| As the holiday season approaches, people
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| | stream dipping far into the south east
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| from all around the south are tuning up
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| | Appalachians - a phenomenon that happens
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| their skis and pulling out their
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| | far too seldom to run a profitable ski
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| snowboards in anticipation of a week long
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| | resort throughout the season.Undaunted by
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| ritual of winter fun - going to ski North
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| | Mother Nature, the fine folks of this
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| Carolina. This year promises to be a good
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| | northwestern
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| one, as temperatures remain consistently
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| | chunk of North Carolina saw these huge
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| cold,and Mother Nature is being generous
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| | mountain slopes with their lack of
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| with the real stuff!Some of the highest
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| | natural snow, and decided to do something
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| peaks in the Blue ridge Mountains are
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| | about it! Sugar Mountain, Beech Mountain,
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| located in the northwest corner of North
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| | and even Hawksnest ski resort in Seven
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| Carolina, standing guard over the quaint
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| | Devils became early pioneers in
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| little resort town of Banner Elk in Avery
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| | snowmaking technologies. Today, man made
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| county. Just east of the continental
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| | snow supplements ski resorts even in
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| divide is Grandfather Mountain, the
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| | regions of the heaviest natural
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| highest peak in the Blue Ridge, and to
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| | snowfalls.
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| the north west of Banner Elk looms Beech
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| | In North Carolina, the roar of the snow
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| Mountain, which boasts of being the
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| | guns can be heard throughout the valley
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| highest ski area in eastern North
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| | any time the temperature dips below
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| America. Sure Mount Mitchell is higher,
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| | freezing. Thanks to modern day snow
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| but its in the Black Mountains, a sub
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| | making capabilities, our North Carolina
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| range of the
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| | ski resorts are able to remain open
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| Blue Ridge.Although the elevation is
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| | pretty much all through the winter - as
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| high, and our slopes are vast and
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| | long as it freezes of course!The best
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| challenging, North Carolina skiing does
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| | conditions for skiers and snowboarders
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| have its ups and downs. This is still the
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| | exist when there
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| south, and annual snowfall comes nowhere
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| | is a healthy combination of natural snow
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| near to that of New England, where lake
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| | and the man made stuff. When this
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| effect snows keep the ski slopes
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| | happens, skiing and snowboarding on our
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| blanketed pretty much all through the
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| | vast mountain trails is an experience
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| winter. Our best scenario for natural
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| | that rivals any of the east coast ski
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| snow is when moisture from an Atlantic
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| | resorts.
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| storm system collides with the polar jet
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