Snow day, yay! Glenville is covered in snow. I love snow with a love untainted by ever living where snow was a regular feature. To me it is special, precious, and rare. I know you are thinking that snow is pretty normal in the western North Carolina mountain. But Lake Glenville is in the southern…
NC Ski Resorts Close to Cashiers
Here are the three NC ski resorts closest to Glenville and Cashiers. Sapphire Valley Ski Resort 15 minutes away 127 Cherokee Trail Sapphire, NC 28774 Phone: (828) 743-7667 Skisapphirevalley.com Lift tickets from $22-36 depending on the time of day food and rentals are available 1600 ft run with 200 foot drop Cataloochee Ski Area 1…
Frozen North Carolina Waterfalls
There is a scenic loop drive that we take sometimes from Glenville to Cashiers, then we take highway 64 to Highlands and down the Cullasaja Gorge road. From there we either go on to Franklin or head back home through Walnut Creek Road. We expected the icicles and frozen North Carolina waterfalls to be spectacular…
Hiking on Whiteside Mountain
This week, Mike and I hiked Whiteside Mountain. It is a gorgeous hike along the ridge of a exposed rock face that overlooks parts of North and South Carolina. It is one of my favorite hikes for bringing my visitors, and it is only about 15 minutes from home. I have only done this hike…
Hiking at High Falls
Difficulty Level ★ ★ High Falls is a spectacular waterfall located in box canyon below Lake Glenville. Until just recently, it was only accessible through private land. Duke Energy recently did a ton of work to create a public trail down to this stunning natural wonder. Part of the reason was to open up…
Five Things to Love About Winter
It is easy to hate winter. It is dark. It is cold. It seems to last twice as long as it should. When the nights start getting longer, and the cold settles in, an extra hour or two of television in the evening and an extra inch on the waistline seem reasonable. We all start…
First Snow
Well, we had our first snow of 2014, a little less than an inch. Woke up to a white world, unexpectedly, but the birds and squirrel still thought they should have breakfast! The sunflower seed feeder was out, so the titmouse and pine siskins were quite insistent that they get fed. I especially enjoy watching…
Hi There!
My name is Katie. I recently moved to Lake Glenville in North Carolina. I grew up in these mountains, but I have been living out in Washington state for the past several years. It is a bit of a culture shock coming back to the South, but at the same time this area will always…