One Heck Of A Winter! Skiing and Snow at Beech Mountain, NC

Here's a little research on this year's ski season - particularly on Beech Mountain- so far, together with some useful sites and pages about skiing in North Carolina and surrounding areas . . .

Ski Southeast www.skisoutheast.com/skireports.php
This page has a summary of all the conditions at the resorts. Also there were a few interesting bits of information about Beech Mountain Resort (Ski Beech) in particular: At 110.1", Ski Beech has had more snow than any of the other NC resorts this season. And current conditions there are powder, compared to Sugar Mountain's "packed powder." The side of Beech Mountain that the resort (and Beech Mountain Bliss, our condo) is on tends to get more snow, not to mention that we're also at a higher altitude than Sugar Mountain.

Ski Southeast www.skisoutheast.com/ski_beech_mountain/default.php
Another page on Ski Southeast, this one specifically about Ski Beech. And one of the things this one shows is total snowfall over the last several years. Looks like you have to go back to 2004-2005 to get anything even close to this year. And that was just 84" compared to the 110.1" we've already had so far.

Ski Report www.skireport.com/carolina/skibeech/stats/
This charts the snow base over the season compared to prior season (at least we think that's what it does). It also shows the opening and closing dates of the resort last season, and the opening this season. Last season it closed March 14th; however, it seems from other reports that people think all the NC skiing resorts will be open through Easter weekend this year (Apr 4th, 2010)!

How d'ya' like them apples?

How 'Bout That Snow? The Longest Ski Season In A Decade

Well, the word is that Beech Mountain Resort is expecting as much as 40 (Yes, that is Forty, as in Four-O.) more inches of snow on Beech Mountain this weekend! And this after at least two Blizzards in the past month! Of course, this is Weather in N.C. we're talkin' about here; so it could be "as little as 14 inches." (But since when has 14 inches of snow qualified as a "little?") Since their early opening dates at the beginning of December, most ski resorts in the area have been predicting the 2009/10 Ski Season to be the longest we have seen for a decade! Thank you, El Nino!

Even if the locals are suffering from aggravated cases of cabin fever by now, this is nothing but good news for avid skiers and other snow sports enthusiasts. Appalachian Ski Mountain resort has already announced that they plan to extend their ski season through Easter weekend. Although, Beech Mountain Resort and the others are not choosing to make such bold announcements, the mood is very optimistic that we will all have enough snowfall for quite a few weekends more.

So, there's still time . . .