Billed as North Carolina’s first alpine coaster, the year-round attraction is 3,160 feet of circular loops, waves, twists, and turns, and, at its fastest, gets up to 27 miles per hour.

A water pipe burst at a North Carolina ski resort, blasting skiers on the lift with freezing-cold water in seven-degree weather Friday. BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C.

Cataloochee has been around since 1961, and was the first ski area in North Carolina, when it opened. It is perhaps most famous for being the mountain that snowboarder Zeb Powell learned to ride on.

ASHEVILLE - As a winter snowstorm hits Western North Carolina — and is expected to ease the morning of Jan. 11 — many areas in the mountains are receiving inches of fresh snow, presenting a ...

Hatley Pointe, which has been positioned as a 'boutique mountain resort', did not open last season due to on-going snowmaking upgrades, lift maintenance, and a complete renovation of the base lodge.

The 2024-2025 season was its first winter in operation. It was previously known as Wolf Ridge Ski Resort. The park will be open in spring 2026, if everything goes according to plan.