Sugar Mountain Resort
North Carolina's largest ski resort, with a vertical drop of about 370 meters, offering skiing, snow tubing and ice skating in winter.
Sugar Mountain is located near Banner Elk and has about 21 ski runs, with a summit elevation of about 1,615 meters. It is one of the resorts with the largest vertical drop in the southeastern United States. In winter it offers alpine skiing, snowboarding, a snow tubing run and an outdoor ice rink. In autumn, scenic chairlift rides for the fall foliage run on weekends, and in summer it hosts mountain biking events. It is about a 30-minute drive from Blowing Rock.
Opening hours
Winter approx. 09:00–22:00 (check the official website)
Nearby sights
- Hawksnest Snow Tubing & Zipline
- Mile High Swinging Bridge
- Grandfather Mountain
- Beech Mountain Resort
- Linn Cove Viaduct
- Rough Ridge Trail
- Mast General Store (Valle Crucis)
- Price Lake (Julian Price Memorial Park)