Ober Mountain To Kickoff 2022-23 Season On Tuesday
Ober Mountain is set to drop the rope on the 2022-23 ski season. After hosting a couple of bonus days in November, the Gatlinburg, TN resort will open on Tuesday,…
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Sugar Mountain Resort to Open Monday, November 14th at 9am; Cataloochee to Open at 8:30am?
It is ALWAYS a race to see which ski area in the Southeast, mid-Atlantic OR AT LEAST within the state of North Carolina will be the first ski resort to…
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Ski Season In West Virginia Less Than Two Months Away
SNOWSHOE, W. Va – (September 27, 2022) – Bright splashes of fall color and chilly overnight temperatures have the folks up at Snowshoe Mountain looking ahead to winter. The mountain…
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A Rabbit’s Tale
At the base of Snowshoe Mountain sits the Inn at Snowshoe, non-modern lodging that is a melting-pot of inexpensive rooms combined with employee housing. If there was a ever a…
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Storm Hopping! From Frida to Garrett . . .
Winter Storm Frida (as dubbed by the Weather Channel) delivered the first measurable snowfall to most of the snow-starved region. After the fourth warmest December, on record (for the Asheville…
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Snow Sports Return To The Omni Homestead On Saturday
The Omni Homestead Resort’s snow sports season begins Saturday, January 8 for skiers and snowboarders. The ice skating rink, located adjacent to the Allegheny Springs is already open and the…
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Winter’s Bone
Winter’s Bone: An old Appalachian expression . . . “like a dog digging after a winter’s bone” – indicating someone who is on a search or quest for something and…
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One Last Mountain State Trip
Welp, March has “come in like a lamb, and out like a . . . lamb”. Most, if not all, areas have not seen measurable snowfall during the month of…
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The End Of The Season Is Near
Today’s featured image is from App Ski Mountain from this past weekend. It was too good not to share it again. The countdown clock is on to get those final…
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Rainy Thursday Before A Sunny Weekend
Today’s featured image is from App Ski Mountain on a drier day. Rain, rain go away, we want to play today. It is going to be a dodging raindrops kind…
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Race Report – 2021 Sunrise Scramble
Saturday Afternoon I departed “San Francisco of the East” (Asheville, NC), and headed for Canaan Valley, West Virginia. Usually, I try and break up the long drive, and opted to…
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