Periods of snow possible overnight, Sunday
UPDATE 12 MIDNIGHT: Winter weather advisory upgraded to winter storm warning for Bland, Wythe, Grayson, Smyth and Tazewell counties — Also, Carroll and Floyd counties added to winter weather advisory
Many locations within the winter weather advisory area (in purple at left, and shown in wider detail on the National Weather Service-Blacksburg page linked here) have gotten the projected 1-3 inches of snow through late Saturday evening, with generally lighter amounts to the east, including parts of the Roanoke Valley. A couple more waves of snow will move through the region overnight and early Sunday, and that could add another inch or two in many spots west of Roanoke, with an inch or less from Roanoke eastward. Northwest winds will also kick in to create more of an upslope snow situation, with squalls developing as northwest winds lift moisture up the western slopes of the mountains. West Virginia’s mountains and locations in Virginia near the West Virginia line and west of Interstate 77 will be most affected by the upslope snow showers on Sunday, but some snow will squirt eastward into the New River Valley at times and possibly some flurries reaching the Roanoke Valley amid partly cloudy skies.
You may have had your fill of Alberta clippers by now, but yet another could dive into the region late Monday or early Tuesday. It is possible this system will link up with a low near the Gulf Coast, and that could provide more moisture than we’ve seen with the clippers this evening and early Friday. Temperatures, however, will be more marginal for snow. This will be something to examine in more detail as we get closer to the event Sunday night and Monday.
February 2, 2013 - 10:32 PM
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25 and has been lightly snowing all evening. We may have about a half inch so far.
I’m gonna say it…..worst clippers EVER!! Lol…..it was nice to watch the “snow” fall for a little while, but I miss some of the GOOD clippers we used to get..lol! I did get a lil skiff of snow on my bedford property! Certainly no in or half an inch for that matter!! I’m ready for spring! Lol!
Good clippers, for snow, east of I-81? I can think of maybe five in my 13 years in Roanoke. Only two of winter storm warning quality.
The first week of Feb. is the coldest on average for Roanoke so I am always excited to see if any big snowfalls happen. But looking at the 10 day report I am guessing we are kinda out of the woods this season on winter storms. Disappointing…….
Our biggest snow in 2005 was on Feb. 28. Our biggest snow in 2009 was on March 1. Our biggest snow in 2012 was on Feb. 19. We had a 6+ snow on March 30 in 2003. Not sure I’d say “out of the woods” ending on Feb. 12. There had only been 1 snow by Feb. 13 in 1960 — and 57 inches after it.
For the record, I don’t think this winter has a 1960 in it. But it might have a March 1, 2009, or Feb. 19, 2012, in it, still.
We start getting into February of a winter that doesn’t have a lot of classic Greenland blocking like this one, I start looking more for “setups” rather than patterns. That 2-3 day window where something can happen, not a long-lasting pattern of deep cold with moist systems running into it. It often seems like mid-February to early March has a way of “bending the rules” for a winter storm sometimes that would seem to defy the large-scale signals so many look at. This is why, perhaps, winter can be “over” in the sense of no longer getting prolonged Arctic air masses, but it can not be “over” in the sense of having some potential to produce winter storms.
Just noted at the top of this blog entry the upgrade to a winter storm warning for 5 counties generally along the I-77 corridor. That’s you, Rick in Wytheville!
Also, Carroll and Floyd counties were added to the winter weather advisory. I think it was Indian Valley John who called that on the other thread hours ago.
About to see if the skiff has made it slick between downtown Roanoke and where I live south of town, 400 feet higher.
Kevin , I know that it very well could snow in Roanoke at anytime for the next month, but percentage wise there’s less of a chance of having that 6 inch snowfall than not. Maybe it’s just me not wanting to get my hopes up. Haha
Kevin, what’s our total for the year now, at Blacksburg and Roanoke?
It started snowing here about 30 minutes ago and its still coming down. Great start to Super Bowl Sunday.
2″ .16″ water equiv, 2.4 miles ENE of Blacksburg
Rick: With 2.0 Saturday at Blacksburg and 0.4 at Roanoke measured at WDBJ near airport, official totals for season are up to 14 even for Blacksburg (14.6 for “year” since July 1, actually, but for season and contest purposes, 0.6 in October doesn’t count) and 5.7 at Roanoke, through midnight.
For contest purposes also, first 1-inch snow dates are Dec. 26 for Blacksburg and Jan. 17 for Roanoke.
