North Carolina Ski Resorts: The Ultimate Guide to a Perfect Weekend Ski Trip

"A few hours down the Blue Ridge range, past the Pisgah National Forest, you’ll find the ultra-charming mountain city of Asheville. Known for the massive Biltmore mansion and a robust craft-beer scene, Asheville is smack in between two of the Blue Ridge’s best small ski areas, making it a perfect home base to hit both mountains over a weekend. Thirty minutes north of the city is Wolf Ridge Ski Resort. With a peak elevation of 4,700 feet and 700 feet of vertical, Wolf Ridge is the smallest of the area’s ski slopes. But with only two of its fifteen slopes rated as advanced, Wolf Ridge is a great mountain for beginner and intermediate riders, and is amazing for families. Like any small ski area, what it may lack in vertical action, it more than makes up for with a top-notch lodges and night skiing."