BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. — Are you ready to get your sledding on? Welcome to Beech Mountain, where they now have not just one but two sledding hills for you to enjoy.
Now, this is how a kid wants to spend a winter’s day. She was a little nervous at first, but then, Isabela Martin-Gano started having a blast
“Then I went down and had a lot of fun, so I kept doing it," Isabela said. "Now, I am going to try the biggest one."
People come from all around to sled.
“Yeah, every year, we come here from Florida to chase down snow,” Isabela's mom told WCNC Charlotte.
The best part about the Beech Mountain Sled hills is they are free and allow children.
“I definitely recommend it because it is really fun, and it is a free sledding hill!” Emmy Thacker, who said she visits the hill at least once a week, said.
The sledding hills are typically open seven days a week from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., but there is a little wiggle room on the times.
"If it is still daylight you can still sled the hill with no problem," Armando Garcia, assistant to the Beech Mountain visitors center, said.
And when Mother Nature isn’t helping out, Beech Mountain makes new snow.
Beech Mountain is following COVID-19 protocols and is requiring masks and limiting the hill to 50 people at a time. That meant adding a second hill helped expand the safe fun.
Here are some outtakes from Chris Mulcahy's sledding attempts.
Beech Mountain Sledding Hills recommends the weekdays if you can come over the weekends, just because the weekends are usually a lot busier. But if you come on the weekend, arrive earlier in the day to maximize your sledding day.