Skiing & Winter Sports

Skybar atop the slopes at Beech Mountain Ski Resort beside Banner Elk NC

Beech Mountain Resort

Beech Mtn is the highest ski resort in the eastern U.S. at 5,506 feet. The resort’s alpine village offers snow tubing, a craft brewery and two-story lodge.

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Hawksnest Resort offers snow tubing and ziplines in NC

Hawksnest Snow Tubing

On the snow or in the air, a thrilling experience awaits at Hawksnest Resort. Hawksnest has the East Coast’s largest snow tubing park, plus ziplining!

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Snow day at Sugar Ski Mountain Resort near Banner Elk, NC

Sugar Mountain Resort

Sugar Mountain is NC’s largest ski area with 125 acres of terrain. Guests enjoy skiing, snowboarding, skating, tubing, snowshoeing & relaxing in the lodge

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Banner Elk Chamber

The B.E. Chamber of Commerce serves as a great resource for vacation itineraries, relocation info, retirement planning and a directory of area businesses. Volunteer opportunities, too.

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Town of Banner Elk

The town of Banner Elk (incorporated in 1911) is a thriving municipality located at 3,701 feet elevation in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Avery County, North Carolina.

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Lees-McRae College

Lees-McRae (est. 1899), is a four-year college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It has the highest elevation campus east of the Rockies, and offers a variety of educational pursuits.
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