By Regina Sass
Best Ski Resorts on the U.S. East Coast
The U.S. East Coast has some of the best ski
resorts in the country. There are both small and large ski resorts, and they go as far south as North Carolina. The resorts in the South are not as big as the ones in the North, and they do not have as long a season, but they do just as good a job at making you feel right at home, and the trails can be challenging as well.
North Carolina
Appalachian Ski Mountain has four private chalets right by the mountain. Three of them sleep eight and the other up to 14. The mountain itself has five lifts--two quads, one double, one conveyor and one handle pull--with a total capacity of 7,884 an hour. There are 10 slopes, all lighted for night skiing, and a Terrain Park with 13 rails, eight boxes and one wide rail. There is snowmaking on the entire mountain. The ski season is from the end of November to the end of March.
Appalachian Ski Mountain
940 Ski Mountain Road
Blowing Rock, North Carolina 28605
Phone:( 828) 295-7828
Fax: (828) 295-3277
Virginia
Wintergreen resort has private condominiums and homes for rent. The mountain has seven lifts--two high-speed six-person, one quad, one triple, one double and two surface--with a capacity of 11,200 an hour. There are 26 slopes and trails, 14 of which are lit for night skiing, two snow-tubing parks, one plunge-tubing park and two terrain parks. The entire mountain has snowmaking capacity, and the season is from mid-December to mid- to late March.
Wintergreen Resort
Route 664
Wintergreen, Virginia 22958
(434) 325-2200
Vermont
Stowe Mountain is one of the larger ski resorts. It has a wide range of lodging choices, from the mountainside lodge to private condominiums. The mountain has 13 lifts--one 10-person high-speed transfer gondola, one eight-person high-speed gondola, three high-speed quads, two triples, four doubles and two surface lifts--with a total capacity of 15,000 an hour. There are116 trails as well as Nordic skiing, tubing, snowboarding, a terrain park and a superpipe, and 80 percent of the mountain has snowmaking capabilities. The ski season is from the end of November to the middle of April.
Stowe Mountain
5781 Mountain Road
Stowe, Vermont 05672
(800) 253-4754
New York
Gore Mountain has ski-and-stay packages with many of the local hotels and bed-and-breakfasts, as well as three lodges of its own. The mountain has 90 trails--82 alpine and eight cross-country--and snowboarding. There is a total of 12 lifts--one eight-passenger gondola, one high-speed quad, two regular quads, one high-speed triple, two regular triples, two doubles and three surface. There is snowmaking on 95 percent of the mountain. The season runs from mid-November to mid-April.
Gore Mountain
793 Peaceful Valley Road
North Creek, New York 12853
(518) 251-2411
About the Author:
Regina Sass is based in the Adirondack Region of New York State. She has been a writer for 10 years writing for publications in the real estate and retail industries. Online experience includes writing,advertising and editing for an educational web site. Sass is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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