North Carolina's Hawksnest
mountain resort has given up skiing for the more economical tubing. Resort
co-owner Lenny Cottom told the Winston-Salem Journal for a story Wednesday that
instead of covering 30 acres of mountainside with manmade snow for skiers, he
covers 5 acres and offers 20 lanes for people to ride down the mountain on heavy
duty inflatable tubes and rafts. Cottom says he also spends less on equipment
and staff. Tubing is cheaper for customers, too. Tickets for the two-hour
sessions are about $30 on a weekend or holiday compared with twice that for a
day-long lift ticket for skiing. Resorts at Beech and Sugar mountains in North
Carolina also have added tubing
runs, but Hawksnest is the only one that has gone totally tubular.
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