A STORYBOOK Week for the Southeast
Well, what a great start to the season, and it’s technically not even (astronomical) winter yet! Although, “the nerd in the room” might argue with you on that, since meteorological…
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A Drive Into New Seasons
Story and Photos by Brian Dix for SkiSoutheast Hello skiers and riders of the southeast. Thank you for being patient during the glacially slow-moving offseason. If the wait seemed to…
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Southeast Ski Map Art: A Look at James Niehues and Rad Smith
At the beginning of every season, it seems like I find a crumpled-up ‘ole ski map, in my jacket pocket, from the year before. Usually, a little wave of nostalgia…
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Impressed with Snowshoe’s Opening Day & Weekend
Story and photos by Steve Skarupa Unprecedented snowmaking effort creates a stellar opening day at Snowshoe Despite the rain, opening day at Snowshoe Mountain was one for the ages. Click…
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In the Groomer with Chris Bates
Yesterday, I got a chance to ride along with Chris Bates (owner of Cataloochee), in the groomer. To this day, Bates grooms the mountain every morning, and has a tireless…
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Timberline Resort Sold to Perfect North
Updated 3:55pm The only confirmation we have is a court document that states that Timberline Resort was sold to Perfect North Slopes, Inc. for the sale price of $2,200,000. Money…
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Timberline Resort Goes to the Auction Block
Could Timberline Resort ever Reopen as a Ski Area? In some ways, we didn’t even really want to post this bit of news. To be honest, we feel that it’s…
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A Little Grass, but Lots of Grins!
Day 1 – Cataloochee Usually the prep for the first day of skiing feels like a bad case of Alzheimers, with the excitement of Christmas morning. Picking through the closet…
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Ski Southeast Snowshoe Summit, in Summation
Story and pictures by David McCue And number twelve is in the books, the record book in terms of attendance with over a hundred people coming together this year and…
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ON THE DL – #JEALOUSY, by Joe Stevens
Hello Everyone – As I mentioned in last week’s column, I had hip replacement surgery on Monday, February 25. The report my wife Angie got from the surgeon was that…
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