Trip Report: Banner Elk and Sugar Mountain – Feb 2nd/3rd, 2021
In a last minute decision, I decided to head to the NC High Country on Tuesday afternoon. I just couldn’t take looking at all the snow on the webcams anymore…
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Sugar Mountain to host Fourth of July Fireworks and Festivities
The energy of Independence Day is brewing, and Sugar Mountain Resort is getting ready. Friday, July 3rd, Sugar’s bike park and the Summit Express and Easy Street chairlifts will open…
Read MoreSugar Mountain to Host Fourth Annual Summit Crawl
Run, hike, climb, or crawl to Sugar Mountain’s 5,300-foot peak by way of the Easy Street, Gunther’s Way, and Northridge slopes on Saturday, July 4 when Sugar Mountain Resort hosts its fourth…
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Sugar Mountain Resort Celebrates 50 Years
This video was shared with us this morning and we noted that it had only received 700 or so views and quite frankly it deserves to be seen by as…
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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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A Roller Coaster Ride into November brings Snowmaking
Our favorite roar in the mountains is alive this morning. Three resorts – Beech, Cataloochee, and Sugar Mountain – are making snow after yesterday’s roller coaster that saw temperatures drop…
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Could the 2019-20 Season Open This Weekend?
Could we see the 2019-20 ski season open this weekend? That is the question of the day around the Ski Southeast office, and there is a definite uptick in excitement…
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Cataloochee Ski Area & Sugar Mountain Opens Today!
Click to Enlarge. It was 21° here in beautiful Sleepy Hollow this morning and that forced the first cup of coffee for me of the season. I’m really only an occasional…
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Brad Panovich’s 2018-2019 Winter Forecast
A great winter…says Meteorologist Brad Panovich. Perhaps the best winter in the last four years. Check out the video above!
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Another 2018-2019 Winter Forecast PLUS Snowfall Amounts
We shared our own Unofficial / Official SkiSoutheast.com Winter Forecast five days ago. If you missed that story, you can read it here. https://www.skisoutheast.com/skisoutheast-com-unofficialofficial-long-range-forecast-winter-2018-2019/ I titled that one “unofficial /…
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Montgomery County’s Best Wins the 41st Annual Woolly Worm Festival
Race worm reader, Tommy Burleson inspects the winning worm, held by winner Carolyn Thompson. Click to Enlarge. Carolyn Thompson, of Montgomery County, North Carolina which is home to the Uwharrie National…
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