you missed the boat, all the specials ended December 1st. The only option you'll have is to buy somebody's half pass off of them, just don't let the mountain catch you or you'll both be booted. The only other idea I can think of is sometimes they'll do local specials, but you'll need to know somebody in that area. Unfortunately, Boone has the best skiing in the southeast and they know it...they hold you by the balls when it comes to lift tickets edit - i remember looking at group trips and they offered discounts, but they usually had to be bundled with a condo / hotel, and most that I saw were 4 night minimums
depends on what you're looking for. All mountain, maybe, but that's up for debate, too. App and Beech have better terrain parks (yes, plural), and Beech has a high speed quad. Cataloochee's only 3 hours north of Atlanta and actually a fun little mountain...it's the one we've been hitting up for the past few weekends. Still not saying much, but again, the best we've got... Dec 1 was the official start to the season...
you can jump on a plane and be in salt lake city in a good deal less time than it takes to drive to NC. theres 6 to 8 killer hills there. havent been there a 3 or 4 years but my guess it aint much more money. not hard to find a nice hotel in places like sandy. only issue is it almost impossible to find real beer..
Im trying to get to Cataloochee before New Years. Got a cabin booked with 7 other friends for late Jan. up at Sugar. I learned to ride in 2008 in Philly, then lost my job and had to move back here. And now Im dying to ride again.
Id love to see Utah in the winter. Spent a few days all over the state earlier this year and really loved the scenery.
utah is the best for west coast skiing IMO. If you fly in and ski the day of, they let you use your ticket as a free voucher for the first day. Friendly people, free transportation to park city, the canyons and deer valley.
You guys are closer than I am to Boone but I can't stand Sugar Mtn......I rather drive 3 more hours and go to Snowshoe.
they all have their ups and downs...beech has the highspeed quad, sugar has better terrain, app has more terrain parks. For us in Atlanta, cataloochee is one of the best deals...decent all mountain, decent terrain parks, 3 hours from downtown in maggie valley. It's 5 hours for us to boone, 8-9 to get to snowshoe. At that point, fly my ass out west...it's not that much more expensive