Ryan is our in-house self-proclaimed “Birder”. He dove headfirst into birding and bird photography a year ago. Now, he helps educate the staff and villagers about our native Tahoe species and beyond.

Every few weeks in the spring and summer we set aside two hours for all employees to step away from their regular work assignment and come together to grab a trash bag, gloves, and a picker and go out to “green up” a section of Sugar Bowl’s grounds.

The mighty forests stretching across the Sierra Nevada and our home on Donner Summit shape Sugar Bowl’s iconic landscape. But amidst the grandeur, the danger of wildfire looms. To mitigate the risk of wildfire at Sugar Bowl, our team has been taking three steps over the past few years.