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Sugar Bowl ski runs

104 named runs · about 24 miles of skiing · 6,910 to 8,370 ft

Green 15% (3.7 mi)Blue 43% (10.4 mi)Black 29% (6.9 mi)Double black 13% (3.2 mi)

Share of the mountain by length of run, not number of trails, measured from the mapped runs.

Steepest

  1. The Palisades 51°
  2. Gold Rush 43°
  3. Hourglass 42°
  4. Disney Nose 42°
  5. Rock Garden 41°

Longest

  1. Pioneer Trail 3,900 ft
  2. Sugar Bowl 3,900 ft
  3. Disney Nose 3,500 ft
  4. Silver Belt 3,500 ft
  5. Trailblazer 3,400 ft

Holds snow best

  1. Middle Palisades 25% sun
  2. Beyond Bowl 34% sun
  3. Perco's 35% sun
  4. Crow's Face 36% sun
  5. 23 Foot Gully 38% sun

Longest greens

  1. Pioneer Trail 3,900 ft
  2. Christmas Tree Lane 2,200 ft
  3. Harriet's Hollow 2,200 ft
  4. Union Street 1,800 ft
  5. Sunset Boulevard Lower 1,700 ft

Every run on the mountain

Hover a run for its name. The thicker runs have their own pages; tap one to open it.

