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North Carolina
Skiing and Snowboarding: Know What to Expect! |
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As winter gets into full gear, people from all around the south are tuning
up their skis and pulling out their snowboards in anticipation of a weekend
ritual of winter fun on the slopes of North Carolina. This year promises to be
a good one, as temperatures remain consistently cold, and Mother Nature is
being generous with the real stuff!
 Some of the highest peaks in the Blue Ridge Mountains are located in the
northwest corner of North Carolina, standing guard over the quaint little
resort town of Banner Elk in Avery county. Just east of the continental divide
is Grandfather Mountain, the highest peak in the Blue Ridge, and to the north
west of Banner Elk looms Beech Mountain, which boasts of being the highest ski
area in eastern North America. Sure Mount Mitchell is higher, but it's in the
Black Mountains, a sub range of the Blue Ridge, and there's no skiing there.
Although the elevation is high, and our slopes
are vast and challenging, skiing in North Carolina does have its ups and
downs. This is still the south, and annual snowfall comes nowhere near to that
of New England, where lake effect snows keep the ski slopes blanketed pretty
much all through the winter.
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