1st to open in the east is down south ya'll
Posted: Nov 2nd, '06, 20:28
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tammy Brown
November 2, 2006 Phone: 828.926.0285, ext. 302
CATALOOCHEE SKI AREA TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND
FIRST IN THE EASTERN REGION
Maggie Valley, NC – This year’s bragging rights for the first ski resort in the east to open for the season goes to Cataloochee Ski Area, located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. The southeast resort will be providing the first skiing and riding of the 2006/2007 season for winter snowsports enthusiasts beginning this Saturday, November 4, when the slope ropes drop at 8:30 am This will be Cataloochee’s earliest opening ever in its 46-year history, 15 days ahead of the 2005/2006 season opening.
The oldest winter area in North Carolina continues to make significant improvements to its snowmaking capabilities allowing the resort’s operational staff to be aggressive in helping skiers and snowboarders with their first tracks of the season. “Our automatic snowmaking system enables us to make snow more effectively with the early season temperatures, allowing us to open earlier and earlier each year that the weather cooperates”, says Chris Bates, Cataloochee’s General Manager. “We expect the temperatures to drop into the teens Thursday and Friday nights and we are expecting our snowmakers to convert over one-million gallons of water into snow, just in time for this weekend.” Two slopes are expected to be available for skiers and snowboarders for the first day of the season, on a 6 – 14 inch base. Weekday rates will be in effect.
Cataloochee plans to be open for the season’s first eastern tracks Saturday and Sunday. Additional snowmaking will occur whenever temperatures permit. Nightly cold temperatures in the 20’s are in the forecast next week, allowing snowmakers to continue slope coverage.
For an up-to-date snow report and more information about the 2006/2007 season go to www.cataloochee.com
November 2, 2006 Phone: 828.926.0285, ext. 302
CATALOOCHEE SKI AREA TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND
FIRST IN THE EASTERN REGION
Maggie Valley, NC – This year’s bragging rights for the first ski resort in the east to open for the season goes to Cataloochee Ski Area, located in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina. The southeast resort will be providing the first skiing and riding of the 2006/2007 season for winter snowsports enthusiasts beginning this Saturday, November 4, when the slope ropes drop at 8:30 am This will be Cataloochee’s earliest opening ever in its 46-year history, 15 days ahead of the 2005/2006 season opening.
The oldest winter area in North Carolina continues to make significant improvements to its snowmaking capabilities allowing the resort’s operational staff to be aggressive in helping skiers and snowboarders with their first tracks of the season. “Our automatic snowmaking system enables us to make snow more effectively with the early season temperatures, allowing us to open earlier and earlier each year that the weather cooperates”, says Chris Bates, Cataloochee’s General Manager. “We expect the temperatures to drop into the teens Thursday and Friday nights and we are expecting our snowmakers to convert over one-million gallons of water into snow, just in time for this weekend.” Two slopes are expected to be available for skiers and snowboarders for the first day of the season, on a 6 – 14 inch base. Weekday rates will be in effect.
Cataloochee plans to be open for the season’s first eastern tracks Saturday and Sunday. Additional snowmaking will occur whenever temperatures permit. Nightly cold temperatures in the 20’s are in the forecast next week, allowing snowmakers to continue slope coverage.
For an up-to-date snow report and more information about the 2006/2007 season go to www.cataloochee.com