We topped out at 1.5″ at the house…up to 13.3″ on the year here, more than last year.
Looks like Blacksburg sits at 14.6″, and Roanoke at 5.7″, according to the NWS Blacksburg Local Climate page.
Kevin beat me to it…
First time since I’ve lived where I do now that Roanoke’s official snow at WDBJ (0.4 inch) has been higher than where I live 1400 feet higher to the south of Roanoke in the county. Just a trace here, barely speckled on the deck. Even downtown had a little more than this.
Woke up this morning with 5″ if snow and 27 degrees. Turned on my computer and discovered we are now under a winter storm warning with an additional 3-5″ expected today. Just as I got all of the snow off of my 300′ driveway with my snowblower, it has started snowing hard again.
In Gatlinburg TN. Our cabin is about 500 feet higher than downtown. About 1800 feet. We had two inches of snow. No joke half a mile and 500 feet lower its raining with barely a speck. Very interesting seeing extreme upslope here even more localized than that in our area. Mom reporting from cc between 2-3″ but no official measurement. Will be driving through Hoback Country Later. Should be fun sledding
Low this morning was 25.Saw a few flurries yesterday,but that was it.Had a few more flurries this morning,temp back up to 28 now.I think we get less snow here than Jared in Greene County!Have a great day all and enjoy super bowl sunday.
Just about two inches on the back deck from all the combined little snows from yesterday. Enough to make the ground and road white…
The Chapel had 4″ on the ground this morning and radar still looks fairly healthy coming out of E. Ky. This makes our total for the winter 17″ and this includes the 3″ we got off Sandy. Skies have lifted so we may not get much more. Church called off so it will be a long day.
1-2″ seems to be more accurate across most of cc from reports im getting. 3″ in very isolated pockets
Looks to be about 1″ out here. My question is this – will we see anymore fall today? I am looking at the radar and I see some developing over KY moving into WV…just wondered if it would make it as far as the NRV.
Kevin, your stats in comments #5 & #6 give me hope. 5.7″ for the winter is pretty pathetic. We need a couple of good “setups” to triple that!
Kevin, love your column and blog. Thanks for what you do. One pet peeve, about weather in general not you. I honestly think every day for the last 2 months has a “severe weather advisory” that is issued and very prominent at the top of the Times web page. Really? I quit reading them years ago because most of the time it is because it is a little windy, foggy, a skiff of snow, fire hazard, small creek warning. It is the boy that cries wolf. I am not saying there haven’t been legit severe weather warnings that should have been issued but the real ones get lost in the shuffle. The red weather warning is as routine as the RT header. Don’t want to sound like an old grouch ( I am not that old), but it just seems to me it is like a lot of other things these days in that it is just overkill and excessive hype.
Do you agree at all? Thanks for letting me vent!
Still coming down steady. We have about an inch on the deck. Not a blizzard by any means but the best part about this snow is that nobody at NOAA expected more than a dusting if anything at all.
About 3″ here. 35. Wind is starting to pick up. The sun peeked out while I was shoveling, but it looks like snow again now.
Low was 21F here this morning. NWS point forecast of 1-2 inches for my area was on the mark as I measured 1.75 on the snowboard. Snow is very light and powdery so a broom easily sweeps it off, and as Doppler Carol noted recently, a leaf blower also does the trick very well. Sun made a very brief appearance about an hour ago. Just been spitting snow so far this morning. Wind is starting to get gusty.
I’ve had frost here on what few days that I get frost, that was heavier than this snow. And that’s rare that Roanoke gets more than me.
We had a half inch of snow over night. Windy, cold and partly cloudy now. The thermometer is in the sun and says it is 44. I don’t think that is correct.
Snow has continued all morning here in Mendota (northwest of Bristol). It’s alway “flurry snow” but eventually it does add up! We have three inches here in Mendota…we’re sending the snow your way!
Saying this winter wont have a “1960″
in it is almost as safe as saying
an asteroid won’t knock the top
off of Windy Gap Mountain.
But that being said…no matter what your
prediction was, people here would just get lost
in the bliss.
(The snow I mean …the asteroid not so much)
I’m in DC, this comment is for you primarily, and I hope that you enjoy it. Back when I was doing a walking route in the mid- and late 2000s, there was one very cold mid-winter morning. I got to one of my favorite family’s house in late morning, and it was still in low 20s. Guy had this old truck out front, which never sounded all that healthy (I used to tease him about entering a NASCAR truck race with it, which made him laugh). That morning he was trying to get it to start, but although it was making some weird noises, it wasn’t cooperating. So after I gave his mail to his wife at the door, I walked up to driver side window and called out to him, “IT NEEDS VIAGRA OR CIALIS.” He just about died laughing.
