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April 21, 2008 at 6:34 am
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on the lower east side its always http://www.cataloochee.com . its honestly what they're famous for.its a small mountain, but they opened mid november when the rest of the resorts in the area(even as far up as indiana) didnt open till almost christmas closing break.for a good resort, go to perfect north http://www.perfectnorth.com its about an hour outsideof louisville and its REALLY pushing the 400 mile mark. im in nashville and you're about3 hours south of me, and it takes me 3 hours to get there… so figure about 6 hours.(though if you wanted to hang out and ride with the group of guys i ride with theres prollysomeone you could crash with half way, atleast thats a plus).paolipeaks.com is also about an hour away from louisville.the differences are, paoli usually has really bad snow. its more like hail unless its midtemps (30-40) but they have a technical park thats almos
on the lower east side its always http://www.cataloochee.com . its honestly what they're famous for.its a small mountain, but they opened mid november when the rest of the resorts in the area(even as far up as indiana) didnt open till almost christmas closing break.for a good resort, go to perfect north http://www.perfectnorth.com its about an hour outsideof louisville and its REALLY pushing the 400 mile mark. im in nashville and you're about3 hours south of me, and it takes me 3 hours to get there… so figure about 6 hours.(though if you wanted to hang out and ride with the group of guys i ride with theres prollysomeone you could crash with half way, atleast thats a plus).paolipeaks.com is also about an hour away from louisville.the differences are, paoli usually has really bad snow. its more like hail unless its midtemps (30-40) but they have a technical park thats almost a quarter mile long.perfect north has perfect snow, but their “beginner” jump is a 45ft kicker and they only reallybelieve in kink rails after christmas. but perfect north does have a special with hyatt hotelsin cincinnati that gets you 2 free lift tickets (for the $150 room fee…but tickets at p/n are 45if you need nothing to rent, and 89 if you have to rent)hope any of that helps. just stay away from ober gatlinburg.