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North Carolina Ski Resorts (Images of America)

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All over the early 1960s, local leaders in western and northwestern
North Carolina were dedicated to developing winter recreational opportunities within the mountains. North Carolina’s ski industry dates back to the winter of 1961–1962, when the Cataloochee resort in Maggie Valley developed the first ski slope within the state. Once thought unimaginable to make snow south of the Mason-Dixon Line, technological innovations in snowmaking allowed a few other resorts to develop throughout the 1970s, including Appalachian Ski Mountain, Beech Mountain, Sugar Mountain, Wolf Ridge, and Ski Sapphire Valley, all of which still operate these days. Images of smaller ski areas, such as Hound Ears, Seven Devils, and Mill Ridge, are featured to honor these now defunct clubs. A number of the present-day resorts have incorporated snowboarding, snowshoeing, ice-skating, and snow tubing, at the side of mountain biking trails for summer recreation at the slopes. North Carolina Ski Resorts showcases the wealthy recreational history of western and northwestern North Carolina.

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