North Carolina Mountain Ski Resorts Open in Early December
North Carolina Mountain Ski Resorts are starting to open in Early December. On Black Friday, Sugar Mountain Ski Resort near Banner Elk and Cataloochee Ski Area near Maggie Valley opened. So far in the season all of the snow has been man made and all of the slopes are not open. The mountains of North Carolina are expected to receive snow the first weekend in December so more slopes are likely to open as natural snow will cover the ground.
For Sugar Mountain this is the earliest opening since 2001. Several North Carolina ski resorts are predicting this to be the longest ski season we have seen in almost a decade. Most resorts in the Southeast are scheduled to open in early to mid December and do not be surprised if many of the North Carolina ski resorts open this weekend if there is a significant amount of snowfall.
Snowshoe Mountain in West Virginia and Camelback in Pennsylvania are scheduled to open on December 4th. If you have been looking to get back out on the mountains and get some skiing in you might want to check out one of these four ski resorts before doing research on any other resort that could be opening in the coming weeks. If the temperatures in the mountains of North Carolina continues to decrease then snow skiing will be open full throttle by the middle of December.
Author: Jennifer Trotter