13th Annual National Winter Trails Day - Winter Feels Good

Jan 9, Sugar Mountain Resort, Banner Elk NC. The Trails Day is back event offers children and adults new to snow sports the chance to try snowshoeing for FREE. Discover the fun and fitness of snow sports. Snowshoe rental and guided tours are free. Guided tours are available at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm. The program includes a 1 hour tour and snowshoe rental. Adult tours are for 12 years or older. Children's tours are for 8-11 year olds. Sign up at least 15 minutes prior to your tour time at the Ski/Snowboard School. http://www.skisugar.com

Winterfest this Weekend on Beech Mountain

January 8-10,  BEECH MOUNTAIN NC. Extreme Sports demos, figure skating exhibition, live music, bathing beauty, big air contest, village rail jam, cardboard box derby, food cookouts, demos, ski beech sports sale and more. http://www.skibeech.com

Too Much of a Good Thing?

Jan 4, Hawksnest, 2058 Skyland Dr, Seven Devils NC. Storm Closing Info: The good news is it's snowing and there is more on the way. The bad news is that this winter storm has high winds that are too strong to snow tube in safely and the forecast is for the wind to intensify.  In addition, wind chill factors at times are hovering below -20 degrees, not a good environment in which to enjoy snow tubing .Closed today and tomorrow but plan to open Wednesday, 1/6, on a normal schedule. http://www.hawksnest-resort.com/

Learn a Snow Sport in January

January is "Learn a Snowsport Month". FREE Intro to Skiing or Riding lesson at Cataloochee Ski Area with ANY Cataloochee ski or snowboard rental, any non-holiday Monday through Thursday. Appalachian Ski Mountain offers a "Learn to Ski or Snowboard Package" (includes lesson, equipment and ski ticket) for individuals and groups. At the Beech Mountain Snow Sports Learning Center instructors teach contemporary techniques to provide the quickest results. The Sugar Bear Ski School at Sugar Mountain  Resort is designed to teach skiing to children ages 5-10. Wolf Ridge Ski Resort provides a top rated Snow Sports School that provides lessons for beginners to intermediate in skiing, telemark skiing, and snowboarding. At Sapphire Valley Ski Area beginners will be taught the FUN-damentals of skiing or snowboarding from our excellent instructors and you will receive personal attention in a structured environment. Read more...

Cataloochee SKi Update

Jan 2, Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC. Depth of base is 60"-90", 16 trails and 5 lifts. Skiing on 100% of the mountain on 16 out of 16 slopes with three aerial lifts and two conveyor lifts operating. Three sessions of skiing, 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.http://cataloochee.com/