Sugar Mountain Resort has officially opened for the 2024-25 ski and snowboard season, with 7 inches of natural snow accumulated since Thursday. File photo of Sugar Mountain in 2023.

Just one snowmaking machine can cost over $30,000 and there are dozens on Sugar Mountain. Throw in the water and electricity, and it really adds up. Gunther says snowmaking costs his resort $1.2 ...

SUGAR MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Winter enthusiasts, rejoice! Sugar Mountain Resort officially opened its slopes early Friday morning for the 2024/2025 ski season, thanks to a significant overnight ...

SUGAR MOUNTAIN, N.C. — A Florida man was killed last week in a sledding accident at Sugar Mountain Resort. Officials confirmed that John Joseph Nevins IV, 53, of Titusville, Florida, died Friday ...

SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, N.C. — There’s snow on the ground and the slopes are open Friday night at Sugar Mountain Ski Resort. It’s an early start this year, and Channel 9′s Dave Faherty ...

Move aside autumn. Ski season is here. Two resorts, Sugar Mountain and Cataloochee, opened their slopes this weekend to skiers and snowboarders anxious for cold. “It’s always a race to see who ...