The Beans Are In The Jar: August Ends With 24 Foggy Mornings
As August comes to a close, the beans are in the jar. Thursday morning brought the end of August, and it went out on a foggy note to bring us…
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After 132 Consecutive Days of Skiing & Snowboarding, Snowshoe Ends the 22-23 Season.
It is 23° and foggy this morning at the top of Snowshoe and that fog might be a little SNOG, as the camera at the bottom of the mountain is…
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Surprise 2″ of Snow Overnight Prompted Sugar Mountain to Reopen for One More Weekend!
Okay, SOME will argue the title of today’s FirsTrax post is click bait, but does that apply to April Fool’s Day? Really loud thunder rocked my windows this morning and…
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The Last Weekend of the Ski Season for Southeast Ski Resorts. Snowshoe Mountain will take us to the end.
With Sugar Mountain Resort setting the snow on fire and calling the season to an end for the North Carolina resorts, that leaves Snowshoe Mountain to carry the torch (pun…
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Sugar Mountain Resort Season Ends at 4:30pm Thursday; Snowshoe Mountain to Stay Open through April 2nd.
This morning is the second in a row of 24º temperatures at Snowshoe. It is 29º at Sugar Mountain Resort. Those cold temps will unquestionably firm things up and with…
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Sugar Mountain Resort to End the Season Thursday; Snowshoe Mountain will close for skiing Sunday.
Old Man Winter is taunting us this morning at temperatures dipped to 24° at both Sugar Mountain Resort in Banner Elk, North Carolina and Snowshoe Mountain in Pocahontas County, West…
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Snowshoe Mountain & Sugar Mountain Resort Remain Open with Six Days to Go
It was crazy to see on Monday just how busy SkiSoutheast, ResortCams and our Social Media reach were. Usually by now we’re seeing traffic dribble to a trickle or about…
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Down to Seven Days and Two Ski Resorts That Remain Open in the Southeast
On Sunday, as I looked at the LIVE cams and lack of skiers on the slopes at all of the ski areas, I speculated that perhaps, maybe, possibly Snowshoe Mountain…
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Eight Days (or less) Left in the Southeastern Ski Season
Everyone knows what click bait is right? We all fall for it. On Saturday, I accidently created some click bait of my own by incorrectly titling the Saturday FirsTrax post…
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Nine Days Left in the ’22-’23 Ski & Snowboard Season for the Southeastern Ski Areas
Opening and closing days that are announced by ski areas are always ‘weather dependent’. The weather of the last few days has been at times close to early Summer-like on…
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Ski Season Countdown is now at: Ten Days to Go
It is Friday and we are seeing a real mixed bag of tricks as far as the weather goes. Snowshoe Mountain is advising people to grab a good waterproof outer…
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