Ober Mountain Adventure Park
Tennessee's only ski area, above Gatlinburg, with 11 trails accessed by aerial tramway and an attached year-round amusement park.
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.
Ober Mountain Adventure Park's heaviest snowfall and deepest snowpack both land in January.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Jan
- Typical season
- Dec – Mar
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Set in the Great Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, this is a low, southern Appalachian hill just above the town of Gatlinburg. The setting is forested and modest in elevation, far from the high alpine of the West.
Getting there
Fly into Knoxville (TYS), about 1.5 hours from the resort by road.
- Knoxville (TYS)1.5 hoursDirections
- Charlotte (CLT)4.5 hoursDirections
- Atlanta (ATL)4.5 hoursDirections
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