Is cold better than hot? Remember the heat blast

you got in Florida when you went out to the parking lot

after shopping in the grocery store in July?

Yep, went outside and it's cold. By the way Cyclone Brett of Beech Mountain wrote in that it is physically impossible to lick your elbow so that may be something for you

to do today. Please send photo if you

are successful. -Ron

They say it's a record cold, but we mountain people endure!

(Even when the wind chill factor could be minus five today).

 

Grandfather Mountain and the beauty of cold. Photo by Kellen Short.


 

Celebrating Banner Elk, NC!
 The People. The Beauty. The Spirit.
 
Banner Elk Magazine is published Monday through Friday 


TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2014
Volume III Issue 676
 
Ron Johnson, Publisher
 
Email: ron@bannerelkmagazine.com 
Mobile: 828-260-5112
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Probably won't get back to the 40s until Saturday.

Today
 
A slight chance of snow showers before 11am.

 Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. Wind chill values as low as -5.

Blustery, with a west northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with

gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

 

Tonight
 Mostly clear, with a low around 10.

West northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

 

Wednesday
 Increasing clouds, with a high near 32. West wind around 7 mph.

 

Wednesday Night
 Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west after midnight.

 

Thursday
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

 West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

 

Thursday Night
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 21.

 

Friday
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 39.

 

Friday Night
 Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

 

Saturday
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

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Sugar Mountain Ski Resort

Announces 12th Annual 

Sugar Mountain Resort's twelfth annual SugarFest

lights up winter in North Carolina from

December 12th through the 14th.

 

Weekend festivities begin Friday with the twenty-first annual Pre-Season Ski Clinic.  The all-inclusive training camp welcomes serious ski racing enthusiasts. 

 

It includes video analysis, a ski tuning seminar, lift/slope tickets, a Saturday night banquet and the camaraderie of old and new friends. 

 

Elmar Schmidinger, trainer and Dad of Olympian, Krista Schmidinger, Eric Harlow, USSA Eastern Region Alpine Director and Sean McKee, Sugar Mountain Ski Club's long-time head coach lead the charge.

 

Later that evening at 7pm, 1992 Olympic Medalist Paul Wylie performs his signature skate routines free of charge. The approachable Wylie is a great showman who eagerly interacts with anyone on or off the ice after the show. 

 

If you've never seen or held a real Olympic silver medal, stop by the ice rink.  Paul will share his medal and Olympic experiences with you.   

 1992 Olympic Medalist Paul Wylie will perform

his signature skate routines free of charge.

Click here for Sugar Mountain Ski Resort 

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Hospitality House Turkey Trot

on Thanksgiving Day - sign up to run

Click here to run 

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Click here for what's going on  

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Only 17 days to one of Banner Elk's

most wonderful events!

Do you have your parade entry underway?

 

Information

Jo-Ann McMurray, Chairperson:

828-898-5717

Email Jo-Ann:jatourine@aol.com    

Banner Elk Chamber: 828-898-8395

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Tomorrow (even if it will be a bit chilly outside) 

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More wonderful Grandfather Mountain

photos by Kellen Short 

 

Atop Grandfather Mountain about an hour ago, the temperature was 4-degrees with

-23 wind chill and 70 mph gusts. Grandfather Mountain is currently open halfway, and admission is half price. The Mile High Swinging Bridge is closed.

 

One of the few people who went to work today.

 

Oscar, the kid otter on Grandfather
Surviving the coldest of the cold for centuries.

The splendor provided by Mother Nature

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Photo by Ron Johnson - A Banner Elk Sunset

 

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Have a Toasty Tuesday

and see you tomorrow.