Well, I’m in DC, I read your funny/frustrated comment yesterday evening on the previous thread about getting itsy snowfalls. Your snowmaker also needs Viagra.
Palmetto State Hokie, I agree with you completely about the Severe Weather Warnings in your 10:30 comment. Maybe they ought to have two categories: keep the original, but use a title like “Severe Weather Warning/ This time we really mean it” { :>) :>) } for big snowstorms, any kind of ice storm, dense fog, strong or severe t-storms, etc.
I complained many months ago because KM accurately pointed out that the NWS forecast had verified ….. technically ….. for 60% chance of rain for both Blacksburg and Roanoke, but the amounts were something like 0.03 and 0.02 at the two airports. Not enough to even cause any puddles anywhere, and of course about half the locations in between saw absolutely nothin’. I suggested that they increase the minimum amount to 0.10 inches and label their phrase, “Percent chance of real rain.”
Newcastle got 3″ according to a report I read. How about our Newcastle blogger, check in and comfirm please. Think I’ll go over that way and into the Nat’l Forest and look for cat tracks. Snow shows where they are traveling and maybe make a few sets. Ain’t laid any steel in the last 20+ years. Too long.
Thank you Tina for your response. Kevin, great comment on #5 and #6. That really described everything in this winter perfectly and what to expect in the next 5-6 weeks.
So after having no snow around 5 PM yesterday, last night surprised me. This morning, my lawn was snow covered so much that I couldn’t even see the grass anymore! Got somewhere between 1.5-2 inches. Brings my snow total up to around 11 inches for the season. I’ll admit, Blacksburg is doing well and with a few more snowstorms will reach its average for the season I believe (around 24 inches?). But Roanoke is doing horribly! Just shows how much a difference the lack of upslope or clippers can do to an area’s snow depth.
With all that said, more snow please!! I hear next week will warm into the 50s…not blow torch warmth but not good for snow either. Kind of stinks…not really warm enough to do golf or tennis either especially if there are showers forecast…so I’m stuck in limbo here! I want more snow and I want to play golf and tennis. I’d be happy with either but unfortunately, next weeks low 50s showery weather doesn’t satisfy either!
Is the clipper system on Tuesday showing signs of snow potential for Blacksburg?
Wow, Roanoke isn’t far ahead of Greene! I would say we have had about 3″ so far this winter! LOL guess that’s on average snowfall from north Georgia. Going to have to take out winter and start calling it Autuming since it no longer exists and it seems to be a variation of autumn and spring. Oh well, have heard the Arctic air is going to stay over in Europe and Siberia the rest of winter, at least that’s what models are saying. Oh yeah, how is that Siberian snow pack working out for supposedly keeping the eastern US in the cold and snow this winter? Shot that theory all to ____!
Snowin a blizzard up on Bemt Mt. and startin some light stuff here. The winds gettin in it and the temp is dropping. Good day tomorrow to take a look see.
A little perspective: Roanoke was sitting at 0.4 snow total a year ago at this time. Blacksburg was at 1.7.
Roanoke’s 5.5 inches in January is almost exactly “normal” — 5.6 is normal.
Not sure I would call 5.7 inches doing “horribly” if you’re a snow fan in Roanole. Of course, it’s not what it could be.
Well, the 50s for Roanoke highs this coming week (IF they verify) sound wonderful to one blogger here …. me, of course. Gotta work Tues.-Saturday anyway, so I don’t especially want to be deliverin’ during golfable weather. We are fast approaching the time of year (excluding the epic winter of 1960 and maybe a couple of others) when I wouldn’t mind a snowstorm nearly so much. Normal high temp for ROA has bottomed and is started to edge up through the upper 40s, and will reach 50 before the end of FEB. And sun will be much higher in the sky later this month than early winter.
Yes- snowin’ a blizzard up here on the ridge. Snow is blowing sideways and in sheets and is starting to coat the ground again. We did have a brief period of sunshine around lunch time. Temperature is now at 33 and is going down. Radar shows that this may not last very long.
Radar now definitely has more of the upslope squall look rather than primarily clipper-induced, with northwest-to-southeast streaks. Been seeing a few snow showers here in south Roanoke County.
