One-tank trip: Beech Mountain Oct 29, 2009
One of the highest points in North Carolina at 5,506 feet above sea level, Beech Mountain provides plenty of opportunities for winter sports lovers to get their snow on. Ski Beech With a view of an Alpine-style village below, skiers enjoy the real and man-made snow found at Ski Beech in Beech Mountain, N.C. ... Beech Mountain has around 350 year-round residents, but in the winter draws thousands of ski buffs and snow boarders who hit the slopes. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Where 'Sugar Mountain' got its name, today its fame Sep 13, 2009
Word got around fast and Beech Mountain followed in 67. Five investors from various states bought and combined 2,900 acres, began construction and opened the slopes of the Sugar Mountain Company in December of 1969. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Go to Southeastern festivals Sep 1, 2009
Beech Mountain Fly your favorite kite at the Mile-High Kite Festival on Sept. 6 ... Beech Mountain Stroll the yellow brick road at Autumn at Oz, Oct. 3-4. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Anne L. Reigle Mar 25, 2009
and Ruth Reigle (Ralph) Smith of Simpsonville, S.C.; 12 grandchildren, Stacey Rice Wease of Wadesboro, N.C., Lyndsey Rice Fox of Beech Mountain, N.C., Teresa Ball of Decatur, Ga. Jeffery Manry of Loganville, Ga. (The Fort Meade Leader, FL)
Beech Mountain's Land of Oz theme park Feb 17, 2009
Beech Mountain resort lets you experience Dorothy s Oz ... Once upon a time, a long time ago, Beech Mountain, N.C., was more than a ski resort ... Guests stroll through the topsy-turvy replica of Dorothy s house located at the former Land of Oz theme park in Beech Mountain, N.C.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
New vocabulary means new experience for Thai couple Feb 10, 2009
Media Credit: Michele GourleyThe Jithpratucks (left) were able to have a new experience at Beech Mountain thanks to their friends the McCormicks ... However, the couple had yet to experience another type of "beach" located in nearby western North Carolina - Beech Mountain, home of a popular ski resort ... The four then drove to Beech Mountain, located near Banner Elk, N.C., to enjoy a night of skiing. (East Tennessean, TN)
Hitting the Beech for spring break Feb 8, 2009
BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. - Southern ... Connect the dots, and you've got the picture of North Carolina's Ski Beech at Beech Mountain Resort, which, at an elevation of 5,506 feet, is the highest ski area east of the Rocky Mountains ... Ski Beech, the Beech Mountain Resort skiing operation, entered its fifth decade this season with a variety of improvements and new options. (Herald Online, SC -- Lifestyles)
Still Traveling Feb 7, 2009
Beech Mountain, NC is known to most southerners as one of the local ski destinations, and skiing is a good form of exercise. Because I m more of a water-skier than a snow-skier, I like the also offers throughout the winter. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
