Charlie Bunarek Review of Sugar Mountain Resort
Beech resort is what someone would expect when the...
Beech resort is what someone would expect when they are going east coast skiing. The runs arent that steep, they weren t groomed, people do not know how to handle themselves around others on the mountain, and the service was not that great. I went with a group of boys and if they needed ski lessons they were provided in our package but they were only for one hour and afterwards I asked them how it was and the tips they were saying they learned were just wrong when it comes to skiing. But even with the lessons people feel like they are able to handle themselves on the one black they had open (their main one and only good run was closed yet they still made you pay the 70 dollars for a lift tickets). However on the open black it was completely crowded and people were trying to traverse their way down the slope by cutting across the entire thing. Ski patrol would occasionally be on the side and watch them endanger others and not do anything about it. Also, ski patrol wan not great at all. I decided one run early in the morning I was going to go down a blue and just try to collect speed bc there was plenty of space and not many people on the mountain. I complete my run totally fine and end up by the terrain park and a ski patrol member pulls up to me and tells me to wait to get on the lift. I was confused and then he said, You have to ski more in control, you weren t turning, and it got you out of control and you could hit someone if they fell over, I was kind of shocked when he said this because I have been skiing all my life and was just trying to go fast on a mostly empty run while staying out of everyone s way. I didn t protest much because I didn t think anything of it and tried to leave when I thought he was done but he told me to wait and then snipped off a corner of my ticket and put a mark on it and I was completely shocked. This guy had basically blacklisted me for trying to have fun out of everyone s way. I instantly got away from him and then left in the next hour. It was completely unnecessary and an over use of power. But aside from ski patrol having bad service the lift attendees did not want to clear the snow under the loading are for when you were trying to get on. Their lifts also had seats that loaded close to the ground and the attendees didn t want to pull it back for you to sit on. It s not required but it s just common courtesy. However, their lift lines were short and the lifts did not take that long to get to the top. Only good thing about this place because after you got to the top you have access to one black and it was in terrible condition. Their were bumps all across the slope in random places (not moguls) and the slope had an un groomed uneven surface so you would come across patches of hard snow and then instantly be thrown into a pile of powder. Overall not a good experience I recommend sugar or just going real skiing out west.
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