Does anyone live/ride on the east coast? I'm wondering who opens up first? I'm trying to keep my trips within 300-400 miles from my home (Atlanta). But with gas prices being the way they are as of late I'm probably better off flying to wherever ! Thanks for any info.

Hey man Wintergreen (Virginia) has there opening date set for the 29th of November.  I know that's not primo but it should give you an idea of what to expect.

on the lower east side its always www.cataloochee.com . its honestly what they're famous for.
its a small mountain, but they opened mid november when the rest of the resorts in the area
(even as far up as indiana) didnt open till almost christmas closing break.
for a good resort, go to perfect north www.perfectnorth.com its about an hour outside
of louisville and its REALLY pushing the 400 mile mark. im in nashville and you're about
3 hours south of me, and it takes me 3 hours to get there... so figure about 6 hours.
(though if you wanted to hang out and ride with the group of guys i ride with theres prolly
someone you could crash with half way, atleast thats  a plus).
paolipeaks.com is also about an hour away from louisville.
the differences are, paoli usually has really bad snow. its more like hail unless its mid
temps (30-40) but they have a technical park thats almost a quarter mile long.
perfect north has perfect snow, but their "beginner" jump is a 45ft kicker and they only really
believe in kink rails after christmas. but perfect north does have a special with hyatt hotels
in cincinnati that gets you 2 free lift tickets (for the $150 room fee...but tickets at p/n are 45
if you need nothing to rent, and 89 if you have to rent)
hope any of that helps. just stay away from ober gatlinburg.

"AVERAGE ANNUAL SNOWFALL    -  35 inches"
LOL, that's funny.  But on the flipside, they DO have 100% snowmaking and base elevation of 2,700 ft, so if they make snow in early Dec and have cold winters like the last few, the snow will stick around Mid-December through Early-March for some fun all winter.

snow in alabama?!?!!??!?! omg ahahahhaah.
i forgot there are a bunch of resorts in n/c thats not to bad of a ride for you.
sugar (i think its called) mountain is a pretty big resort. dunno about their openings or
terrain, never been.

the things ive heard about ober gatlinburg are hearsay, but i hear it enough to believe it.
ive heard you can ride there all year, because they put a matt you can ride or something.
but my sister and her fiance went this past winter to try out her new skis, and they wouldnt
let her ride her own equipment, they made her ride theirs due to lawsuits or something.

if you find a good one let me know!
though taking g/w's tax rebate to canada for a few days in whistler is a good idea too

thats insane! the most ive ever put down on a deposit was $50. most just hardcopy my
credit card incase something happens.

screw gatlinburg, just toss some laundry detergent on a steep grassy hill and have fun

well lets just all hope and pray that they build that indoor resort sometime soon
so all us lower east side guys can ride all year!

seriously, ill move to north carolina for that

Man I had no idea that we had this many east coasters on here.  Maybe we should plan a get together for next season, who knows maybe Frosty would even fly out.