How to Redeem Your Online Purchase

Start your day off right by knowing how to redeem your tickets, rentals and/or lessons.

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Lift Tickets

Go direct-to-lift with your RFID Sugar Bowl lift ticket card!

Note: If you booked rentals or lessons, you can also pick up your lift tickets in one stop at your rental/lesson location.

Rentals

Lessons

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Lift Tickets

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If You Already Have a Sugar Bowl Lift Ticket Card

If you already have a Sugar Bowl lift ticket card from a previous visit and if you reloaded the card during the online purchase process, then your card is active with your new lift ticket(s) and you can go straight to the chairlifts once you arrive at the mountain on your arrival date. Don’t forget to bring your lift ticket card with you; otherwise, you will need to get a ticket reprinted to access the lifts.

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RFID Tips for Success:

  • PLACE card in a left-side pocket
  • KEEP card away from phone & wallet
  • DON'T bend or punch a hole in the card
  • RELOAD online to reuse the card on your next visit
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If You Don't Yet Have a Sugar Bowl Lift Ticket Card

If you don’t yet have a Sugar Bowl lift ticket card, you can pick up your new card at the mountain when you arrive. If you (or anyone in your party) booked rentals or a lesson, you can pick up pre-purchased lift tickets in one stop during the rental or lesson check-in process.

If you aren’t renting or taking a lesson and just need a lift ticket, we have Self Service Lift Ticket Pick-Up stations installed near the Main Lodge and at the Village Gondola station along Old Highway 40. At the Self Service Lift Ticket Pick-Up station:

  1. Have your e-mail purchase confirmation letter handy (either on your phone or on printed paper). There is a QR code at the top of the letter. Scan this code in the designated scan area and the station will print and deliver all the lift tickets ordered in your transaction.
  2. Each card has a name printed on it; if you ordered multiple tickets for multiple people, make sure you distribute the named tickets correctly to each person in your party.
  3. If you ordered tickets for multiple days, you’ll still only receive one card (per person). That card will be valid to use for each day that you’ve purchased a lift ticket.
  4. Keep your lift ticket card and reload it online in the future. This will allow you to skip the pick-up station and go straight to the chairlifts next time!

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Sugar Bowl uses RFID technology in its lift tickets. Automatic access gates at the chairlifts scan the ticket and let you through – hands free – while the ticket remains secured inside your coat pocket!

RFID Tips for Success:

  • PLACE card in a left-side pocket
  • KEEP card away from phone & wallet
  • DON'T bend or punch a hole in the card
  • RELOAD online to reuse the card on your next visit
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Rentals

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Picking Up Pre-Purchased Rentals at Main Lodge

Unless stated otherwise, your rental pick-up location is the Main Lodge Rental Shop.

Arrive early to ensure you can hit the mountain quickly. The rental shop opens at 8:00am and is generally the busiest from 9:00am - 11:00pm.

  • Your rental pick-up location is at Sugar Bowl’s Main Lodge. When driving to the resort from the west on Old Highway 40, keep driving past the first Sugar Bowl portal (which is our Village Gondola parking area and portal). A half-mile farther up the road is the entrance to the Main base area on the right. That’s where you want to park. If approaching from the east on Old Highway 40, the Main base entrance is on your left, just past Donner Summit
  • The Main Lodge is a short walk from most parking spots in the Main base area. Please allow enough time prior to your rental fitting appointment in order to safely drive to the mountain, park, get bundled-up and walk to the rental shop. Stormy weather conditions can slow down your arrival process so please plan accordingly.
  • Have your purchase confirmation letter handy (either on your phone or on printed paper); our team will need to scan the QR code at the top of the letter to recall your purchase. There are other ways we can accomplish this, but QR code scanning is the fastest.
  • Lockers are available in the rental shop which can be rented for the day using a credit card. Small, Medium and Large lockers are available.
  • Sugar Bowl follows best practices in its sanitization procedures to ensure that all rentals – skis, snowboards, boots, poles and helmets – are sterilized prior to pick-up.
  • If you also ordered a lift ticket online and need a new lift ticket card, you can get your lift ticket at the rental shop at the same time.

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Lessons

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Private Lessons at Main Lodge

Your Sugar Bowl private lesson will take place starting at Main Lodge Rental Shop + Lesson Center.

When driving to the resort from the west on Old Highway 40 enter the resort via the Main Entrance (about 1/5 mile from the Gondola Building). If approaching from the east on Old Highway 40, the main entrance (Main Lodge) is on your left, just past Donner Summit. 

Once on premises, follow signs to Main Lodge. We recommend you utilize the drop-off loop at the entrance to Main Lodge for convenient unloading, then proceed to parking.

The Rental Shop + Lesson Center is your one-stop location: not only is it where you will meet for your lesson, but if you pre-purchased rentals and/or bought a lift ticket online, you can pick-up rental equipment and your lift ticket there.

Our Snowsports School team will reach out to you directly to confirm your lesson meeting time. It is essential that you arrive on-time for this appointment as our instructors are booked for the time. Stormy weather conditions can slow down your arrival process so please plan accordingly.

Sugar Bowl places the highest priority on ensuring your health and safety when visiting. Specific to your lesson experience:

  • All children under 55" tall will be required to wear a KinderVest (green vest with handle) while participating in the lesson.
  • Helmets are required for children ages 4-12, and highly recommended for ages 13+.

If you have questions, contact the Ski and Board School at [email protected].

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Group Lessons at Main Lodge

Your Sugar Bowl Group Lesson will initially meet at the Main Lodge Rental Shop + Lesson Center, then will move to the lesson meeting area, near the White Pine chairlift. Have your pre-purchased lift ticket or season pass in your possession before you arrive at the lesson meeting area. If you reserved rental equipment as part of your lesson purchase, please check-in at the Main Lodge Rental Shop to pick up your rentals one hour prior to your lesson start time.

When driving to the resort from the west on Old Highway 40, keep driving past the first Sugar Bowl portal (which is our Village Gondola parking area and portal). A half-mile farther up the road is the entrance to the Main Lodge on the right. That’s where you want to park. If approaching from the east on Old Highway 40, the Main Lodge entrance is on your left, just past Donner Summit.

Once on premises, follow signs to Main Lodge. We recommend you utilize the drop-off loop at the entrance to Main Lodge for convenient unloading, then proceed to parking.

Group Lessons meeting times:

  • Morning Lesson: 10:15 am (arrive by 9:15 am if renting equipment)
  • Afternoon Lesson: 1:00pm (arrive by 12:00 pm if renting equipment)

Sugar Bowl places the highest priority on ensuring your health and safety when visiting. Specific to your lesson experience:

  • Lessons for children ages 4-5 will have a class size of no more than 3 students per instructor.
  • All children under 55" tall will be required to wear a KinderVest (green vest with handle) while participating in the lesson.
  • Helmets are required for children ages 4-12, and highly recommended for ages 13+.

If you have questions, contact the Ski and Board School at [email protected].

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