Sugar Mountain's annual season kickoff "Sugarfest" takes place this year on December 11th and 12th. Snow and lots of fun are the prediction. Watch 1992 Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medalist, Paul Wylie dazzle onlookers with his amazing talent. The performance will be followed by an on ice skating clinic and a meet and greet session Sunday at 3 PM. No fee is required to watch Paul's inspiring on-ice performance.
Festivities include consumer equipment demos, a snowball eating contest, ice sculpting, live North Carolina bluegrass music by Boss Hawg, fireworks, Preseason Adult Ski Clinic featuring Olympians Diann Roffe, Krista Schmidinger and 2010 US National Sugar G Champion Keely Kelleher as guest coaches, rail jam, appearances by Sweetie and Sugar Bear, lodging specials, and more.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Food donations for Skiing Today at Cataloochee
Dec 5 Snow and Slope report for Cataloochee Ski Area, Maggie Valley NC: Depth of Base: 12-80with a machine-worked surface, 10 trails and 4 lifts open fir day skiing from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Some natural snowfall has occurred through the night.
Today is the 9th Annual Can- U-Ski Food and Coat Drive. In conjunction with Haywood Christian Ministries, Cataloochee Ski Area seeks to help with this year’s increased need for food and warm winter coats for special families throughout our region. 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 and you will receive your lift ticket on that Sunday for FREE! Skiing will be from 8:30am – until 4:30pm and rentals and lessons are not included. It’s a $56 value!
Trails open: 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, Beginner’s Luck Learning Area serviced by the Moving Carpet Conveyor lift and the Wolf Creek Hollow Teaching area serviced by the Moving Carpet Conveyor lift on a base of 12”-80” and a machine made surface. Please note that some of the terrain features will be available for you to ride Upper Over Easy, right down from the Snack Shack, accessed by the Easy Way Triple Chairlift.
Early season operating schedule is now in effect - skiing 1 PM until 10 PM Monday through Friday and 8:30am – 4:30pm on Saturdays and Sundays and that midweek season passholders can ski everyday even on the weekends through December 17.
Today is the 9th Annual Can- U-Ski Food and Coat Drive. In conjunction with Haywood Christian Ministries, Cataloochee Ski Area seeks to help with this year’s increased need for food and warm winter coats for special families throughout our region. 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 and you will receive your lift ticket on that Sunday for FREE! Skiing will be from 8:30am – until 4:30pm and rentals and lessons are not included. It’s a $56 value!
Trails open: 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, Beginner’s Luck Learning Area serviced by the Moving Carpet Conveyor lift and the Wolf Creek Hollow Teaching area serviced by the Moving Carpet Conveyor lift on a base of 12”-80” and a machine made surface. Please note that some of the terrain features will be available for you to ride Upper Over Easy, right down from the Snack Shack, accessed by the Easy Way Triple Chairlift.
Early season operating schedule is now in effect - skiing 1 PM until 10 PM Monday through Friday and 8:30am – 4:30pm on Saturdays and Sundays and that midweek season passholders can ski everyday even on the weekends through December 17.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
NC Skiing and Tubing Open this Weekend - Hit the Slopes!
Snowfall this weekend! The following Ski Resorts, Ski Areas and Tubing Parks will be open this weekend. Check the individual sites for conditions and hours.
Cataloochee Ski Area, Located in Maggie Valley NC, is North Carolina's First Ski Area and in recent years the first NC Ski Area to open for the season. Catalochee offers Smoky Mountain Skiing, Riding and Tubing with 16 lighted slopes including the Cat Cage Terrain Park. With a variety of terrain for beginners to experts alike and over 4,000 sets of snowsports equipment, the Cataloochee experience offers something for everyone.
TUBE WORLD is a 5 run snow tube park in Maggie Valley NC popular with locals and visitors alike. Sit back and enjoy the moving carpet lift to the top and then get ready for the slide of your life.
Sugar Mountain Ski Resort is in the Village of Sugar Mountain, Banner Elk NC and offers 20 slopes and trails spread over 115 skiable acres providing all levels of skiing and snowboarding. Snow tube on the 700 ft tubing runs with their own lifts, snowmaking and lights for night tubing or ice skate on a 10,000 square foot refrigerated outdoor ice skating rink.
Appalachian Ski Mountain - After 48 hours of round-the-clock snowmaking, Friday, December 3rd will be the first day of the 2010-11 season. There will be six slopes open on Friday, including the Appaljack Terrain Park, two conveyor lifts, and three chairlifts. For the comfort of our guests, most snowmaking will not take place on open slopes during the day on Friday. The first 100 skiers / snowboarders will receive free tickets on our Opening Day, Friday, December 3rd.
