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Sugarloaf Mountain Resort Saturday, November 29, 2025 | |
Submitted on November 29, 2025 by snowphoenix ( 179) | ||
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Session | Full Day |
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Ticket Type | Season Pass |
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Lift Lines | 1 to 2 minutes |
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Trail Conditions | 15% open; Frozen Granular, Variable Conditions |
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Glades | Only a few inches of snow in the woods |
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Moguls | None to begin with, but a few irregular ones started forming on the sides of Sluice and Spillway, as well as in high traffic areas (Peavey X-Cut and the very bottom of Boardwalk) |
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Terrain Park(s) | Two early season parks available on part of Upper Double Bitter and the Tote Road jug handle |
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Run of the Day | Tote Road |
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Food and Beverage | None had on the mountain, but looking forward to dinner at The Rack tonight |
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Comments | Great start to the season today at Sugarloaf! While Maine hasn’t received nearly as much natural snow as Northern Vermont this month, Sugarloaf has provided a solid early season offering with good base depths on open terrain. Lift lines peaked at around 3 minutes at Superquad and Skyline; I don’t think Double Runner East ever got a line. From the Superquad, the main options were Gin Pole to Sluice or Spillway, Narrow Gauge including Cribworks, Comp Hill (only in the afternoon after race training finished up), King’s Landing, Tote Road to Spurline to Peavey X-Cut, and Bridle Chain to Lower Timberline. On the lower mountain, Lower Winter’s Way and Lower Narrow Gauge including Picaroon were open, both emptying into the lowermost part of Boardwalk. The Skyline quad started on wind hold but opened at 11:00 providing access to Sluice Chute, Upper Narrow Gauge, and Upper Tote Road. Tote Road and Upper Narrow Gauge had the best and most consistent conditions of the day, with a good loose granular surface. Sluice had nice morning corduroy but became icy in the afternoon. King’s Landing was golf balls, with active snowmaking running on the pitch. Most other trails were some combination of hard pack and frozen granular, with ice patches developing as the day went on. Snowmaking was running all day on The Landing, Candy Side, Tote Road from Peavey X-Cut down, middle Boardwalk, and a few other areas. Looks like snowmaking has wrapped up on Skidder and Hayburber which should hopefully be open soon. It was a cold, mostly cloudy day and quite windy in the morning, with temperatures in the upper teens and to twenties and light snowfall throughout the day. Overall it was an awesome first day of my season; let’s hope for a winter to remember! [Unfortunately Snowjournal is currently down but I’ll post a link to a pictured report when the site is operational again.] |
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Report Rating | 2
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