Sugarloaf/USA: AZ Challenge-2006 Response/Feedback Thread

Greg · Sep 8, 2006

Bill's responses are in:

http://skiing.alpinezone.com/articles/challenge/2006/response.htm?resort=sugarloaf

Took long enough.....

Seriously, I sent them over at 10:30 last night and the responses were back to me shortly after 2 pm this afternoon... :beer:

Greg · Sep 8, 2006

Oh My Gosh Corner

For those that havn't been to "Oh My Gosh Corner":

ALLSKIING · Sep 8, 2006

I love that place!!! :daffy:

Vortex · Sep 8, 2006

Reggae:beer: : :snow:

I got the answer to my question. April 22nd closing. Back to the recent past. Looks like last year was just last year.

Birdman829 · Sep 8, 2006

I'm excited about the terrain park move. Hopefully the move will make some of the park rats use double runner long side or something instead of the superquad. I'm so sick of the Superquad being mobbed with kids who only use it to get to the park. Perhaps the bottom pitches on Hayburner and King's Landing won't be so icy from being side slipped too

thetrailboss · Sep 10, 2006

The real benefit of the AZ Challenge is not just for AZer's, but the resorts because there is a buzz created after a good challenge. Right now, there is one hell of a buzz. Bill answered in paragraphs, not words. :beer: to that. Hope you watch here, Bill, for when I plan on going to the 'Loaf. Would like to meet you in person....

loafer89 · Sep 10, 2006

I liked his fast response, but his answer to the lack of lifts on Easter weekend was kind of weak. First off, I ski with my son who is a low intermediate skier, and on all of the previous Easter Weekends that I have been there, the lower mountain lifts where running even with less snow around the base than this year. He was really dissapointed at the lack of either Double Runner chairs being opened. Bombardier groomed Boardwalk each night (I guess for free?) and pushed snow around the bare spots and to the lift, but it never ran.

We visited Saddleback on Easter saturday to find all of their lifts running with hardly a skier to be found in the awful rain and cold conditions, but still they serviced their guests properly which really made me mad with Sugarloaf.

I understand that ASC is having financial difficulties and Sugarloaf is not high on the operating totem pole, but at least run the lifts to service all types of skiers on a holiday weekend, crowds or not.

I guess that Sugarloaf does not want my business anymore?

Birdman829 · Sep 10, 2006

As much as I love the Loaf, I have also been disappointed with lift operation (or lack thereof), especially last year. There were a handful of days when they were running Spillway longside and they weren't running King Pine because of "wind". I don't know much, but I know that if they can run long side, they can run King Pine. The fact that these days in question were all less busy (a couple were fridays or mondays) makes me think that they just figured there werent enough people to run them.

roark · Sep 11, 2006

Definitely got to take a trip to the loaf this year. Bob, Charlie, whoever, let me know when you look into condos and such for reggae.

maplevalleymaster · Sep 21, 2006

I need to get up there this winter. Anyway, good responses.

K2Trav · Oct 10, 2006

Check k2trav.com for a pic of the new master plan

loafer89 · Oct 10, 2006

It is a nice looking fantasy plan for a company that does not have the money to replace 30+ year old chairlifts. Who will pay for this master plan?

Thanks for sharing it

Kerovick · Oct 10, 2006

Wow, that picture made my pants happy!

Kero

klrskiah · Oct 10, 2006

That plan stinks! Houses on top of West mtn

uke: How about some new trails and glades, or a lift up burnt mtn, not this 100,000 more house lots garbage. (rant)

thebigo · Oct 11, 2006

Pictures of the new trail from sugarloaf.com

They also stated that they are going to open with the superquad, this is a change from last year when they opened with double runner and spillway. This will alleviate the lines but I have to think it will put too many people on too little acreage and too little snow.

Birdman829 · Oct 12, 2006

sweet! Could be bad news for Comp Hill though. Instead of the park rats scraping the snow off King's Landing and Hayburner, they will be scraping it off Comp.

thetrailboss · Oct 12, 2006

And if you look real closely, it appears that there is some frost/snow on the very top of the mountain!!! :beer:

Vortex · Oct 12, 2006

A great picture.

Birdman829 · Oct 12, 2006

thetrailboss said:
And if you look real closely, it appears that there is some frost/snow on the very top of the mountain!!! :beer:

Yup. Definitely some sugar on the 'Loaf. I haven't been there since March and it feels like forever. The last few years I've worked around there in the summer and gone up in the fall a few times

denali · Oct 13, 2006

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