The Southeast Thread.

**SumJongGuy** · 01-02-2023, 03:43 PM

Two weekday tickets, pockets full of leftover ham and fried chicken, tank of gas to get me and the kid up here for a couple hours today. Mashed tater 60 degrees by 1pm. Still hellafun though.. and pretty cheap.

365 glorious feet of vert. Harry would dig this place. Reminds me of Buck Hill Minnesota.

Edit, photos didn't stick humm..

**jables** · 02-11-2023, 10:11 AM

Working on throwing the groms in the car this afternoon to see how this storm develops in NC. I swear last night I saw forecasts of 8-10" but this morning reading forecast 2-4" which seems more realistic. Easy jokes to be made here too.

Will report on what we find.

**SumJongGuy** · 02-11-2023, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by jables

Working on throwing the groms in the car this afternoon to see how this storm develops in NC. I swear last night I saw forecasts of 8-10" but this morning reading forecast 2-4" which seems more realistic. Easy jokes to be made here too.

Will report on what we find.

Excellent. Looking like wet heavy snow but it will help replenish the base. They will pack it all down tomorrow night to help prolong the season best they can.

If it were only a few degrees colder we'd be looking at a legit powder day Sunday night/Monday morning.

**jables** · 02-12-2023, 06:26 PM

Awoke to rain in Maggie Valley, was not inspiring at all. Just shy of the top of the mountain road leading to Catalahooche it finally turned to snow. Wet, wet snow.

Groms and I skied most of the day with just one candy bar and hot chocolate (coffee for dad) break. Going to try and get a few hours in the morning, should be sunny. Snow was fun. Kids had a blast. I expect it to be kind of empty tomorrow, today we waited in lines every lap.

I saw a small kid not get off at the top of the quad and the lift turn the corner and almost make it out from under the station before it was stopped. The "stop bar" or whatever you want to call it was laying on the ground. Two chairs later a young teen girl didn't load well and fell off the chair after hanging and yelling, from about 8' or so. Luckily, she seemed OK from where I was.

**SumJongGuy** · 03-03-2023, 10:51 AM

Bumping this thread to express the DESPAIR! I was looking forward to heading up to grab a few more turns until I looked t the web cams. I can't remember another time in my 20 years here where first weekend in March was BARELY open. Unless they can push some snow around to get the top of Appalachian Big Appal open I'm gonna pass on the 3 hour drive up there to pay full price and ski half of 365 vert. I think they are trying to hang on because a big slopestyle park contest is still scheduled there so cannibalizing the part to push snow over to the main big trail probably isn't going to happen.

Oh well. Glad I did get a couple days this season but this totally sucks!

**Sam Apoc** · 03-03-2023, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by SumJongGuy

Bumping this thread to express the DESPAIR! I was looking forward to heading up to grab a few more turns until I looked t the web cams. I can't remember another time in my 20 years here where first weekend in March was BARELY open. Unless they can push some snow around to get the top of Appalachian Big Appal open I'm gonna pass on the 3 hour drive up there to pay full price and ski half of 365 vert. I think they are trying to hang on because a big slopestyle park contest is still scheduled there so cannibalizing the part to push snow over to the main big trail probably isn't going to happen.

Oh well. Glad I did get a couple days this season but this totally sucks!

Definitely a disappointing season in the Southeast / Mid-Atlantic. We lucked out and got a couple really nice days at Canaan in January, but other than that it's been pretty much a wash. Still have a couple Indy days that I was hoping to use over at Bryce, but I can't imagine they'll be open much longer.

**SumJongGuy** · 03-11-2023, 04:46 PM

Looks ;ike we're getting one last gasp.. They're blowing this weekend and a few days next week. if they have something worthwhile covered I'll go next Sunday, last day of the season. Saturday should be fun too, meltdown games and pond skims most places.

**stec06** · 03-12-2023, 06:39 AM

Originally Posted by SumJongGuy

Looks ;ike we're getting one last gasp.. They're blowing this weekend and a few days next week. if they have something worthwhile covered I'll go next Sunday, last day of the season. Saturday should be fun too, meltdown games and pond skims most places.

This is the earliest I remember Wintergreen calling it after ten years of skiing there... sucks. Usually we have a few good March weekends of slushy spring skiing on Highlands, which is super fun. I just wish they would throw some money into their mountain bike infrastructure to make up for it but they don't seem willing to do that.

Off to Crested Butte next weekend.

**SumJongGuy** · 03-15-2023, 09:26 AM

It's game on everywhere except Cattaloochee (and Wolf) this weekend. I'm gonna try to get a few laps at Apps mid day Sunday. Wonder if it might even be too cold for the pond skim.. What if it's frozen? It will be in the 20s all night and most of the morning there.

**SumJongGuy** · 03-18-2023, 07:26 PM

Gear's loaded up. Just need to suit up, load the cooler, and hit the road tomorrow morning. Looking like there will be 4 of us geezers meeting up there at Cr/Happy Appy for the end of season party/turns. It's going to be oddly cool.. Wonder if their pond skim pit will be frozen over. I'm hoping that it's still on... Lift lines thin out while that's going on.

**SumJongGuy** · 11-26-2023, 11:54 AM

One of the three times a season I actually post "stoke" on this forum..

Park and ski for $15 bucks next weekend at Happy Appy, RSVP in advance only. ... if it's able to open up. I'll be there Sunday
https://appskimtn.com/event/anniversary-weekend

**byates1** · 11-26-2023, 11:58 AM

Will your gun be unlocked in your vehicle?

**SumJongGuy** · 11-26-2023, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by byates1

Will your gun be unlocked in your vehicle?

Naw I'll be strapped on the slopes..

**stealurface831** · 12-23-2024, 03:56 PM

don't know what possessed me to believe that Sugar on christmas eve eve wouldn't be that bad. it was, in fact, that bad. but turns were made.

**byates1** · 12-23-2024, 04:03 PM

Glad you are getting out!

**stealurface831** · 01-05-2025, 08:04 PM

heres hoping the forecasted ice magically turns to freshies. i'll check webcams at the ass crack of dawn and make the call. to go or not to go. that is the question.

**BmillsSkier** · 01-07-2025, 09:29 AM

Nice to see this thread get bumped.

Let me know if any of y'all skiing Snowshoe run across the Gobbler, and if you do, tell em we say hi.

**stealurface831** · 01-08-2025, 03:39 PM

could be good this weekend. might even wax the Protests.

**byates1** · 01-08-2025, 06:33 PM

Protests in nc damn. Kick some ass

**jables** · 01-10-2025, 07:22 PM

3"+ in the metro atlanta area today. Didn't drag skis out, but went through a few snow tubes and sleds. Fun day.

Unsure if this has been shared here before, but would have been a pow day today!

https://snowbrains.com/did-you-know-...of-atlanta-ga/

**stealurface831** · 01-11-2025, 02:37 PM

probably 8" here in banner elk since snow started flying yesterday afternoon and still coming down. but wind has blown the hill mostly clean. been blowing 60 something consistently. found a few soft turns last night but lots of bulletproof to keep me honest. wind should die down some for night session tonight.

roads are absolute carnage. nothing better than seeing brodozer bros thinking that having 37s and a 3" lift means they know how to drive in the snow. really funny until they start sliding over from the oncoming lane. couple near misses.