Founded in 1956, the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of the Scottish Clans are considered America’s grandest Scottish-themed games. The spectacular setting in MacRae Meadows at the base of historic Grandfather Mountain provides a beautiful backdrop. The games include brawny athletes, delicate dancers, noisy bagpipe band parades, rocking Celtic music and plenty of kilts. […]
Founded in 1956, the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and Gathering of the Scottish Clans are considered America’s grandest Scottish-themed games. The spectacular setting in MacRae Meadows at the base of historic Grandfather Mountain provides a beautiful backdrop. The games include brawny athletes, delicate dancers, noisy bagpipe band parades, rocking Celtic music and plenty of kilts. […]
Kids are going to have so much fun they won’t want to go home — three days of having fun, making friends, and developing and improving their mountain bike gravity skills. Camp is for ages 11-16. There are two sessions of camp offered in 2022: July 15-17 and Aug. 5-7. Cost/Registration for three-day camp: $429 with […]
Kids are going to have so much fun they won’t want to go home — three days of having fun, making friends, and developing and improving their mountain bike gravity skills. Camp is for ages 11-16. There are two sessions of camp offered in 2022: July 15-17 and Aug. 5-7. Cost/Registration for three-day camp: $429 with […]
Grandfather Mountain invites guests to gather around the campfire on Friday, Aug. 19 with retired N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission Biologist Gordon Warburton to hear stories and firsthand accounts from an expert in the field of conservation. Grandfather Mountain Campfire Stories takes place 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and is the first event of its kind […]
Enjoy the entertaining musical “Always Nina: A Tennessee Story and Songbook” while supporting a worthy cause, the Banner Elk Firehouse Fundraiser. This one-woman show has been performed in several states, but the Banner Elk shows will be its North Carolina premiere. “Always Nina” features Nina Allbert telling and singing stories from her childhood through adulthood […]
Enjoy the entertaining musical “Always Nina: A Tennessee Story and Songbook” while supporting a worthy cause, the Banner Elk Firehouse Fundraiser. This one-woman show has been performed in several states, but the Banner Elk shows will be its North Carolina premiere. “Always Nina” features Nina Allbert telling and singing stories from her childhood through adulthood […]
Enjoy the entertaining musical “Always Nina: A Tennessee Story and Songbook” while supporting a worthy cause, the Banner Elk Firehouse Fundraiser. This one-woman show has been performed in several states, but the Banner Elk shows will be its North Carolina premiere. “Always Nina” features Nina Allbert telling and singing stories from her childhood through adulthood […]
Celebrate seven decades of mile-high wonder with a day of activities for the whole family as Grandfather Mountain observes the 70th anniversary of its world-famous Mile High Swinging Bridge.
The 2022 Teton Gravity Research film “Magic Hour” will be shown at Beech Mountain Resort on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 7 p.m. in the resort’s Taproom and Grill. The screening is part of Lees-McRae College's High Country Adventure Film and Speaker Series and will finish off a day of fun and fundraising to benefit the […]
Sugar Mountain Ski Resort presents a three-day weekend full of winter fun to kick off the ski season. Sugar Mountain’s experienced ski staff heads up a preseason ski clinic for adults, which runs Friday-Sunday. Saturday at 10 a.m. is the ceremonial opening of Sugar Mountain’s new Oma’s Meadow high-speed, detachable chairlift. Saturday afternoon enjoy an after ski […]
The Man in Red is making his rounds this time of year, and he’ll be making appearances at Sugar Mountain Resort throughout the holiday season. You might even catch Santa on the slopes! Be on your best behavior because he’s making his list and checking it twice. Good boys and girls can talk with him […]
