Sugar Mountain Ski Resort
A Perfect Winter Escape The North Carolina mountains are the perfect destination for a winter getaway. Beginning with grand holiday celebrations in December to the more serene winter months of January and February, families, romantics and winter sports enthusiasts will find a wide variety of activities to inspire warm memories. One of the top seasonal attractions in North Carolina is the two-month long celebration of Christmas at the Biltmore in Asheville. Docents guide tours through the elaborately decorated, 250-room French Renaissance chateau featuring 100 hand-decorated Christmas trees. All winter long a European-inspired village, wine tasting, dining, shopping, carriage rides and more grace the Biltmore Estate. biltmore.com 58
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Discover the North Carolina mountains By Sandra Chambers
Kids and adults alike will have sugar plum fairies dancing in their heads when they view the elaborately themed gingerbread entries in the 2021 National Gingerbread Contest held at the Omni Grove Park Inn. The entries and winners of the largest gingerbread contest in the world are on display the entire month of December. omnihotels.com/ hotels/asheville-grove-park/ Snow enthusiasts will delight in a plethora of winter activities at Sugar Mountain Resort in Banner Elk including skiing, snowboarding, tubing, ice skating and snowshoeing. Sugar Mountain is the largest snow-sport resort in North Carolina and offers the largest vertical drop (1,200 feet) in the North Carolina Blue Ridge Mountains. Also at the resort is the
The Spa at Omni Grove Park Inn
