The first resort in the High Country to open for the 2016-17 winter season, Sugar Mountain Ski Resort opened for skiing and snowboarding on Monday morning after a weekend of making snow amidst gusty winds.
“The wind gave us a hard time,” Sugar Mountain Resort President Gunther Jochl said on Monday morning just before a couple snowboarders enjoyed the first rides of the season. “The temperatures were great. Had we not had so much wind, we’d have more snow. But we’re great. It’s in good shape.”
Sugar Mountain spent more than 40 hours making snow since the middle of the night on Friday/Saturday and by Monday morning, several slopes from the top of Sugar Mountain’s 5,300-foot summit to the bottom are covered and open.