Sugarloaf 2020: A 10-year expansion

Entering the 2010 season, we see a lot of mountains building up additions. Whether it be renovating lodges, building new hotels, adding trails, upgrading lifts, one thing rings clear; The mountains are investing, and making the resorts a much better place to ski.

One mountain that is investing a lot into the expansion of the resort is none other than Sugarloaf. In the picture below we see three phases. Phase one will be open this year.




Phase 1 - Introducing Brackett Basin

In 2010, approximately 270 acres of new, gladed terrain will be built in the area known as Brackett Basin, between Sugarloaf and Burnt Mountain. The area will include tight, eastern tree skiing and wide-open western-style glades. Phase 1 of the Burnt Mountain expansion creates nearly 2,300 vertical feet of sidecountry terrain, and will make Sugarloaf the largest resort in New England in terms of in-bounds, developed acreage. Access to Brackett Basin will be via a crosscut from the top of the King Pine lift. Construction has already begun on this new terrain, and Phase 1 will begin to open during the 2010-2011 ski season.

Phase 2 - A Second Summit

Phase 2 of the Burnt Mountain expansion will add approximately 135 additional acres of gladed, sidecountry terrain, including access to the summit of Burnt Mountain. The Burnt Mountain Snowfields will open, giving skiers and riders two separate, above-treeline snowfield experiences unlike any other terrain in the East.

Phase 3 - Two Peaks, Two Personalites, One Incredible Resort

Phase 3 will open the north face of Burnt Mountain with the addition of approximately 250 acres of sidecountry terrain. With the completion of this final Phase, Sugarloaf's developed, skiable acreage will have doubled in size. Guests will be able to ski two incredible peaks, with two distinctly different personalities - all in the same day.

When all is said and done, the Burnt Mountain expansion will create 655 acres of patrolled sidecountry terrain and a skiing experience unlike anything East of the Rocky Mountains.