Free Sledding Hill on Beech Mountain

Beech Mountain, NC. Children 12 and under can enjoy the free sledding hill, located next to the Beech Mountain Chamber of Commerce and Town Hall. The hill is outfitted with its own snowmaking machines, keeping it alive with activity throughout the winter. The sledding hill season is from November through Mid March , weather permitting. Call the Beech Mountain Chamber of Commerce for conditions 1800-468-5506 or 828-387-9283. Read more...

Tube World in Maggie Valley

Tube World, located in Maggie Valley across from Ghost Town in the Sky, is four miles from the Cataloochee Ski area. It will be open from 10am until 10pm with 1hour and 45 minute sessions available beginning at 10, 12, 2, 4, 6, and 8pm . The cost for tubing is $25 per session and you must be 42” tall to ride alone. There is no two person tubing allowed at Tube World. Tubing is on a first come, first served basis and some sessions do sell out. Should the session you wish to tube be sold out when you arrive, you may purchase a session for later in the day. Wee Bowl, the children’s snowplay area for kids under the 42” height requirement is open for the same session times and the cost is $5 per person. Tube World is also on their holiday schedule and will be open every day through January 2, from 10am until 10pm. http://www.tubemaggievalley.com/

Cataloochee Ski Area update

Dec 28, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Skiing on 100% of the mountain on 16 out of 16 slopes with three aerial lifts and two conveyor lifts operating on a base of 52-76” and a machine worked surface. Three sessions of skiing are offered, day skiing from 8:30am until 4:30pm, twilight skiing from 1pm until 10pm and night skiing from 6pm until 10pm with a morning or afternoon half day rate also available. In addition to the regular day, twilight and night skiing schedule of Tuesday through Saturday evenings, there will be day, twilight and night skiing everyday through January 2 and holiday rates will be in effect through Friday, January 1. http://cataloochee.com/

This Week's Ski Schedule at Cataloochee

Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Please note that in addition to the regular day, twilight and night skiing schedule of Tuesday through Saturday evenings, there will be day, twilight and night skiing through January 2 everyday except Christmas Eve when skiing will be from 8:30am – 4:30pm and Christmas Day, open from 1pm until 10pm and holiday rates will be in effect through Friday, January 1. http://cataloochee.com/

Great Conditions in all Ski Areas

Appalachian Ski Mountain
63"-82" -8 slopes/4 lifts - night skiing, terrain park, ice skating
Cataloochee Ski Area
36"-60" - 16 slopes/5 lifts - night skiing, terrain park, tubing
Sapphire Valley
still closed
Ski Beech
28"-48" - 9 slopes/4 lifts - night skiing, ice skating
Sugar Mountain Resort
50"-78" - 15 slopes/5 lifts - night skiing, ice skating
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort
36"-60 -18 Slopes/3 lifts-night skiing, tubing, the infamous Bowl
 -information provided by the Southeastern Ski Association

Moonshine Mountain Snow Tube Park Now Open

Dec 19, MOONSHINE MOUNTAIN, 5865 Willow Road, Hendersonville NC. Moonshine Mountain Snow Tubing & Indian Mining Adventure Park in Hendersonville NC offers over 500 feet of fun & excitement for all ages and is the only Snow Tubing Park in the Southeast that allows trains. New this year HALF HILL TUBING,  a lane designed especially for the little people. There are 3 seperate lanes plus a short lane for the little folks and a natural run out which makes Moonshine Mountain Snow Tubing Park one of the safest around! Tube down Moonshine Mountain as many times as you want- there is a LIFT to take you right back up. http://www.moonshinemountain.com/indexMtubing.html

Wolf Ridge Ski Update

Dec 19, Wolf Ridge, Mars Hill NC. A great day of snowfall yesterday and with more in the forecast today  should produce conditions for a perfect ski Saturday. The slopes are groomed the best ever and with 18 runs open, including the infamous Bowl, you will have your selection of challenge. Snow tubing opened at 9:00AM. http://www.skiwolfridgenc.com

Sugar Mountain Resort Ski Update

Dec 19. Sugar Mountain Resort, Village of Sugar Mountain, Banner Elk NC. Sugar saw upwards of 20 inches of snow last night, with 4" more expected by this evening. There are 15 slopes and 4 lifts open. Santa at Sugar: Santa will be skiing, riding and talking with all the good boys and girls December 12th through December 24th. http://www.skisugar.com

Beech Mountain Resort Update

Dec 19, Beech Mountain Resort, Beech Mountain NC. Robbin's Run and Powder Bowl are now open! Check our trail map for conditions. Snowfall is continuing to accumulate and Beech Mountain Resort will be opening more terrain ASAP. The Beech Mountain Resort Shuttle will be available for transportation through the weekend. Ice Skating is now open and The Beech Tree Bar and Grille will host Live music tonight  starting at 8PM.

