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Sapphire Valley Resort

NC · Blue Ridge

Mountain stats

Trails
2
Lifts
3
Annual snowfall
33" / yr
Snowmaking
100%
Difficulty mix
50%Beginner
50%Intermediate
0%Advanced
0%Expert Only
Terrain park
Night skiing

Snow surface today

US-standard SANY classification. Predictions sharpen once resorts open in November.

VariableLow confidence

also called crud / mixed

Patchy — skied-out powder mixed with hard pack and ice chunks. What you find depends on aspect, time of day, and what's been groomed.

  • · Mixed signals — not enough recent weather to pick one surface
3-day surface outlook
Wed, Sep 9
VC
Variable
Thu, Sep 10
VC
Variable
Fri, Sep 11
VC
Variable

Confidence drops with distance — day 3 is trend only.

Today's weather

Off-season — opens in Nov
74°/56°F
Mostly Sunny
4 mph NE
Wind
24h new
Sunrise 7:10 AM Sunset 7:49 PM12.7h daylight UV 6.8 — wear sunscreen

Synced Tue 12:03 PM · Snow report Tue 12:05 PM

10-day forecast

Swipe sideways to see the full window. Days 8–10 are trend-only.

Tue
Sep 8
74°/ 56°
💨 3 mph SE
Wed
Sep 9
77°/ 59°
💨 2 mph ESE
Thu
Sep 10
80°/ 61°
💨 2 mph W
Fri
Sep 11
79°/ 61°
72% precip
💨 2 mph WNW
Sat
Sep 12
77°/ 61°
75% precip
💨 2 mph WNW
Sun
Sep 13
78°/ 61°
65% precip
💨 2 mph SW
Mon
Sep 14
78°/ 60°
51% precip
💨 2 mph WNW
Tue
Sep 15
81°/ 64°
47% precip
💨 6 mph NW
trend
Wed
Sep 16
85°/ 63°
49% precip
💨 7 mph NW
trend
Thu
Sep 17
78°/ 64°
46% precip
💨 5 mph NW
trend

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Amenities

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Around the resort

🎟 Off-mountain

Things to do near the resort beyond skiing — sourced from OpenStreetMap.

Museum / gallery

Closest airport

AVL

Maps & cameras

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