Went to the grocery store just after lunch. Roads are pretty much snow covered on the north banks. Came home and fed the livestock and chickens. Took my daily walk. The sun tried to pop out but then the skies lowered again and moderate snow returned. It has now lightened up but continues to snow. This has been my favorite snow this year. It did not start dripping and melting quickly and everything has stayed fully covered today. Temp got up to 35 but now back to 33 and winds are picking up.
Snow threatening to acumulate here in Blacksburg witht these latest squalls
The Weather Channel is indicating possible snow showers tomorrow night. What are the possibilities of that really happening and will it be enough to do more than look pretty?
Get ready for more. Back to blowin off da mounteen and more or less headed for Starkey.
Hey Kevin do you think we’ll see any snow at all here
DC, it’s down to 34* and Bent Mt. has disappeared again. I think a 5# poke off taters mought jest hit da woodstove top tomorry. It’s starting to stick here if you look in the right place. Snow, yes. Wind, no.
Looking northwest again from Franklin County at 4 p.m., Mason’s Knob and Bent Mountain have completely disappeared. Looks like you guys are getting pounded from my vantage point. Broken clouds and a few flurries here in Franklin (as they call it in the movie Lawless…us natives always call it “Franklin County” lol) 40 degrees.
Gustnado..(or probably some guy on here soon known as Gus Nado)
may not have legs or wings for the rest of the winter..
But I call these bursts from the upslope “Squallettes”.
These are the ones I used to see on the school bus “way back then”
parked waiting for the connecting “over the mountain” bus.
Parked, we faced Cahas and Bent mountain from the SE of them.
You could pick out each cloud bank as it rolled over the Blue Ridge..down would come the big thick flakes.
Hope rose with each line of dark clouds…
And I-d wonder if in the 15 minutes we-d wait on that ridge above the Pigg River if Mr Dillon would get on
the radio to advise the great school and media powers that be, to turn
the buses around and “Do the right thing”. As I remember It never happened.
But it never destroyed my imagination either.
Just got back from snow lover’s paradise, ie. Whitetop, VA. I measured 14″ in general with drifts up to 3 feet deep at elevations above 4,000′. It snowed from the time we arrived at 3pm Saturday, and was still snowing to beat the band when we left at 2pm today. Incredible micro-climate. I encourage any and all snow fans to make the trip, as it is only about 100 miles from the NRV.
Help. I need a translater. What did wd just say? I think “taters” refers to potatos, but the rest? “5# poke?” High marks for being interesting, however.
Blacksburg Mike, good for you. O Winston Link took a ton of photographs of railroad trains going up to Whitetop and beyond. Some rainy Tuesday when there is no ice or snow I just might go down that way and see if I can retrace the path by car.
Kevin, how about giving us your thoughts about the polar view and position of polar vortex? I just looked at Allen Huffman’s link, and there is an impressive vortex near Hudson’s Bay today. Is it supposed to move further west, thus bringing a trough to the west?
Doug-the photos were mostly taken along what is now the Virginia Creeper Trail. It starts at Whitetop Station, just south of “downtown” Whitetop and runs down hill to Damascus then uphill to Abingdon.
A good amount of guidance suggests that polar vortex gets reinforced and may push some more cold air our way around Valentine’s Day. I think some calls that “winter is over” may have been premature. In the short to mid term, though, a generally milder more “zonal” pattern sets up with west to east flow over much of the nation.
I figured you might go up there, Blacksburg Mike. Seriously considered a jaunt west to Quinwood WVa area, but decided to just park it at home given tiredness and family obligations.
For Sam Oakey: I just might sign up Alyssa Corfont of WSLS-10 to be our Snow-Hater’s Valentine Queen, Sam. She just said the following about what her channel’s model shows for the Monday overnight clipper: ” …. and as you can see, this model does a wonderful job of keeping those snow showers mainly in West Virginia and the highest elevations of the NRV, leaving Blacksburg and the Roanoke valley snow-free …” Definitely sounds like a Snow-Hater, right??!!
Blacksburg Mike how far away is Mt.Rodgers from Whitetop Mtn. and would Mt.Rodgers have more snow than 14 inches on average?Flurries off and on here today had almost a whole half an inch.LOL!High was 37 now back to 27.5.I!m off to watch the Super Bowl,and enjoy a Golden,Colorado adult beverage LOL!
