not buy it, but its good to have the option to buy it. I know I would have had fun; I have not skied since the ides of march last year

[ski26er]

That picture at the lift, Is that pure mud or is it just muddy slush? I don't see how people don't fall and break their neck unloading there!!! Is there traction?

[swamphox]

Originally Posted by Ga Skier

I think that Cat is way more customer friendly than the others.I almost feel like Im being watched or something at Sugar

Don't worry. Hermano Grande may be watching you, but he "No speaka engliss". So why worry? Learn to embrace the oompa loompa gestapo.