Polar Plunge Brings Needed Business to High Country Ski Slope Operators
SUGAR MOUNTAIN, N.C. – The polar plunge is bringing much-needed business to ski slope operators in the High Country.
Up until now, the unusually warm temps have kept visitors away.
βIβm super excited! Winter is back!β says Banner Elk resident Jeff Johnson.
Skiers and snowboarders say Monday night, it finally felt like itβs January.
βItβs been back and forth. Felt like it started out so cold and strong in early December. It a tease! Then it got wet and warm. And itβs cold again. We hope it sticks around for a while,β says Ashley Gallegher.
An inch of snow fell during the day Monday and more is expected later in the week.
βThis is actually ideal, somewhere in the teens, real low humidity, clear skies,β says Kim Jochl, with Sugar Mountain Ski Resort.
βYou know, we go through a January thaw every couple of years, so um, we donβt necessarily like it, but itβs not something thatβs unusual,β she says.
