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Tag: Sugar Mountain

Carolinas Limp into the Season

Carolinas Limp into the Season

November 13, 2018November 13, 2018 Rick Bolger
Well Sugar Mountain in Banner Elk, NC is open for the season, albeit barely. Photo above taken this morning, and we do have at least one hardy soul out there…Cataloochee Ski Area over in Maggie ... Read More
11/20/17 Southern Seasons Underway East & West

11/20/17 Southern Seasons Underway East & West

November 20, 2017November 20, 2017 Rick Bolger
Southeast: Ski season kicked off this weekend in North Carolina with both Cataloochee (photo above) and Sugar Mountain open for business. Cat serving up a pair of easier slopes while Sugar got after i... Read More
3/1/17 -- All rise for the judge...

3/1/17 — All rise for the judge…

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017 Rick Bolger
1 March 2017 — Brouhaha involving Sugar Mountain NC; lawsuit claims a Tennessee youth was stranded on the Gunther’s Way chair after it shut down the night of February 14, 2016. Suit claims... Read More
News Update 12/23/16 -- Snow Pipes Roasting on an Open Fire

News Update 12/23/16 — Snow Pipes Roasting on an Open Fire

December 23, 2016December 23, 2016 Rick Bolger
23 December 2016 — Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, wish all Ski Bums, friends and family and wonderful Christmas and Happy Holidays…6″ new snow at Steamboat, they’re pretty much all... Read More
News Roundup 12/6/16 -- Hoping it Gets Finer in Carolina

News Roundup 12/6/16 — Hoping it Gets Finer in Carolina

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 Rick Bolger
6 December 2016 — snow falling and ropes dropping all over ski country, but the picture is a bit less marvelous in North Carolina, Sugar Mountain being the only option right now, and even that h... Read More
News Roundup 11/21/16 - Carolina on my mind...

News Roundup 11/21/16 – Carolina on my mind…

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Rick Bolger
21 November 2016 — From rags to riches…that’s how a lot of mountain ops teams are feeling today, starting with Sugar Mountain North Carolina, kicking off the southern season this mor... Read More

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