Beech Mountain Resort will open for the 2010-2011 season this Saturday, December 4, 2010. Tickets will be sold at $30 for a day ticket and $20 dollars for a half day ticket. Lift tickets will go on sale at 8:30am and the slopes will close at 4:30pm. With excellent skiing (day or night), and a charming Alpine Village filled with intriguing shops, tempting restaurants and more Ski Beech offers a winter wonderland of fun and activities for all members of your family or group,
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort - It's Friday and the Wolf is open today from 9:am until 10:00 pm. We will be open Saturday 9:am -10:pm and Sunday 9:am-4:30: We will Close Monday the 6th thru Wednesday the 8th to get an incredible snow base on the mountain while the low temperatures allow. We will re-open on Thursday the 9th at 9:am and be wide open for the season.Two Ski Lodges offer ski/snow board/bibs/helmet/locker rentals, full food service, gift/sport shops and fireside dining and relaxing. Slope side cabin and vacation rentals are available. There is something for everyone from beginner to expert at this family-oriented resort.
Hawksnest Snowtubing Opening on Saturday. We will be open on Saturday, December 4 for snowtubing. This will kick off our 2010/2011 winter season. We are making snow around the clock and conditions should be good for snowtubing this weekend.
Cataloochee Ski Area, Located in Maggie Valley NC, is North Carolina's First Ski Area and in recent years the first NC Ski Area to open for the season. Catalochee offers Smoky Mountain Skiing, Riding and Tubing with 16 lighted slopes including the Cat Cage Terrain Park. With a variety of terrain for beginners to experts alike and over 4,000 sets of snowsports equipment, the Cataloochee experience offers something for everyone.
TUBE WORLD is a 5 run snow tube park in Maggie Valley NC popular with locals and visitors alike. Sit back and enjoy the moving carpet lift to the top and then get ready for the slide of your life.
Sugar Mountain Ski Resort is in the Village of Sugar Mountain, Banner Elk NC and offers 20 slopes and trails spread over 115 skiable acres providing all levels of skiing and snowboarding. Snow tube on the 700 ft tubing runs with their own lifts, snowmaking and lights for night tubing or ice skate on a 10,000 square foot refrigerated outdoor ice skating rink.
Appalachian Ski Mountain - After 48 hours of round-the-clock snowmaking, Friday, December 3rd will be the first day of the 2010-11 season. There will be six slopes open on Friday, including the Appaljack Terrain Park, two conveyor lifts, and three chairlifts. For the comfort of our guests, most snowmaking will not take place on open slopes during the day on Friday. The first 100 skiers / snowboarders will receive free tickets on our Opening Day, Friday, December 3rd.
Beech Mountain Resort will open for the 2010-2011 season this Saturday, December 4, 2010. Tickets will be sold at $30 for a day ticket and $20 dollars for a half day ticket. Lift tickets will go on sale at 8:30am and the slopes will close at 4:30pm. With excellent skiing (day or night), and a charming Alpine Village filled with intriguing shops, tempting restaurants and more Ski Beech offers a winter wonderland of fun and activities for all members of your family or group,
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort - It's Friday and the Wolf is open today from 9:am until 10:00 pm. We will be open Saturday 9:am -10:pm and Sunday 9:am-4:30: We will Close Monday the 6th thru Wednesday the 8th to get an incredible snow base on the mountain while the low temperatures allow. We will re-open on Thursday the 9th at 9:am and be wide open for the season.Two Ski Lodges offer ski/snow board/bibs/helmet/locker rentals, full food service, gift/sport shops and fireside dining and relaxing. Slope side cabin and vacation rentals are available. There is something for everyone from beginner to expert at this family-oriented resort.
Hawksnest Snowtubing Opening on Saturday. We will be open on Saturday, December 4 for snowtubing. This will kick off our 2010/2011 winter season. We are making snow around the clock and conditions should be good for snowtubing this weekend.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Hawksnest Tubbing opening this Weekend
Update from Hawksnest Snow Tube Park and Zipline Tours: Nov 30 at 10 AM - We will be open for snowtubing and zipline tours this weekend. This will be our first weekend of snowtubing for the 2010/2011 winter season and we are very excited about the start of the winter season. We will be open on Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5. On Saturday our sessions will be 10am, 12pm, 2pm and 4pm. On Sunday our sessions will be 10am, 12pm and 2pm. Cost for both days will be $32 per person per session.
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