Beech Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Beech Mountain Resort is a ski area in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, the United States. Its 12 mapped downhill runs add up to 5.9 km, which ranks it #276 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 493 m long.

Slopes at Beech Mountain Resort

About 13% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 46% intermediate and 41% advanced or expert, which makes Beech Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 8 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 2 magic carpets. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 1,431 m up to 1,659 m, a vertical drop of 228 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to Beech Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport (TRI), about 57 km away in a straight line — roughly 1 h 14 min by car; Asheville Regional Airport (AVL) is 103 km away. Nearby ski areas include Sugar Mountain Resort (7.5 km), Hawksnest Snow Tubing, Appalachian Mountain Ski Area (1.9 km) and Hatley Pointe (4.8 km), which together add 18 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.