dinanm3atl

I live in Georgia. Unfortunately only get to Colorado 1 week in Dec and 1 week in Feb.

Anywhere to go thats a weekend trip? Like a Fri-Sunday. Don't wanna drive a WHOLE day.

Thanks!

T.J.

Not familiar with NC but you may want to drive a bit further to WV

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dinanm3atl

Ok...

I am up for that.

Where in WV?

N~R~G

whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...waaaait a minute. unfortunately? only one week in december AND one week in february? damn, must be rough!

WV's got snowshoe, which according to mapquest is about 9 hours from atlanta.

also, winterplace, canaan valley & timberline...none of which i've been to.

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i'll tell you though, for snowshoe, if you stay at the Inn, there's a lil deli across the street (next to the route 66 store) that has awesome (and cheap) egg sandwiches for breakfast & yummy fudge!!!! i like to support the locals that run their own businesses there, as opposed to Intrawest, who pwns the mountain.
but the restaurant in the Inn (Betty's) is also decent, if you're trying to sit down to a hot breakfast & a screwdriver before heading out.

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a quick search on google provided this lil tidbit of info:

NCSAA: Distances between North Carolina ski resorts and major cities

it shows how far atlanta is from the resorts in NC. no idea how good the resorts are, but you should be to look them up by name & get a pretty good idea if they're worth your drive.

edit:

here's the homepage for that site, that has links to all the resorts at the bottom of the page:

Official Site for the North Carolina Ski Areas Association

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Yeah, there are I think three resorts in NC. Ive never been to any of them, though. Va has a few... nothing spectacular. But like others said, WV isnt too much further of a drive.

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Snowshoe is supposed to be decent. 9 hours isn't bad. Take off Friday and leave Thursday after work

Haha yah... well I want to go to Snowmass more than 2 times


Haha thanks for the tip... The sandwich sounds good but I don't drink

Thanks for the links! I looked through google but was looking for real reviews

Thanks

dinanm3atl

I am "spoiled"... I don't think all 7 places have the acreage that snowmass has alone hehe

None look excited however Sugar looks to be the "best" and most of the NC places offer twilight boarding so makes it more worthwhile!

N~R~G

snowshoe is pretty decent, gets a good amount of natty snowfall each year, but i've never been there when it's had a good amount of pow, usually hardpackedness, even though it usually always snows when i'm there. it's fun though! and it does have night riding, just not at snowshoe...there's another smaller resort (silvercreek, i think) that you pass on the way up the mountain to snowshoe & you can use your snowshoe lift pass there for the night riding, i believe. either that or you get a discount with your snowshoe lift pass.

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