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Sugar Hills

Where Sugar Hills’s numbers come from

4 observations from 3 publishers behind 2 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.

Figures

How a figure is chosen
Advertised vertical drop400 ft2 sources2 of 2 agreefrom Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project (MWLSAP)
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas ProjectPublishedOct 2026“v: 400 ft.”
Ski Minnesota — Star Tribune, November 11, 1987, p. 38 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)Oct 2026“vertical drop 400 ft., longest run 4,000 ft.”
Total lifts62 sources1 of 2 agree · differfrom Star Tribune
Ski Minnesota — Star Tribune, November 11, 1987, p. 38 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)PublishedOct 2026“Sugar Hills Lodge Resort— 6 lifts, 2 chairs, 3 T-bars, vertical drop 400 ft., longest run 4,000 ft.”
Skiing Variety Offered in Minnesota — Post-Bulletin (Rochester), November 12, 1971, p. 14 (clipping hosted by MWLSAP)Oct 2026Differs: 12 “Sugar Hills, Grand Rapids — … 1 chair lift; 3 T bars; 8 rope tows”

Pages cited

Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.

Other facts

Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.

Coordinates
OpenSkiMap — Sugar Hills
Year opened
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project
closedYear
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project
History
Bamber Hills (also called Rochester Ski Hill) — Minnesota, Midwest Lost Ski Areas Project

Operating status

The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.