Appalachian Ski Mountain Update

Dec 19, Appalachian Ski Mountain, Blowing Rock, NC. As of 10PM last night, Appalachian Ski Mountain recveived over 12 inches of natural snow and is planning on a 10am to 5pm schedule to accomodate our local staff, and anxious riders to be able to get dugout from the snow. ASM staff will be scraping and salting our 1.6 mile entrance road throughout the night and day, and the NC DOT is also scraping US 321 at the bottom of our entrance road.  We are dealing with roads that are going to need a little extra accomodation to make skiing possible. With additional evening snowmaking by Wednesday Dec 23 , all slopes should be open and deep. Night skiing will be back on a regular schedule of 6pm-10pm tommorow night. http://www.appskimtn.com/

Today's Skiing at Cataloochee

Dec 19 Catoloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Cataloochee is planning to open today at 8:30am but will make a decision as to our opening time based on the road conditions coming to the ski area. Persons planning on skiing at 8:30am here at the area should call by 7:30am for an update. Once again, due to the tremendous amount of snowfall that has occurred and continues to occur from this storm, we will not open the ski area until we feel the road to and from the ski area is passable and safe for our customers. Skiing available on 100% of the mountain on 16 out of 16 slopes with three aerial lifts and two conveyor lifts operating on a base of 36-60” and a powder surface. http://cataloochee.com/

Cataloochee SKi Update

Dec 17, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Three sessions of skiing, day skiing from 9am until 4:30pm, twilight skiing from 1pm until 10pm and night skiing from 6pm until 10pm with a morning or afternoon half day rate also available. In addition to the regular day, twilight and night skiing schedule of Tuesday through Saturday evenings, Cataloochee will be day, twilight and night skiing through January 2 everyday except Christmas Eve when skiing will be from 8:30am – 4:30pm and Christmas Day from 1pm until 10pm. Holiday rates will be in effect everyday beginning Saturday December 19 through Friday, January 1. http://www.cataloochee.com/

Tube World Opens this Saturday

Dec 19 - Tube World, a 5 run tube park in Maggie Valley opens for the season. The Park has been snow-making all week in preparation for its first 2009-2010 local and visiting tubers. A moving Carpet lift makes getting to the top easier and  a Wee Bowl Snowplay Area is available for those who do not meet height requirements. Cost will be $5 per session. Tubing is on a first come, first served basis and some sessions do sell out. Should the session you wish to tube be sold out when you arrive, you may purchase a session for later in the day if space is available. For more information visit: http://www.tubemaggievalley.com/

Beech Mountain Tree Lighting

Dec19,  4PM-6PM, BEECH MOUNTAIN NC  Tree Lighting with Visit from Santa - Beech Mountain Chamber of Commerce. Santa will visit Fred's Gazebo for fun and picture taking, 4-5 p.m. Afterward, there will be the Christmas tree lighting at the Chamber office, 5-6 p.m. Hot cocoa, cider, and cookies will be served. http://www.beechmtn.com

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Cataloochee Ski Resort Update

Dec 13, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Today there will be skiing from the top of the mountain down on 90% of the mountain on 14 slopes and trails including Upper Omigosh and the Cat Cage Terrain Park with two aerial lifts and two conveyor lifts operating on a base of 24-48” and a machine worked packed powder surface. Snowmaking efforts will continue on the Upper Snowbird Trail and Upper Turkey Trot and those final two slopes will open as quickly as possible. Sunday will offer one session of skiing, day skiing only from 8:30am – 4:30pm with a morning or afternoon half day rate available. Weekend rates are in effect. http://cataloochee.com/

Wolf Ridge Update

Dec 12, Wolf Ridge Ski Resort, Mars Hill NC. Conditions report:

Last Updated:		12-10-09
Base Depth (Min-Max)		36 inch
Surface Conditions:		Fresh Man-made and groomed
Slopes Open:		6
Lifts Open:		Two
Snowmaking:		In progress
Natural Snow in the Last 24hrs:		None
Night Skiing:		Yes
Terrain Park:		Opening this week
Tubing:		Open this morning at 9: 00 am.
2009 - 2010 Snow:		2"

For additional information about Wolf Ridge: http://www.skiwolfridgenc.com/

Sugarfest This Weekend

Dec 12-13, Sugar Mountain Resort, The Village of Sugar Mountain, Banner Elk NC. SugarFest  kick starts the winter season with a weekend of pure winter fun! Sponsored by the Village of Sugar Mountain Tourism Development Authority (TDA) and hosted by Sugar Mountain Resort. Regular prices in effect today and the resort is open for night skiing. 4 lifts, 9 slopes open. Sugar's ice rink is open today with skate times at 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm,and 8pm.   Happy Anniversary! Sugar Mountain Resort begins its 40th season. http://www.skisugar.com

