This has been one of the request my daughter has been saying for a couple years now. She even asked if we can move to NJ so she can see snow. So now I'm in search of the nearby attraction within our low budget to grant her that wish.
Using my familiar tool (online search engine), I found this useful website for the Ski Resort in the South East area. And it's easy to remember SkiSoutheast. It has a list of ski resorts in the area.
Here are my short lists from the site that we are considering.
1) Scaly Mountain : This is the snow tubing only resort. It seems perfect for our family since our skiing experience is zero. Plus it's only about 2 hours drive from our house. The ticket runs around $20 and charges per person. Not bad at all.
2) Sapphire Valley : With about 2 and a half hour drive, not much further than Scaly mountain we will be able to experience real skiing. This is a bigger resort with skiing and snow boarding. Plus the ticket price is not bad for a weekend that comes to under $30.
3) Ober Gatlinburg : This will be more of a long weekend trip than a one day trip. Situated in Gatlinburg area allows us to explore not just skiing but other attractions in the area. The downside comes with price tag. Since being in the tourist area, the ticket is more expensive than most and the drive is longer at about 3 hours and 45 mins.
4) Cataloochee : This Ski area includes snow tubing world and skiing. It will take about 3 hours to get there and there is limitation on the height requirement for snow tubing. So it might be a while before we can visit this location.
Hopefully, one of this weekend we will make it up the mountain.
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I look forward to hearing from you.
Gary Knight
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