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SUNDAY SESSION 3 - Feb 26
Come up and ride with us for Sunday Session 3, the final one for the season.
Presented by Dakine, Skullcandy, and Dragon
We'll be doing some fun events like snow dice, games of OGFT, and more. All participants must be in the park by 12:30 and we will start promptly at 1pm.
Thanks to all of our event partners The Board Room, Pluto Sports, and Alpine Ski Center.
Snowing on the Mountain!
SNOW!!! Sunday - 6:30 PM ~ We're getting beautiful big snowflakes on the mountain! Come on up and experience it for yourself!
Ober Gatlinburg will open Snow Tubing at 11:00 am and Slopes at Noon on January 3rd!
Opening day is scheduled for Tuesday, January 3 at Noon, with night skiing and snowboarding starting at 6 pm. Ober will begin the season with Castle Run, Cub Way and the Ski School slopes and plans to open more slopes soon. Opening day will also feature snow tubing with sessions beginning at 11am.
Gatlinburg area was voted the #2 for Winter Ski Vacation Rental Destinations in the US
Gatlinburg Area, Tennessee - 1,773 vacation rentals on TripAdvisor
Located in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains, Gatlinburg offers plenty of cold weather fun including skiing, snowboarding, and ice-skating at Ober Gatlinburg. Travelers could save up to $700 by staying at a vacation rental for a weeklong trip.
Click here for full article.
Thanksgiving Buffet at Ober Gatlinburg!
Join us at the Ober Gatlinburg Restaurant on Thursday, November 24th for a Thanksgiving Buffet. Reservations are strongly recommended.
Click here for more information.
Christmas on Ice shows December 3rd and 4th!
Come see Ober Gatlinburg's annual Christmas on Ice show December 3rd and 4th. FREE Admission!
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Season Passes available at Ober Gatlinburg
Purchase your 2011/12 season pass for $299.00.
Purchase season passes here.
Traffic Alert
Starting mid-August through June 2012, work will take place on the undergrounding of utilities on Parkway Street in Gatlinburg. We recommend anyone coming to the Ober Gatlinburg Tramway Mall take River Rd. as shown here or the Gatlinburg Bypass as shown here. LeConte St. will be closed to all through traffic August through February.
Cincinnati Herald Article
Here's what Conrad Clowers wrote in the Cincinnati Herald:
"The attraction has anything from Alpine Slides allowing vacationers to zoom down the mountain on a sled to a black Bear habitat allowing people to see one of the most popular animals in the Smokeys do what they do."
Read the entire article.
Team Ober Skates Away with Medals!
CONGRATULATIONS to the Ober Gatlinburg Skaters that participated in the Point Mallard ISI Team Skating Competition in Decatur, GA.
L-R: Jasman Henderson, Gracie Glynn, Coach Devon Harman, Holly Glynn
Jasman Henderson, age 11, Pigeon Forge: 1st Place Ensemble, 3rd Place Delta Stroking, 3rd Place Delta, 3rd Place Delta Spotlight
Gracie Glynn, age 9, Pigeon Forge: 1st Place Ensemble, 1st Place Pre-Alpha
Holly Glynn, age 11, Pigeon Forge: 1st Place Ensemble, 2nd Place Delta Stroking, 2nd Place Delta, 2nd Place Delta Spotlight
2011 Summer Improvements
We are hard at work all Summer doing improvements to the Resort to provide our guests with a better experience. To see last year's improvements click here.
We have added a brand new Prinoth BR350X Sherpa winch snowcat to our grooming fleet. This cat has the latest in trial groom technology and will give our customers a great skiing surface all winter!
We have a new Lenko NA220 fan gun added to our snowmaking arsenal.
The new retaining wall between Ski School and the Black Lift.
You may have already seen, or visited our new LeConte Deli, but it's a great new addition to Ober Gatlinburg!
Snow making system upgrades continue this year. In addition to adding and replacing snow making pipe on Cub Way, we are also increasing our snow making capacity by rebuilding one of our holding ponds. This will increase our overall water storage capacity to around 12,000,000 gallons!
We are also continuing to improve our Ice Arena with a new cooling system.
We have upgraded the boot storage for the snowboard rental area. Our new racks now dry the boots as the are being stored. This leads to happier feet for our snowboarders!
We have also added new features to our terrain park. This year we add a 24' flat box, 24' double barrel flat rail, and a 10' pole jam to our fleet of rails and boxes. We have also salvaged 2 oil drums and turned them into bonks. Our total jib count is up to 11 now!
Gatlinburg and Ober Gatlinburg named in "Top 10 Ski Destinations in the United States"
See why AOL Travel named Gatlinburg and Tennessee's only ski resort, Ober Gatlinburg, as a "Top 10 Ski Destinations in the United States."
Heres what they had to say:
"Gatlinburg, Tennessee
High above Gatlinburg, Tennessee is a mountaintop resort featuring nine whitewashed trails. The snowmaking system at Ober Gatlinburg Ski Resort produces enough white stuff to please snow bunnies of all abilities. With an amusement park, an aerial tram that sets off from downtown Gatlinburg, and fantastic views of the Great Smoky Mountains, its easy to see why this is one of the top ski destinations in the country."
Read the article and see the other areas that we were included!
