SugarFest kick starts the winter season with a weekend of pure winter fun! Sponsored by the Village of Sugar Mountain Tourism Development Authority (TDA) and hosted by Sugar Mountain Resort, SugarFest will be held December 12h and 13th, 2009.

The seventh annual two-day festival is packed with a long list of winter activities and coincides with Sugar's 16th Annual Adult Preseason Ski Clinic which 1994 Olympic Gold & 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe and two-time (1992 & 1994) Olympian, Krista Schmidinger will both be special guest coaches.

Dereka's Sugar Mountain Accommodations & Realty, Inc.* 800-545-9475 The Highlands at Sugar 828-898-9601 Sugar Mountain Lodging, Inc. / Sugartop* 800-858-9663 Sugar Ski & Country Club* 800-634-1320 Sugar Mountain Resort Accommodations / Resort Real Estate & Rentals* 800-438-4555 * Up to 30% off your stay at participating lodging agencies

Both Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 am until 3:30 pm 2009 ski & snowboard equipment will be available for demo from Salomon, Volkl, Nordica, Burton, Head, Never Summer, K2, Atomic, Dynastar, Rossignol, Ride, Line, Fisher and Forum. You must have a valid driver's license or credit card in order to demo the equipment.

Watch 1992 Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medalist, Paul Wylie dazzle us with his amazing talent followed by an on ice skating clinic and a meet and greet session Saturday 10 am and 1 pm on Sugar's ice rink located next to the Dave Nixon Pro Shop adjacent to parking lot D.

With Mother Nature's cooperation Sugar's Tubing Park will be open. Both ice skating and tubing activities will be open for two-hour sessions beginning at 10 am and ending a 10 pm.

"Ready, get set, go!" is what you'll hear if you enter the snowball eating contest at 3:00 pm on Saturday, December 12th. You'll have two minutes to eat as many tasty snowball look-a-likes as your stomach can stomach! Later at 5 pm please join us in the base lodge for cake, ice cream and refreshments as we officially begin celebrating our 40th Anniversary.

Be sure to bring the whole family to watch a thunderous and spectacular fireworks display at the base of Sugar Mountain Resort, Saturday evening at 5:45 pm. After a hard day of skiing and snowboarding there's nothing better than good food, warm drinks, and fun music. Come dance and/or listen to live bluegrass music by Boss Hawg from 4:00pm until 7:00pm.

Don't miss the Edge of the World/Burton Rail Jam Expression Session at 12 noon on Sunday as talented snowboarders pull off some of their best tricks. Later in the day marvel as blocks of ice become beautiful winter works of art.

And while you're here why not stay for a night or two! Lodging agencies within the Village of Sugar Mountain have come together to provide discounted rates for slope side accommodations during SugarFest.

SugarFest is a great time to enjoy winter! For more information please contact Sugar Mountain Resort at 800-SUGAR MT.

Saturday, December 12, 2009
• 8:30am - 7:00pm
	Preseason Adult Ski Clinic featuring 1994 Olympic Gold & 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe and two-time (1992 & 1994) Olympian, Krista Schmidinger
• 9:00am - 3:30pm
	Consumer Demo
• 10:00am & 1:00pm
	Skate with 1992 Olympic Silver Medalist Paul Wylie
• 10:00am
	Ice Skating and Tubing sessions every two hours through 10:00pm
• 3:00pm
	Snowball Eating Contest
• 4:00pm - 7:00pm
	After Ski Party featuring Boss Hawg
• 5:00pm
	Happy 40th Anniversary Sugar Mountain Resort (cake, ice cream & refreshments)
• 5:45pm
	Fireworks Display
Sunday, December 13, 2009
• 8:30am - 3:00pm
	Preseason Adult Ski Clinic featuring 1994 Olympic Gold & 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe and two-time (1992 & 1994) Olympian, Krista Schmidinger
• 9:00am - 3:30pm
	Consumer Demo
• 10:00am
	Ice Skating and Tubing sessions every two hours through 10:00pm
• 10:00am
	Ice Sculpting
• 12:00pm
	Burton Rail Jam Expression Session
Schedule and event happenings subject to change due to weather and other variables.