Freeriders will find great trails off the Super Bravo quad and Heaven's Gate triple. When there's enough snow here the trees are nice too. The only trail that will leave you hiking here is Lower FIS; even if you hold speed you'll be booting out and kicking. It's worth it on a powder day, because this is a quiet trail that holds freshies late, but you will have to hike out.

There are a few traverses where you'll need to keep up speed: Bailout from Castlerock Run to Heaven's Gate is not all that bad, a little speed will get the job done. The Northway, from Exterminator to the Inverness lift at Mt. Ellen, is long and somewhat flat as well, but speed should carry you, provided the surface is groomed; otherwise, you'll hike. Reverse Traverse, from the top of Stein's Run over to Murphy's Glades, is tough because you really can't get a lot of speed to go the distance. Instead, head down Snowball to Spring Fling.

Parks and pipes
Sugarbush's terrain park and superpipe are on Mt. Ellen and have a dedicated chair. Getting there from Lincoln Peak requires a rollercoaster ride on the Slide Brook Express or taking the base-to-base trolley. Features in the park change throughout the season, but expect rails, jumps, hips, wedges, boxes, uptown-downtown buses and a double-barrel shotgun. All of Sugarbush’s park rangers are professionally trained coaches. Tunes crank every weekend and the resort will even play tunes submitted by guests.