Beech Mountain Resort
Highest ski area east of the Mississippi at 5,506 feet, in North Carolina's Blue Ridge with 17 trails on 95 skiable acres.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Beech Mountain Resort's heaviest snowfall and deepest snowpack both land in January.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Jan
- Typical season
- Dec – Apr
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Beech Mountain sits in the southern Appalachians of western North Carolina, near the town of Banner Elk in the state's high country. The setting is humid and continental, with a mountaintop village perched among the rounded, forested peaks of the Blue Ridge.
Getting there
Fly into Asheville (AVL), about 2 hours from the resort by road.
- Asheville (AVL)2 hoursDirections
- Charlotte (CLT)2.5 hoursDirections
- Greenville (GSP)3 hoursDirections
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