The Awful Awful Full Send Shootout course honors the black diamond run at the old Sugarloaf Ski Resort.
Distrance: 107km
Elevation: 1205m
INTERMEDIATES & COURSE FILE
KOMs: Hlavka (east to west), Sugarloaf, Narlock, Philosophy
Sprints: Schomberg, Kasben
Awful Awful Full Send course file
NOTABLE STRAVA SEGMENTS
SUGARLOAF HISTORY
1947 – Three Leelanau County men, Stanley Ball, Hans Teichner, and Art Huey, opened the Sugar Loaf Winter Sports Club. It was closed in 1950 and remained so until 1962, when Jim and Pat Ganter reopened it as Sugar Loaf Resort, eventually adding a hotel, indoor tennis, a golf course, now known as Sugarloaf, the Old Course, a 3,500-foot paved airstrip, 72 townhouses which ultimately were sold to private owners, and a wastewater treatment plant. Expansion of the slopes and addition of five chairlifts made it a modern ski area.
In 1981, High interest rates on loans and poor winter weather prompted the default on a loan and Empire Bank took over Sugar Loaf. Also, in 1981, an investment group acquired SugarLoaf for $ 7.5 million. The sale included the lodge and hotel, one golf course, the airstrip, wastewater treatment plant and 1,600 acres.
In 1997, Empire Bank reacquired the resort, but the investment group retained the golf course and the wastewater treatment facility. Also in 1997, the resort was purchased by Remo Polselli, who could not obtain its liquor license.
In 2000 the Sugar Loaf Resort closed.
Source: Sugarloaf Townhomes
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