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The Gold Rush

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort

Truckee · United States  ·  Chilkoot slope climb

The Gold Rush filmed at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Truckee. The prospectors' slow climb up a snowy slope was shot on the mountainside of this ski resort area near Truckee. On screen it's Chilkoot Pass.

Where to go

39.3044, -120.336

Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
The Gold Rush (1925)
On screen
Chilkoot Pass
In real life
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort, Truckee
Can you visit?
Open to the public, ticketed
Time to allow
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Confidence
Probable

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Questions

Where exactly did The Gold Rush film at Sugar Bowl Ski Resort?
At 39.3044, -120.336 in Truckee. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Sugar Bowl Ski Resort?
Open to the public, ticketed.
What else was filmed near Sugar Bowl Ski Resort?
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