‘RIKING’ to the Top of Hemphill Bald!
As legend has it, one of my ole ski-mountaineering college buddies, from CU-Boulder, invented the word . . . Riking: (verb) A combination of Running and Hiking. Usually done when…
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YOU GUYS SPEAK LOUDLY…
Joe Stevens just submitted his annual "Snowies" column. This was his sixth annual installment of the "awards" or verbal accolades for the region’s ski areas. You can see Joe’s comments…
Read MoreA Little Bragging…a little looking ahead…a little WHAT IF!
The 2010-2011 Ski and Snowboarding season will go down as one of the craziest, wildest rides of any winter season in recent memory. Many of the region’s ski resorts were…
Read MoreWEIRDEST SEASON I’VE SEEN…is still a successful one…
Someone asked me the other day – how many days that I’d made it on the snow this season? Sixteen. That’s it – so far. I’m going to try to…
Read MoreA New King of the Mountain? What a GREAT time we had at the Snowshoe Summit!
Hi guys and gals! I have had a whirlwind of a few days lately. First I want to say what a GREAT time I, my family, crew and the 150+/-…
Read MoreWOW! That’s all I can say!
Cataloochee Announces Earlier-Than-Expected Closing… Beech Mountain Will NOT Close this weekend. (Read on people. Read on.) If I had some extra time I’d love to pay a visit to Punxsutawney,…
Read MoreNow I’m Beginning to be a Believer…
Over the last several days I’ve received a bunch of emails from some "gloomers and doomers" who were predicting early closures for some of our region’s ski areas. 2-3" of…
Read MoreIn the Famous Words of Harvey Fierstein, “Oh Crap!”
Most of you who are reading this have probably seen the movie "Independence Day" that was released in 1996 and plays seemingly every other night somewhere on cable and DirecTV.…
Read MoreWe’re Talking Snowshoe Summit Today
…and the weather…. It has been a crazy week in so many ways. We started off President’s Day Monday with a Denial of Service Attack (we have caught the culprit…
Read MoreDDoS Attacks Take SkiNC Down
Wow, Have we Come THIS FAR!!!??? SkiSoutheast.com, HighCountryWeather.com, HighCountryWebCams.com unaffected… What a crazy, crazy last 30 hours or so it has been! Beginning sometime on late Sunday or Monday –…
Read MoreNew Weather Content Featuring ON MOUNTAIN data…
Coming soon to every mountain… (We’ll make this happen somehow!) Regular viewers to this website already know that we’ve been making some noise about providing more and more interactive and…
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