Six daily sessions from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on 700-foot lanes, with a $3 ticket for ages 3 and 4 riding with an adult.
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Ages 5+: $42 weekdays, $53 weekends/holidays; Ages 3-4: $3 with adult
Rough cost for a family of four: about $168.00 at the posted starting rate, before rentals, food, or parking. Many parks sell tubing by the hour or by a fixed session rather than a full-day pass — check the note above for exactly what that price buys.
Sugar Mountain’s tubing park in Banner Elk is a ski-resort setup with 700-foot lanes, a magic carpet lift, snowmaking and lights for evening sessions. It runs daily, weather permitting, in six 1 hour 45 minute sessions that start at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
The pricing is unusual in a helpful way for families with little ones. Ages 5 and up are listed at $42 on weekdays and $53 on weekends and holidays, while ages 3 and 4 are $3 when riding with an adult. That’s a real saving if your youngest is right at the minimum age. Tickets must be bought online, so don’t count on paying at the base. Rates change by season, so confirm on the resort’s tubing page. The resort also has an ice skating rink, handy if part of your group would rather skate than slide.
Sugar is one of three tubing parks clustered within about 6 miles. Hawksnest Snow Tubing is roughly 3 miles away with far more lanes, and Beech Mountain Resort is about 6 miles away. The cost guide explains typical pricing.
Weekdays are $42 versus $53 on weekends and holidays. Choose 6 p.m. or 8 p.m. for the lights.
Plan about 2 hours: each session is 1 hour 45 minutes.
You want a walk-up ticket or the cheapest price in the area: tickets are online only and weekends are listed at $53.
Hawksnest Snow Tubing is only about 3 miles away and has up to 30 lanes; Sugar is the pick if you want the ski-resort setting and the $3 toddler ticket.
Ages 5 and up are listed at $42 weekdays and $53 weekends and holidays. Ages 3 and 4 are $3 with an adult. Check current rates.
Our record says tickets are purchased online only.
10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. It has run: Daily weather permitting. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Tubing starts at $42 per person. Ages 5+: $42 weekdays, $53 weekends/holidays; Ages 3-4: $3 with adult
Yes — this park requires reservations rather than walk-up tickets. Book ahead, especially for a weekend or holiday slot.
Minimum age is 3.
We track 3 tubing hills in North Carolina. At $42 a head this one sits right on the state median of $42, undercutting 1 of the 3 paid parks we track here.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 3 parks we track in North Carolina had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
skisugar.com
Checked September 2026.