Hats off to Cataloochee
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Keith_Moon
March 27, 2019
Member since 02/19/2019 🔗
207 posts

They are the most southerly of any resort around here (and probably east of the Rockies for that matter) and they are still open, outlasting every other NC resort this year and many others further north.  Take a bow, guys.

crgildart
March 27, 2019
Member since 07/13/2014 🔗
772 posts

Keith_Moon wrote:

They are the most southerly of any resort around here (and probably east of the Rockies for that matter) and they are still open, outlasting every other NC resort this year and many others further north.  Take a bow, guys.

Looks like Appalachian could open if they really wanted to..

The19thHole
March 27, 2019
Member since 06/29/2015 🔗
86 posts

Cloudmont, Alabama is actually the farthest south east of the Rockies.

msprings
March 28, 2019
Member since 07/4/2014 🔗
154 posts

The19thHole wrote:

Cloudmont, Alabama is actually the farthest south east of the Rockies.

I thought they quit operating several years ago. Just a tubing hill now.

The19thHole
March 28, 2019
Member since 06/29/2015 🔗
86 posts

Their website still covers skiing, rentals, etc, so I assume skiing is still available at Cloudmont. Hawksnest, NC went to 100% tubing a few years ago, which is a shame since I thought they had one of the best mountains in NC.

crgildart
March 28, 2019
Member since 07/13/2014 🔗
772 posts

Hawksnest was indeed a very cool place to ski.

Norsk
March 28, 2019
Member since 05/13/2003 🔗
317 posts

Loved Hawksnest.  Good sustained pitch, decent vertical, and rarely excessively crowded (at least on the days I was there). I suppose that was exactly the problem, at least from a business point of view.

crgildart
March 28, 2019 (edited March 28, 2019)
Member since 07/13/2014 🔗
772 posts

Norsk wrote:

Loved Hawksnest.  Good sustained pitch, decent vertical, and rarely excessively crowded (at least on the days I was there). I suppose that was exactly the problem, at least from a business point of view.

They proposed expansion that may have impacted the local golf course some. The town of Kill Devil Hills board or council(?) nixed the expansion plans so the resort abandoned skiing altogether.  Not nearly the level of drama as TL4S, but there was definitely some drama back when that went down.

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