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Rock Garden at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort

Freeride · 213 m long with 89 m of vertical, averaging 23° and 36° at its steepest, facing N.

36°steepest 50 m
23°average pitch
213 mlength
89 mvertical
2344 mtop elevation
Nfaces

Snow and sun

Rock Garden is poleward-facing: least winter sun, holds cold powder longest, can stay firm or icy.

Grooming: backcountry. Ungroomed, off-piste character.

How to get to Rock Garden

Lifts that reach the top: Mount Lincoln Express (skiing advanced terrain to get there).

From the base area (about 10 minutes, freeride skiing needed):

  1. Ride Mount Lincoln Express
  2. Ski Crowley's Traverse (intermediate)
  3. Ski Silver Belt (advanced)
  4. Ski Rock Garden (freeride)

Where it ends

Joins Silver Belt. Nearest lifts from the bottom: Mount Lincoln Express (2 min), Christmas Tree Express (3 min), Nob Hill (5 min).

See Rock Garden on the 3D mapAll runs at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort
Measured from OpenStreetMap geometry and elevation via OpenSkiMap (ODbL). Times are rough. Grades, grooming and openings change day to day — check the resort's own reports.