Sugar Mountain Resort
Sugar Mountain Resort is located approximately 82 miles northeast of Asheville and about a 30-minute drive from Boone. It is North Carolina's largest ski area with 20 slopes and trails spread over 115 skiable areas. The resort features 40 percent novice and intermediate runs and 20 percent expert, including the largest vertical drop in the state at 1,200 feet. Riders can enjoy the Terrain Park, quarter-pipe or railslide. Ski and snowboard rentals and lessons are available and the Base Lodge features restaurants, a sports shop, ticket sales and locker rooms. Tubing, ice skating and snowshoeing are also available in the town of Sugar.
Sugar Mountain
1009 Sugar Mountain Drive
Sugar Mountain, NC 28604
800-784-2768
skisugar.com/conditions
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort is located approximately 40 minutes drive north of Asheville and five miles from Interstate 26. The resort boasts more than 82 skiable acres, 20 slopes and five chairlifts. There are two ski lodges, a ski and snowboard school, restaurants, a terrain park, snow tubing hill and night skiing.
Wolf Ridge Ski Resort
578 Valley View Circle
Mars Hill, NC 28754
800-817-4111
skiwolfridgenc.com
Beech Mountain Resort
Beech Mountain Resort is located near the Tennessee border approximately 35 minutes away from Boone by car. With a base elevation of 4,675 feet and a peak elevation at 5,506, Beech Mountain Resort is the highest ski area and snowboarding park is the eastern United States. It boasts 95 skiable acres accessible by 10 lifts and a vertical rise of 830 feet. There are two terrain parks, snow tubing, four restaurants, two sports shops, ski and snowboarding lessons and a 7,000 square foot outdoor ice skating rink.
Beech Mountain Resort
1007 Beech Mountain Parkway
Beech Mountain, NC 28604
800-438-2093
skibeech.com
Article Written By A.C. Bauer
A.C. Bauer is a seasoned adventurist with explorations spanning four continents, including hiking Machu Picchu, snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, running the Ice Age Trail and road biking out of her front door. She has written marketing materials for eight years and worked for Red Bull, Disney and Dick's Sporting Goods, and received a master's in recreation and sport science from Ohio University.
