Sugar Mountain Resort, North Carolina. Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – Polka Dance your way to Sugar Mountain Resort’s 35th annual Oktoberfest celebration, Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Festival goers will enjoy beautiful fall foliage, cool mountain temperatures, and a weekend full of family fun activities. Admission, parking, and shuttle service are free.

Sugar Mountain Ski Resort in Avery County, North Carolina opens today for the 2024-25 winter season. Snowmaking temperatures dove into the North Carolina Mountains late Wednesday night and have remained in the teens and 20’s ever since. In addition, overnight Mother Nature blessed the ski slopes with another seven inches of natural snow.

Sugar Mountain Ski Resort has partnered with SKIDATA to offer an RFID chip-based, digital ticket system. Come this winter season, a personalized, reloadable RFID card will offer various onsite (via ticket agents or kiosks) and online lift/slope ticket purchasing options. In addition, the new SKIDATA ticket system will modernize the tubing and ice-skating purchasing experience by offering online sales only.

Lace up your lederhosen and don your dirndl for Sugar Mountain Resort’s 34th annual Oktoberfest celebration, Saturday & Sunday, October 12 & 13. Take in Sugar’s cool and comfortable mountain temperatures, its beautiful fall foliage, and a weekend full of festival activities from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. Be sure to bring the kids because Sugar’s Oktoberfest is yodels-n-yodels of fun for the whole family. Admission, parking, and shuttle service are free of charge.