Hi All,

We are planning on driving up from Florida.

I would be grateful for a recommendation for a family friendly city  with plenty of children's activities.  Additionally, our goal is to see snow.

I heard Boone might be a good choice? It's for any input.

JP

Boone, Asheville, wherever they have snow skiiing

Most likely the Boone and Banner Elk area.  It flurried in here Boone for a little bit yesterday.  

Sugar and Beech are both making snow now, I'd guess Appalachian is also.  

There's lots of snow tubing and ice skating in the area.  Fun for kids if they don't ski or snowboard.  

Beech Mountain Web Cam

Sugar Mountain Web Cam

ETA:  There's more to do in Boone, more restaurants, movie theater etc etc.  Banner Elk mostly has skiing and sleeping this time of year.

Yep,  you gotta go somewhere making the fake stuff, it's unlikely well see snow this season

You need rain for snow, we really havent had rain since July. Good luck OP.

go to sugar mountain!

or Appalachian ski mountain.

This is about your best chance this year.

Boone is your best bet.


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And that is just fine with me.

ETA i meant to quote frogs post.

Boone way before Asheville. Higher elevation with colder temps.

The Boone area was my first thought.

Again Boone is a pretty good choice.  Cataloochee Ski area up in Maggie Valley has been open for a couple days now.  Also, we've had pretty incredible white stuff up in the high spots of Smoky Mountains NP.  All natural of course.  Yesterday the entire upper reaches of the mountain was covered in rime ice.  

Boone is your best bet, but there has been no snow this year so I don't know how good the skiing will be by winter break.

ive been wearing short sleeves every day this week in Asheville.

Mount Mitchell is the highest elevation point east of the Mississippi at 6,684.  Which  puts Burnsville & Spruce Pine near it for towns.  Not a lot to do especially for kids. A lot of the tourist stuff shuts down so the mining places won't be open.  The problem is no where is reliable for cold weather and snow in NC.  I have hike the Mitchell trial that climbs 3600' in 5.5 miles, which meant I started out in t-shirt and light outer shell on nice clear vegetation no hints of snow or ice to finish up at the top with a foot or so of snow.

I used to Ice Climb, and I would have to call a friend up there to get the "frozen outside dog's water bowl indicator" for if there was a chance the water was turning into climbable ice. If the bowl frozen over night and stayed frozen during the day, there was good odds the ice would form. Multiple days of that happening and/or staying was drive up now or miss it. When making plans to go ice climbing , I often had to switch to regular rock climbing. All the climate protect I needed was T-shirt because the weather was so warm.   NC can be frustrating for the weather. Which can be in  60-70's one week and in the 20-30's the next at higher elevations. If the weather is cold enough, the ski slopes might be able to create snow but even that is a gamble if planning. For better odds of snow you have to header farther North. The state is broken up from West to East as Mountains, Piedmont(foothills), Flat lands and then low lands and then the beach and outer banks.  

Also be aware if there is any ice they shut down sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway.  You can ride bicycles on the sections closed.  Contacting the Forestry Service rangers would give you good current conditions.