Where is the best skiing resort in North Carolina?

Skiing Resort

• I am planning to go skiing over Thanksgiving holiday and am looking for a very good ski resort that is no more than 14 hours drive from Atlanta. I plan to leave on November 27 and return December 1. The resort should be an excellent one, probably the finest resort for skiing. I plan to go with my family and the resort should be appealing to first time skiers. Please let me know which locations and resorts would offer the above. Also, different packages offered by these resorts. The location can either be US or Canada.

• Answer:

  Hello youchoose, I strongly suggest that you check out Snowshoe, West Virginia at http://www.snowpak.com/snowpak/resorts/snowshoe.html#skipackage The first time I ever went skiing was at Snowshoe. I was on spring break from the University of Florida. We drove up from Gainesville for about a week. I had an absolutely wonderful time and learned a great deal. It has incredibly long beginners slopes. They beautifully wind through remote areas. It is 560 miles from Atlanta. Now, I live in Colorado. I had only skied at Snowshoe when I moved here. I am now an intermediate skier and have been to many of the ski resorts that are within 2 hours of Denver. All of the major resorts have packages for beginners. I suggest Winter Park or Loveland for beginners. More than the others they have some really lovely high altitude (for Colorado, not Atlanta) beginner slopes. Many of the major resorts keep the beginner slopes only at the bottom of the runs. Winter Park and Loveland have them scattered up and down the mountain. These two are the resorts where I leaned the most, and where I have most enjoyed the easier slopes. They are where I take beginners. And, they are also the closest ones to Denver. WinterPark http://www.winterparkresort.com/ Loveland http://www.ski-guide.com/overview.cfm/co23.htm Colorado Ski Resorts http://www.ski-guide.com/statemap.cfm/co.htm And, after all of the resorts I have been to in Colorado, I still like Snowshoe, West Virginia the best. And for future reference there is a ski resort in Clayton, Georgia (106 miles from Atlanta). But, they don’t expect to be open until December. Sky Valley Resort http://www.ski-guide.com/stats.cfm/ga01.htm You may want to check out the Ski Guide at http://www.ski-guide.com/usmap.cfm I also looked up what type of packages might be offered over Thanksgiving. Ski & Snowboarding packages for ’02-03 http://www.agetaway.com/packages/ski/ski.html Rocky Mountain Vacations http://www.colorado-ski-vacations.com/ A lot of the really serious skiers that I know take there kids to Utah for skiing. I have never been. But, Snowbird is an easy drive from Salt Lake City. http://utahsnow.com/skipack.html Keywords Used: Snowshoe West Virginia http://hotbot.lycos.com/?query=snowbird+west+virginia&nummod=2&placeselection=georegion&dateoption=within&act.query=1&cobrand=&srchbutton.x=20&srchbutton.y=6 Loveland Ski resort http://hotbot.lycos.com/default.asp?lpv=1&query=Loveland+Ski+Resort&prev=ski+resort+loveland+colorado&rfindex=2S&loc=refinebox thanksgiving ski packages http://hotbot.lycos.com/?query=thanksgiving+ski+packages&nummod=2&placeselection=georegion&dateoption=within&act.query=1&cobrand=&srchbutton.x=57&srchbutton.y=9 I hope this helps. pba