All 104 runs

RunRatingVerticalLength SteepestAvg pitchFacesHolds snow
Silver Belt Black 1,104 ft 3,460 ft — 20° N Excellent
The Palisades Double black 660 ft — 51° 37° N —
Perco's Double black 360 ft 632 ft — 36° N Excellent
Gold Rush Black 469 ft 1,194 ft 43° 24° W Poor
Hourglass Black 531 ft 1,270 ft 42° 25° N Excellent
Disney Nose Black 989 ft 3,549 ft 42° 17° N Excellent
Rock Garden Double black 290 ft 773 ft 41° 23° NW Excellent
Crow's Face Double black 521 ft 1,099 ft 41° 29° N Excellent
Boundary Bowl Double black 213 ft 566 ft 40° 23° NE Excellent
Middle Palisades Double black 275 ft 447 ft 39° 38° N Excellent
Carl's Nose Black 213 ft 755 ft 39° 17° N Good
Sister's Double black 313 ft 832 ft 39° 23° N Excellent
Hidden Gully Double black 360 ft 1,135 ft 38° 19° NW Good
Fuller's Folly Double black 313 ft 686 ft 37° 27° NW Excellent
23 Foot Gully Double black 558 ft 1,287 ft — 27° N Excellent
The 58 Double black 554 ft — 37° 28° N —
Strawberry Fields Black 549 ft — 36° 26° N —
Bacon's Gully Black 654 ft 1,600 ft 36° 25° NE Good
Steilhang Black 480 ft 1,827 ft 35° 16° N Excellent
Nancy's Couloir Black 729 ft 1,753 ft 34° 25° E Below average
Sugar Bowl Black 860 ft 3,872 ft 34° 13° NE Average
Hari-Kari Gully Black 334 ft 1,063 ft 34° 19° NW Good
Eagle Black 365 ft 899 ft 33° 24° NW Good
Steilhang Gully Black 317 ft 872 ft 33° 22° NW Excellent
Avalanche Black 503 ft 1,189 ft 33° 25° NW Excellent
East Face Black 859 ft 2,428 ft 32° 21° E Average
Tunnel Double black 341 ft 828 ft 32° 25° NW Excellent
Rob's Run Black 654 ft 2,576 ft 32° 15° N Excellent
Vanderbilt Black 362 ft 1,001 ft 32° 21° W Below average
Judah Bowl Double black 550 ft 2,271 ft 31° 15° SW Poor
Hellmen's Chute Blue 359 ft 920 ft 31° 23° N Excellent
Lincoln East Face Black 371 ft — 31° 25° E —
Century Club Double black 638 ft 2,007 ft 31° 19° W Poor
Market Street Black 552 ft 1,431 ft 31° 23° E Below average
Beyond Bowl Double black 221 ft 494 ft 31° 27° N Excellent
Railroad Run Double black 395 ft 944 ft 31° 25° W Below average
Roller Pass Black 755 ft — 31° 17° NW —
Juniper Black 264 ft 1,128 ft 31° 14° W Below average
Sunset Boulevard Upper Blue 393 ft 1,594 ft 31° 14° W Below average
Blitzen Black 451 ft 1,559 ft 31° 17° NW Good
The Other One Double black 736 ft 2,382 ft 30° 18° N Excellent
Sherpa Creek Black 491 ft 1,802 ft 30° 16° W Below average
Chute 2.5 Double black 417 ft 1,134 ft 30° 22° N Excellent
Crow's Nest Glades Double black 655 ft — 30° 19° N —
Pony Express Blue 418 ft 1,223 ft 30° 20° N Excellent
Beyond Gully Double black 433 ft 1,150 ft 28° 22° N Excellent
Steamers Black 380 ft 1,145 ft 28° 20° NW Good
Upper MacTavish Blue 263 ft 928 ft 28° 17° N Excellent
Donner's Way Black 365 ft 1,146 ft 28° 19° NW Good
Rhalves' Run Blue 579 ft 2,132 ft 28° 16° N Good
Donald Duck Black 455 ft 1,224 ft 28° 22° NW Excellent
Mistletoe Blue 474 ft 1,751 ft 28° 16° W Average
Sidewinder Blue 225 ft 1,193 ft 28° 11° SW Poor
Crowley's Fingers Blue 128 ft 501 ft 27° 15° N Excellent
Von Ruiten's Run Blue 470 ft 1,706 ft 27° 16° NW Average
Graydon Galdes Black 219 ft 754 ft 27° 17° W Average
Central Pacific Blue 457 ft 1,621 ft 26° 17° NW Good
Emigrant Glades Black 381 ft — 26° 18° W —
Montgomery Blue 368 ft 1,103 ft 26° 20° N Excellent
Lower Mactavish Blue 365 ft 1,608 ft 26° 13° N Good
Chase Ridge Blue 200 ft 798 ft 26° 15° SW Poor
Golden Gate Blue 424 ft 2,367 ft 25° 10° W Below average
Lake View Blue 240 ft 726 ft 25° 19° NE Good
Overland Blue 439 ft 1,275 ft 25° 20° N Excellent
The Condor Blue 347 ft 1,377 ft 25° 15° NW Good
Bill Klein's Schuss Blue 302 ft 1,852 ft 25° 10° N Good
Caleb's Way Blue 272 ft 1,142 ft 24° 14° N Good
Kerby's Black 159 ft — 24° 19° N —
Union Pacific Blue 93 ft 622 ft 23° 9° N Excellent
Disney Meadow Blue 268 ft — 23° 18° N —
Chick's Blue 313 ft 1,400 ft 22° 13° W Below average
Coldstream Blue 420 ft 2,518 ft 22° 10° W Below average
Sunset Boulevard Lower Green 344 ft 1,664 ft 22° 12° W Below average
Tunnel 41 Lower Blue 448 ft 2,293 ft 22° 12° W Average
Buena Vista Blue 409 ft 2,154 ft 21° 11° W Below average
John John's Way Blue 317 ft 1,255 ft 21° 15° N Excellent
Lonesome Pine Blue 408 ft 1,596 ft 21° 15° N Excellent
Broken Axle Blue 199 ft 854 ft 21° 14° NW Good
Black Bear Green 97 ft 765 ft 21° 7° SW Below average
Tunnel 41 Upper Blue 215 ft 852 ft 21° 15° NW Average
Golden Eagle Blue 304 ft 1,158 ft 20° 15° W Average
California Street Blue 401 ft 2,294 ft 20° 10° NW Average
Peregrine Ridge Blue 480 ft 2,492 ft 19° 11° NW Average
Henderson's Bowl Blue 281 ft 1,588 ft 19° 10° N Average
Christmas Tree Lane Green 301 ft 2,203 ft 19° 8° SW Below average
Homeward Bound Green 191 ft 1,262 ft 18° 9° NW Average
Pioneer Trail Green 655 ft 3,947 ft 18° 10° W Below average
Trailblazer Blue 653 ft 3,369 ft 17° 11° NW Average
Shortcut Blue 123 ft 663 ft 17° 11° NW Good
Pacific Crest Trail Blue 185 ft 974 ft 17° 11° NW Average
Lower Overland Blue 276 ft 1,974 ft 16° 8° N Average
River Run Gully Blue 264 ft 1,486 ft 16° 10° W Below average
Station B Blue 181 ft 1,296 ft 16° 8° NW Average
Easy Street Green 136 ft 703 ft 15° 11° NE Good
Harriet's Hollow Green 186 ft 2,174 ft 14° 5° NE Below average
Marmot Green 83 ft 716 ft 13° 7° W Below average
Cat Walk Green 96 ft 786 ft 12° 7° S Poor
Pine Martin Green 80 ft 773 ft 11° 6° W Below average
Emigrant Gap Green 55 ft 902 ft 11° 4° W Below average
Union Street Green 126 ft 1,813 ft 10° 4° NE Average
Comet Green 65 ft 621 ft 9° 6° S Poor
Trolley Lane Green 67 ft 956 ft 9° 4° NE Below average
Caboose Green 29 ft 297 ft 8° 6° W Below average
Chipmunk Green 34 ft 271 ft 7° 7° SW Poor

Measured by ZRankings from 1-meter USGS lidar. Steepest pitch is the steepest stretch of about 50 vertical feet along the skiable line; "holds snow" ranks each run's winter sun against every run we've measured. Run lines come from OpenStreetMap.