This review is not intended mean spirited but I ju...

This review is not intended mean spirited but I just want to tell it like it is so you will not be surprised. I was. I don't have some ax to grind and to be fair I have skied out west and up in the Virginias. I am sure it's hard to make the numbers work running a ski facility in NC and it's easy to be an armchair quarterback. My kids and I had a pretty good time skiing at Beech Mountain. The staff was generally friendly and accommodating. The slopes really are OK but there is only one decent intermediate run and one easy beginner run.....everything else is advance. That didn't leave a lot of room for novice skiers moving up...and forget visiting the sky bar with anybody who can't make it down a black diamond. (I didn't go there because the young kids couldn't make it but I did hear it was the newest thing there) The long intermediate run was served by a fairly old lift that my 14 year old newbie daughter described as a "little scary". My older daughter and I did like the high speed quad lift to the top. The only easy run is the bottom part of the diamond runs so you need to be careful not to get yourself, or your little people, run over by some hot shot finishing his way down.
To the meat of it....I think calling this place a resort is a stretch. It's just a place to ski that is surrounded by development that is separate from it. My wife doesn't ski and I imagined there might be a cozy place she could kick back while she was waiting for the kids and I,...that doesn't exist from what I saw. It looks like the ski facility was built in the late 70's and they haven't revisited it much since. The main building is not a lodge, and the "cafeteria", which is in a separate building, are in some serious need of some renovations. I could just about forgive them the place being antiquated but not so much for the place being dirty. How about use a broom, a mop and a rag sometime and sweep the locker room and ski rental area? The locker room specifically didn't look like it had been swept in a week or more. You really didn't want your sock foot or anything you were wearing to drop and possibly touch the floor. The parking lot was in some serious need of some loads of stone..... muddy, muddy, muddy. My car is a mess, but again to be fair, skiing is a dirty undertaking with all the melt water and such. The rental gear I got for my kids was old and not the greatest quality, and I really wished I had brought some with me. The food was not so good either. The skiing itself was pretty good....which is I suppose the main thing that matters.
My advice: Rent or bring your own skis from elsewhere. Pack your own lunch and refreshments. Figure out how not to rent a locker and work out of your car if you can. Don't expect some posh experience and enjoy the place for what it is.....pretty decent skiing for a fair price. Just know what you are getting into.