Uphiller Event Series

New this season, the Uphill Event Series is designed as a fun, low-pressure lead-up to the Annual Sugar Bowl Uphiller on March 14th. Starting January 15 from 4-7pm, with additional dates on January 29th, February 12th, and March 12th, these free evening events welcome all ability levels and allow participants to choose how much vertical they want to take on.

We will meet at Village Lodge, where all demos will be available. Demo setups start at 4pm with group welcome and uphill start at 4:30pm. Participants can head to the Beltroom after for great deals on delicious fare. Bring your headlamp, it will be dark along with anything else you want for your personal comfort (water, snacks, etc). 

Each night blends education, free demos from Tahoe Mountain Sports, and guided uphill laps — no prior experience required. Event registration is required to participate. We will have Free uphill passes available for these events only. If you like it, you can purchase a season uphill pass here.

January 15 Demo Partners: Black Diamond Equipment with Helio Carbon Skis and Skins, Scarpa Footwear with Quattro SL Boots and limited F1 boots. Tahoe Mountain Sports will have a variety of other options. Email us at the shop if you have a specific gear requests from our demo fleet and we will try to make it happen.

Attendees will earn one raffle ticket for each event attended in person, with a separate raffle at the grand finale Uphiller event. In-season participants will have a chance to win a La Sportiva speed suit, Julbo sunglasses, or Contour race skins.

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Wrap up the night with après at the Belt Room, featuring 25% off food for all participants.

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Pre-registration is required to guarantee availability of free demo gear. On-site registration and rentals will be available, but free demo equipment cannot be guaranteed in these cases. Available demos will include a mix of traditional skimo gear and traditional backcountry uphill gear. At this time, we do not have a splitboard option.

Questions and Answers:

Will there be splitboard gear available?

As of now, the 2 January events will NOT have free splitboard demo gear available. We are working on securing some splitboard gear for the Feb and March events. If you would like to rent Splitboard gear, please reserve via our normal reservation system and use code SBUPHILL for a 20% discount. We can bring the splitboard to Sugar Bowl for you but we will not be able to make any stance angle or binding adjustments on site.

What is the agenda for the evening?

All participants MUST check in by 4:30 to sign waiver and get Beltroom discount bracelet. All activities will take place at Village Lodge in front of the Chalet Retail Shop.

4pm - Demo tents and registration open to the public 

4:20pm - Last chance to check in for reserved rental gear. If we don't hear from you by 4:20, we reserve the right to set somebody else up on the gear we set aside for you

4:30pm - Welcome, safety talk

4:45pm - Commence uphill travel. Participants will travel at their desired pace. Volunteer guides will be around and available to provide guidance as needed. 

You can do as many laps as you want. You can go for 30 minutes or the entire time, just stick to the designated route and within your ability level.

6:30pm - Final transitions commence and everybody heads back to Village Lodge. All participants must be off mountain by 7pm.

7:00pm - Return demo gear, head to Beltroom for Apres

Will there be a place I can store my personal gear?

Yes, you can store your personal gear in a safe place in the bottom floor of the Village Lodge in the Rathskellar area of the Lodge. Bathrooms are also located here.

What route will we be following?

Please stay on the Mt Lincoln uphill route. Here is a description of the route.

Is there a chairlift ride up or down?

No, this is a purely human powered experience and you must be able to get down, whatever you go up.

Do I need a Sugar Bowl Uphill Pass for this event?

No, this is a free event open to the public. All uphill access is free for these events only.