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Winter on Beech Mountain
“The Snow Capital of the Southeast”
Beech Mountain, North Carolina is a wonderful year-round destination in the High Country. Winter is a great time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. The average yearly snow fall often...
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Your Christmas Tree is waiting for you…
Watauga County & the North Carolina High Country
North Carolina ranks second in the nation in live Christmas tree production. Here in the North Carolina High Country it is truly an electrifying time of the...
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Turchin Center Holds Public Lecture with Visiting Sculptor on November 4
BOONE, NC— Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts will hold a public lecture with visiting sculptor, Greg Bailey at 7 p.m. in the Turchin Center Lectu...
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5 ways to get out and enjoy the fall colors
When it comes to the autumn season, it is truly Mother Nature’s time to shine. The best place to be during this time is in the North Carolina Mountains. The fall season is the perfect time to get ...
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Chamber’s “Rocking Chair Art” Fundraiser
“Rocking Chair Art” can be seen throughout Wilkes County. A tour map highlighting the location of the chairs and each artist is available online at www.explorewilkes.com and can be picked up...
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Festival of the Frescoes
Ashe County, North Carolina
Ashe County is definitely the place to be in the month of October. Ashe County is an incredible experience and a real treat for the eyes with its scenic drives, mountain views and autumn colors....
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Moses Cone Memorial Park: Mansion in the Hills
Moses Cone started purchasing land in the resort area of Blowing Rock in the early 1890’s. Cone made his fortune in the textile industry, where his niche was in denim. He was one of the first in the area t...
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KEEPER FOR A DAY AND BEHIND THE SCENES TOURS AVAILABLE AT GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, NC – Starting April 24, the general public will have the opportunity to go behind the scenes of Grandfather Mountain’s Animal Habitats. Two new exciti...
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FEBRUARY 4 CONFERENCE ON MARKETING THE HIGH COUNTRY AS A DESTINATION FOR BIRDINGGRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C.-- Thirty-five percent of Americans say they spend time observing, studying, photographing or identifying wild birds, which is why the North Caroli...
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"It was pretty impressive to see," said Penn Dameron, Executive Director of the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. "It is a pretty great group of employees we've got here."
Storms dropped two feet of snow on Grandfather De...
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Appalachian’s Performing Arts Series PresentsThe Pirates of Penzance January 22 BOONE, NC— Appalachian State University’s 2009-2010 Performing Arts Series welcomes New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players to the stage of Farthing Auditorium, performi...
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Hawksnest Resort opens full time for the 2009/10-winter season on Friday, December 11. Zipping down the venerable mountain now has new meaning. The resort has doubled the fun!
Recognized for having the largest Snow Tubing Park on the East Coast, Hawksnes...
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Appalachian Voices Puts Money Behind Our Ecological Footprint Category
(Boone, NC) – The organizers of the 7th Annual Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition are excited to announce an additional cash prize for the upcoming competition furnished b...
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Choose-and-Cut Christmas Tree Program Begins Nov. 27BOONE, N.C. - North Carolina's High Country is a popular destination every holiday season for the choose-and-cut Christmas tree program. More than half of the 1,600 tree farms in the state are located in...
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SCENIC ATTRACTION TRANSITIONS TO GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN STEWARDSHIP FOUNDATIONGRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN, N.C. – At 11:59 pm on Halloween night, Grandfather Mountain, Inc. ceased operation of the western North Carolina travel attraction famous for Mildred the B...
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It's Great To Be 40!Sugar Mountain, North Carolina – Sugar Mountain Resort celebrates 40 years this season! The Resort opened in 1969 with four lifts and eleven slopes for skiing. Since then Sugar has grown to include seven lifts and twenty slopes f...
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Appalachian State University’s Performing Arts Series on October 22
BOONE, NC— Appalachian State University’s 2009-2010 Performing Arts Series welcomes the Martha Graham Dance Company— the oldest and most celebrated contemporary dance company i...
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No Place Like Beech Mountain for Autumn at Oz, Oct. 3-4
BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. – There’s no place like Beech Mountain the first weekend of October as the old Land of Oz theme park comes to life for the Autumn at Oz celebration.
This year’s 16th ...
