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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
Fri, Jun 26
VC
Variable
Sat, Jun 27
VC
Variable
Sun, Jun 28
VC
Variable

Confidence drops with distance — day 3 is trend only.

Today's weather

Off-season — opens in Nov
76°/60°F
Mostly Sunny
4 mph NW
Wind
24h new
Sunrise 6:21 AM Sunset 8:50 PM14.5h daylight UV 8.4 — wear sunscreen

Synced Thu 12:37 PM · Snow report Thu 12:26 PM

10-day forecast

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

Thu
Jun 25
76°/ 60°
💨 3 mph WSW
Fri
Jun 26
76°/ 62°
45% precip
💨 0 to 3 mph SSW
Sat
Jun 27
79°/ 63°
💨 3 to 7 mph WNW
Sun
Jun 28
81°/ 64°
43% precip
💨 2 to 6 mph NW
Mon
Jun 29
82°/ 64°
32% precip
💨 0 to 3 mph ENE
Tue
Jun 30
81°/ 65°
💨 2 mph E
Wed
Jul 1
83°/ 66°
💨 2 mph ESE
Thu
Jul 2
83°/ 62°
💨 7 mph NE
trend
Fri
Jul 3
88°/ 63°
💨 9 mph N
trend
Sat
Jul 4
86°/ 64°
38% precip
💨 9 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

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