Sugar Mountain Ski Resort in Avery County, North Carolina will open tomorrow, November 11 for the 2025-26 winter season, not an unusually early opening for the ambitious Southern ski area. Other early openings occurred November 11, 2018, and November 9, 2019. And as recently as 2012, Sugar Mountain Resort dropped the ropes on Halloween.

Sugar Mountain Ski Resort, North Carolina – Tuesday, September 16, 2025 –Sugar Mountain Ski Resort lights up this winter season with the installation of twenty new LED slope lights. All twenty will be positioned on the Lower Flying Mile slope.

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.