Quad opens at Beech Mountain

Dec 12, Beech Mountain Resort, Beech Mountain NC. Upper Shawneehaw and the High-Speed Quad made their season debut last night. Beech Mountain Resort starts night skiing tonight with the Ice Skating Rink and the Beech Tree Restaurant also opening. The Beech Tree will jump start the season with Standard Films 2009 video premier of Black Winter, a snowboarding film highlighting some of the most progressive riders in the industry. The showing starts at 8:00pm and will feature music and fun for all ages. Slope tickets will be $30.00 for all-day and twilight tickets and $20.00 for half-day and night tickets. http://www.skibeech.com/

AppalachianSki Mountain Update

Dec 12, Appalachian Ski Mountain, Blowing Rock NC. App. reports great conditions for the weekend. No snowmaking is in progress. After the fourth night of snowmaking this season, Appalachian now has a very conservative 40” – 60” base on 8 slopes. Snowmakers enjoyed excellent snowmaking temperatures last night with a low of 22, no wind, and seldom seen 12% humidity. With 8 slopes open and a fairly deep base, skiers will find mid-season like conditions.

Good snowmaking temperatures are forecasted for Tuesday night through Friday night of next week, so the remaining unopened slopes should be open by the weekend of Dec. 19th.

Tonight will be Appalachian’s first Ladies Park Night of the season. This is a free event (ski ticket required) for women who are interested in developing terrain park skills. http://www.appskimtn.com/

Today's Skiing at Cataloochee

Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Skiing from the top of the quad down on nine slopes with two aerial lifts and one conveyor lift operating on a base of 14-40” and a machine worked packed powder surface. Please note that some of our terrain features will be available for you to ride on Upper Over Easy, right down from the Snack Shack, accessed by the Easy Way Triple Chairlift. On Friday we will offer two sessions of skiing, twilight skiing from 1pm until 10pm and night skiing from 6pm until 10pm with an afternoon half day rate also available. http://cataloochee.com/

We Have Holiday Availability for Ski Lodging!

We have confirmed availability for lodgiing in or near ski resorts for Dec 20 - Jan1. It's not to late to book a ski vacation or weekend for the holidays. From a simple room to family-size vacation rentals, you can have a white and wonderful winter wonderland. Look for lodging now...

Alpine Ski Center Holiday Sale

Alpine Ski Center,3440 Tynecastle Hwy, B, Banner Elk NC. Holiday Sale now through Christmas with online printable coupons.  Adult ski snowboard packages starting as low as $249.  http://www.alpineskicenter.com

Cataloochee Ski Resort Update

Dec 9, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Snow-blowing Wednesday through Friday is anticipated as colder temperatures remain in the area. Snow making on the upper portion of the mountain  will continue in an effort to open to the top of the mountain this weekend. Cataloochee offers all guests renting equipment at the area a free one hour introduction to skiing or snowboarding lesson when you rent your equipment any non-holiday Monday through Thursday. Lesson times are offered every hour and a half from 9am until 7pm throughout the season. http://cataloochee.com/

Gear-up for Your Favorite Winter Sport

 

Gift Certificates are always on time. Get them at Altrec.com Outdoors Ski Boots and Poles on sale! Clothes on sale! Snowboard and Fleece Jackets on sale! Footwear on Sale! Mountain Hardwear at Altrec Outdoors Name Brands at Outlet Prices. Sample: Nike Women's Air Alvord VI Running Shoe Deal - $31.99, Reg. $59.95 Deal of the Day changes every 24 hours so check daily to find a great price on the product you need.

Cataloochee Ski Resort Update

On Tuesday Dec 8 - skiing from the top of the quad down on nine slopes with two aerial lifts and one conveyor lift operating, Intermediate Rock Island Run, Advanced Alley Cat, Intermediate Lower Snowbird Trail and Intermediate Lower Omigosh, serviced by the Rock Island Run Quad Chairlift, Beginners Over Easy, Beginners Easy Way and Beginners Rabbit Hill serviced by the Easy Way Triple Chairlift, Wolf Creek Hollow Ski School Area serviced by the Moving Carpet Conveyor Lift and Beginner’s Luck Learning Area on a base of 18-32” and a packed powder machine worked surface. Terrain features will be available to ride on Upper Over Easy, right down from the Snack Shack, accessed by the Easy Way Triple Chairlift .http://cataloochee.com/

Hawksnest Re-opens Firday

Dec 11, Hawksnest, 2058 Skyland Dr, Seven Devils NC. After a couple of great days and nights of snow making,  all 4 parks will open for snow tubing this Friday, December 11th.  CHeck out the calendar page for the session times on Friday and through the weekend.  Zip lines tours are open daily by reservation. http://www.hawksnest-resort.com/

