I am not one to go on and try to hurt any business...

I am not one to go on and try to hurt any business by posting 1 star reviews when I am mad, but would like to help people like me that use reviews to assist planning a trip. I just stayed in blowing rock and tried out sugar, beech and Appalachian. After doing research I chose Beech for my Saturday since they do reservations in advance and sugar was first come first serve. Also heard beech had wider slopes that may help navigate crowds. Prior to this trip I have skied snowshoe many times and out west. I am not comparing nc mountains to them because I know that wouldn t be fair and I had harnessed my expectations.

I will say I liked the looks of the mountain and it could be fun. Unfortunately I couldn t ski it on a Saturday. I had my 7 and 10 year old who are really good skiers, but it was the busiest ski resort I have ever seen. The lift lines were a couple Hundred yards long, so much so that you had to try to wait in part of the run which was still steep and uncomfortable to wait in. I will just say the environment was not family friendly, and in the one run we did it was more like playing dodge ball than skiing. I thought since we booked in advance that they may have a cutoff for slope tickets to keep it manageable. Just not the case, way oversold the tickets and the whole resort was just out of control. I am not saying don t try Beech Mountain, just don t go on a Saturday and with kids. I may try it again if I can ditch the kids and just go with some buddies and party myself. But this time we waited what seemed like forever to get on the main lift, took one run then left, just wasn t worth it. Now to be fair sugar and Appalachian could be just as bad on a Saturday I just wouldn t know because I went to them on Thursday and Friday. If I go back to the area I won t ski anywhere on the weekend.