Sugar Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Sugar Mountain Resort is a ski area in Sugar Mountain, North Carolina, the United States. Its 26 mapped downhill runs add up to 7.5 km, which ranks it #250 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 288 m long.

Slopes at Sugar Mountain Resort

About 29% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 54% intermediate and 16% advanced or expert, which makes Sugar Mountain Resort a balanced resort for intermediate skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 8 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 1 rope tow, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,238 m up to 1,594 m, a vertical drop of 356 m.

Getting to Sugar Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI), about 62 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 21 min by car; Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is 99 km away. Nearby ski areas include Hawksnest Snow Tubing, Beech Mountain Resort (5.9 km), Appalachian Mountain Ski Area (1.9 km) and Hatley Pointe (4.8 km), which together add 16 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.