Appalachian Ski Mountain
Looking to stock up on some winter gear? Appalachian’s Alpine Ski Shop is having a winter sale on ski/ snowboard clothing and equipment. Brad Moretz, general manager of Appalachian Ski Mountain, is proud to offer the rest of the 2008-09 ski season, adding up to six weeks, free with the purchase of 2009-10 season membership.

This Friday, Appalachian’s terrain park will be hosting its sixth Fresh Friday event Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. featuring a new 10 by 16 foot Red Bull wall-ride, which will be placed at the bottom of the Appal Jam terrain park.

“We look forward to giving riders in this area a new feature of a quality that won’t be found anywhere else in the region,” Drew Stanley, Appalachian Ski’s terrain park director, said.

Boone Iron Works created the wall-ride, designed by Appalachian Terrain Park’s supervisor, Grayson Gordon. Graphics for the feature were designed by Chris Reynolds. The feature will be available for the rest of the season.

Ladies, take advantage of Ladies Park Night on Feb. 21. For girls only, this park night is free with purchase of a lift ticket. The session begins at 7 p.m. with a flexible format for skiers and snowboarders of all ages.

As peak season conditions continue, Appalachian Ski currently has all slopes open and lifts operational with an almost 100 inch base of groomed snow.

For more information, visit www.appskimtn.com.

Ski Beech
Ski Beech will be honoring the life of the late Jon Jolly, a former ski instructor, on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 11:30 a.m. Ski Beech will be raising money to contribute to the Helena Jolly educational fund. A cookout will begin at 11:30 a.m. at the View Haus deck. Donations will be collected through out the day.

Live music, face painting and lunch will be available. A raffle for a season pass for the winter 2009-10 ski season will be held during the event, and Dane will deejay the event. The ski pass will be a $500 value.

As of Feb. 18, 11 out of 15 slopes are open, and six out of 10 lifts are operational. Beech’s surface conditions are 30-60 inches of packed powder.

For more information, visit www.skibeech.com.

Hawksnest Resort
Currently, Hawksnest has 17 lanes open for tubing and will have sessions available at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Slopes are running fine with the cold weather coming in for this week. Check out Hawksnest for tubing conditions at www.hawksnest-resort.com.

Sugar Mountain Resort
Spyder line’s 2009-10 samples are available Feb. 26 only at Sugar Mountain Resort at 30 percent off. Sugar Mountain Sports shop is located in the base lodge and features ski, snowboard and leisure apparel.

Also, check out Boss Hawg on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. at Sugar Mountain to jam to some North Carolina bluegrass.

As of Feb. 18, Sugar currently has 15 slopes open and six lifts operational with a manmade powder and frozen granular surface condition.

For more information, visit www.skisugar.com.