Sugar Bowl Ski Resort is committed to environmental sustainability and minimizing our impact on global climate change. In partnership with 3 Degrees, since 2005, we support California wind farms by purchasing renewable wind energy to offset 100% of our electricity use. This purchase reduces Sugar Bowl's consumption of fossil fuels, cleans the air, and keeps greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere.

As of January 1, 2009 our purchase of wind energy has accumulated to 4,072 MWH. In turn, this reduces our consumption of fossil fuels, cleans the air, and keeps 4,588,000 pounds of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere each year. This is equivalent taking 579 cars off of the roads for one year or converting 419 average U.S. households to renewable energy for one year.

Sugar Bowl has joined forces with Clif Bar to take a stand on Global Cooling. Every time we use fossil fuels to drive our cars, heat or cool our homes, even grow and cook food, we create greenhouse gases. Excess greenhouse gases accumulate in the Earth’s atmosphere and cause an unnatural build-up of heat. Purchase a Green Tag when you buy your lift ticket for an additional $2 or purchase a Ski Green Season Pass for $20. This will offset your carbon usage that it took to get to the resort.

But there’s hope — with your help we can make the world a cooler place. By using energy more efficiently and by helping to build new sources of clean energy — we can slow global warming. And it’s easier than you might think. To find out more about Clif Bar's efforts towards global cooling, check out clifbar.com