The powder was excellent, definately alot better than any of the other nc resorts I was at for the past 2 weeks.
It is one of the best conditions that they are having from recent memory! Lift lines were non-existent and lifties are nice, snow was coming down hard at times and older tracks were covered by the snow as there was not many people.
U guys need to get up there asap! (sorry if this sounds like a commercial but this is as close to flying out west):>)
have fun out there!
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@poohlvhun 202928 wrote:6 hours door to door, driving out from Apex. 
The roads were sketchy going up esp after marlington; but that's because of the snowing overnight. By the time we were coming back, the roads were cleared and salted.
6 hours isn't that bad. Last time we went it was through a ******* blizzard and we didn't even get to Lewisburg (GPS took us through Winston and then up I77) until after midnight. North of Marlington was a mess, roads were covered in snow, plus it was my 1st time seeing and driving on snow so I went slow. I think it turned into a 10 hour trip including the suspension problems in Durham.
Next time I'm going straight up 86, it's a much more direct route and shaves off almost 100 miles of driving.
EDIT: I can't say f r i g g i n?
The roads were sketchy going up esp after marlington; but that's because of the snowing overnight. By the time we were coming back, the roads were cleared and salted.
6 hours isn't that bad. Last time we went it was through a ******* blizzard and we didn't even get to Lewisburg (GPS took us through Winston and then up I77) until after midnight. North of Marlington was a mess, roads were covered in snow, plus it was my 1st time seeing and driving on snow so I went slow. I think it turned into a 10 hour trip including the suspension problems in Durham.
Next time I'm going straight up 86, it's a much more direct route and shaves off almost 100 miles of driving.
EDIT: I can't say f r i g g i n?
@Superorb 202976 wrote:6 hours isn't that bad. Last time we went it was through a ******* blizzard and we didn't even get to Lewisburg (GPS took us through Winston and then up I77) until after midnight. North of Marlington was a mess, roads were covered in snow, plus it was my 1st time seeing and driving on snow so I went slow. I think it turned into a 10 hour trip including the suspension problems in Durham.
Next time I'm going straight up 86, it's a much more direct route and shaves off almost 100 miles of driving.
EDIT: I can't say f r i g g i n?
standard route - 5:50 on the return when we drove last month.
I40 to Hillsborough
NC 86 to Danville
US 58 to Martinsville
US 220 to Roanoke, cheap gas in Daleville, Kroger shopping center on left
US 220 to Clifton Forge
I64 to White Sulfur Springs
92 north to Cass
66 west to snowshoe
the I77 route was not a terrible choice, you just had great weather.
Next time I'm going straight up 86, it's a much more direct route and shaves off almost 100 miles of driving.
EDIT: I can't say f r i g g i n?
standard route - 5:50 on the return when we drove last month.
I40 to Hillsborough
NC 86 to Danville
US 58 to Martinsville
US 220 to Roanoke, cheap gas in Daleville, Kroger shopping center on left
US 220 to Clifton Forge
I64 to White Sulfur Springs
92 north to Cass
66 west to snowshoe
the I77 route was not a terrible choice, you just had great weather.