Snowshoe is an "upside down" resort, with all the base facilities located at the top of the mountain. To get to the "base" - which is also the "top" - it's a five mile drive up the access road from the valley to the summit. All the resort facilities (condos, restaurants, shops, parking, etc.) are located along a ridge at the top of the mountain, and the lifts and trails fan out from there into the valley. If you want to lose somebody, just tell them "meet me at the base."
Intrawest have invested heavilly in Snowshoe since purchasing it in November 1995, spending on new quad chairs and improved snow making to enable the resort to open before Thanksgiving. The upgraded snowmaking can create up to 2,300 tons of snow per hour, to top up the 180 inches of natural snowfall the resort receives each season. Snowshoe also has floodlights for night skiing and snowboarding on the resort's second mountain - the shuttle linked Silver Creek area.
A snow tubing park has also been added here as an integral part of Ruckus Ridge Adventure Center and Tubing Park. Off slope Snowshoe is usually buzzing, with a Comedy Club as well as plenty of lively restaurants and nightclubs.
Snowshoe is already the largest and most popular winter resort in the mid-Atlantic and southeast regions. And the company has developed Snowshoe's year round attributes (which include a championship golf course and excellent mountain biking facilities in the summer) in order to take a place as one of Eastern North America's leading destination resorts.
| Vertical Drop: | 1501 ft
| Half Pipes: | 1 |
| Top Elevation: | 4849 ft | Snowmaking:
| 100% |
Skiable Acres:
| 242 | Total:
| 40km |
| Trails: | 57 | Restaurants:
| 14 |
| Lifts: | 14 | | |
Cable cars:
| - | | |
Източник:
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