Appalachian Ski Mountain Update

Dec 8 - The Appaljack Terrain Park is now open for the second day of operation with boxes, rails, and a medium-sized tabletop jump.  An additional 17 hours of snowmaking, with an overnight low of 23 degrees, has allowed the addition of Strudel, Appaljack, Orchard Run, and Appal Jam to the list of open slopes for Monday, December 7.  With two more nights of snowmaking expected this week, it may be possible to add Appal Jam as a second terrain park. Appal Jam is currently open as a slope only. http://www.appskimtn.com/

7th Annual Sugar Fest on Sugar Mountain

Dec 12-13, Sugar Mountain Resort, Banner Elk NC. SugarFest kick starts the winter season with a weekend of pure winter fun! Sponsored by the Village of Sugar Mountain Tourism Development Authority. The seventh annual two-day festival is packed with a long list of winter activities and coincides with Sugar's 16th Annual Adult Preseason Ski Clinic which 1994 Olympic Gold & 1992 Olympic Silver medalist Diann Roffe and two-time (1992 & 1994) Olympian, Krista Schmidinger will both be special guest coaches.For more information and a detailed schedule: http://www.seesugar.com/tourism/sugarfest/

Cataloochee Ski Area Snow Report

Dec 7 - Today two sessions of skiing will be offered: twilight skiing from 1pm until 10pm and night skiing from 6pm until 10pm with an afternoon half day rate also available. Our early season operating schedule is 1pm until 10pm Monday through Friday and 8:30am – 4:30pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Midweek season passholders can ski everyday even on the weekends through December 18. Depth of base is 18-32". http://cataloochee.com/

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Appalachian Ski Mountain Skating

Dec 5 - Appalachian Skate Arena begins regular schedule with 2-hour skating sessions starting at 12 noon, 2:30 and 7pm. Ice skating is scheduled to be open Christmas Day on a normal schedule, but will be closed the night of Christmas Eve. The ice skating season is scheduled to last through Sunday, March 21. http://www.appskimtn.com/

SKi Beech Open Today!

Dec 5 - Beech Mountain Ski Resort is opening today for the 2009/2010 season from 9:00AM until 4:30PM for day skiing. With great snowmaking conditions expected for the next few days, we will continue to make snow and open new terrain as quickly as possible. $30.00 all day and $20.00 half day slope tickets will be available in the Administration Office starting at 8:30AM. http://www.skibeech.com/

Cataloochee Ski Area Snow Report

Dec 5, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Open Saturday on three slopes from midstation down and two lifts on a base of 6-10” with one session of skiing, day skiing only from 8:30am – 4:30pm with a morning or afternoon half day rate also available. Weekday and student rates are in effect on Saturday. Cataloochee is currently on the early season operating schedule of 1pm until 10pm Monday through Friday and 8:30am – 4:30pm Saturdays and Sundays through Sunday, December 13. Regular operating schedule begins December 14. Midweek season passes will be valid everyday through Friday, December 18.

Snowmaking 101

Good slope conditions in the North Carolina Mountains depend on technology: snowmaking equipment and the skills of the personell operating the machines. Each North Carolina Ski Area is proud of its snowmaking and grooming crews who vigorously work throughout the season, day and night, taking advantage of the mountain climate to blanket the slopes with new machine made snow. Read more about NC snowmaking from the North Carolina Ski Area Association...

Sugar Mountain Current Conditions

CURRENT CONDITIONS
SNOWFALL FROM THE LAST STORM:
1.5 inches (11/30/09)
AVERAGE SNOW DEPTH:
thin cover/bare spot
SURFACE CONDITIONS:
frozen and loose granular/new manmade
LIFTS OPEN:	SLOPES OPEN:
1	2
Tubing is currently closed. Tubing Information
Skating is open!. Skating Information
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Updated: Dec 3, 2009 7:00pm

8th Annual Food and Coat Drive

Dec 6. Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC.  In conjunction with Haywood Christian Ministries, Cataloochee Ski Area seeks to help with the increase need for food and warm winter coats for special families. We ask all Cataloochee skiers and snowboarders to bring at least 10 cans of food or a winter jacket of any size that is in good condition to the ski area on Sunday, December 6th and you will receive your lift ticket on that Sunday from 8:30am-4:30pm for FREE! It’s a $53 value.

Website: http://www.cataloochee.com/

Cataloochee Ski Area Snow Report

Nov 30-Dec 3, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Current Conditions for the Ski Area  - Depth of Base 6-14".  We will not operate Monday through Thursday, November 30 through December 3, but will reopen for daily operations, beginning on Friday, December 4, at 1pm for skiing from 1pm until 10pm. Once again, we will not operate from Monday, November 30 through Thursday, December 3 but will reopen for daily operations on Friday, December 4 for skiing from 1pm until 10pm. Website: http://cataloochee.com/