I thought it was the Virginia Creeper line, B Mike!! Thanks for confirming. I am pretty sure that one of my favorite O.W. Link photographs was at the Green Cove station, with a horse-drawn wagon and a dog (and a few people, too) waiting for the “Creeper.”
Alyssa’s model showed Quinwood getting an additional 5.4 inches, Kevin. Not too late to go up there on Tuesday ….
Mr. Griggs, you’ve lived down here long enough to have larnt at least a little about southern ways and speak, but it don’t seem to be so. Please go take a shower and wash some of that yankee offen you that you brung wid you.
wd..I think you should offer Doug a big ole pig in a poke
I decided to lay down and read today’s Bristol Herald Courier. Got 1/2 way through the paper and went to sleep, imagine that! Woke up around 7:15 and found about 1/2 inch new snow on the porch. The snow showers continue. Guess I will have to force myself out of bed and go to work tomorrow. Glad to to have a job and the health to go to work.
Here’s what I never liked about media and the winter. A lot of the media (whether it be local such as WSLS or national such as TWC) make assumed biases that everyone loves warm weather…such as what Alyssa Corfont does EVERY DAY or the rest of the WSLS staff…WDBJ does it too and same with TWC. It’s annoying…and then they also assume that the only ones who like cold weather are skiers. NOT TRUE! Meteorologists and the rest of the media shouldn’t give their opinions regarding that…
Let me just say this, it isn’t hurtful and they have the right to say what they want in that respect but it’s a little obnoxious to say the least.
Doug: He’s talking about a 5 pound bag of potatoes.
I’m a channel 7 kinda guy Griggsy, but it sounds like Alyssa has the right idea. And WHAT is going on with this wind tonight? Seemed to kick up (Windsor Hills section of SW Roanoke City, 1066 feet) instantaneously. We’ve got some major gusts going right now. APCO had better pray the power doesn’t go out on Super Bowl watchers!
WhiteTop(the Mtn) and Mt Rogers are separated by Elk Garden Gap and as the crow flies they are about 4 miles apart. You can drive to the top of Whitetop (elev. 5520) on Forest Service #89, which is off of State Route 600. Mt Rogers requires some work to reach the top via the Appalachian Trail. Beautiful country unlike anything else in Virgina.
Mike from Marshall – Mt. Rogers (5,729′), VA’s highest peak, and Whitetop (5,520′), VA’s second highest peak are about 5 miles apart. The community of Whitetop sits at about 3,800′ right between the two. The 14″ I recorded was around 4,500′ near Elk Garden. Probably more on the summits of Mt. Rogers and Whitetop. Whitetop is most likely the snowiest community in VA, just ahead of Burke’s Garden and Monterey I would guess.
Looks like the power went out at the Super Bowl, Sammy, and they don’t have Arctic winds behind an Alberta clipper to blame. (Each Alberta clipper is a reinforcing push of Arctic air, that’s why the wind).
I plan to post new later tonight looking ahead to late Monday/Tuesday. Much more marginal temperatures for that situation. I want to see 0Z model data.
Just brought the porch furniture. Getting gusty here in Grandin Village
Interesting note about Whitetop/Mount Rogers — there is some radar evidence that a tornado may have crossed the 5,000 foot ridges there on April 26-27, 2011. The tornado descended into the Grindstone Campground on the north side, where it did a lot of damage at over 3,000 feet. I don’t think they ever found obvious damage up top, but there’s lots of open, treeless bald-type areas up there that might not lend to showing obvious signs of a tornado path. I hiked from Grindstone Campground up to Mount Rogers in the early 2000s. Was also on Mount Rogers on May 22, 2003, hiking with friends from Arkansas during an unseasonably late snowfall (light — white ground in highest areas). Love Grayson Highlands area so much, it was part of the inspiration for my son’s name. Need to follow Blacksburg Mike’s example and go up there in winter for a snow sometime.
I think it was Beounce’s Halftime show that knocked out the power in the Superdome!!!
Sorry, wd, I “larnt” English, not Appalachian. :>) :>)
Doug G, thanks for the laugh. That’s all I can do at this point. Snowed on and off all day today (Sunday), but no accumulation. They’re calling for a quarter of an inch Monday and Tuesday nights which will make 7 snows totaling maybe 2″!!!! COME ON!!! I’m not even a big snow lover though I like a couple bigguns to make the cold worth while. Unlike Jared of Greene County I’ve maintained a sunny disposition the last 3 years but even I’m getting to the end of my rope. We go from 60″+ to 7″, 2″, and 2″ in successive winters. What are the odds!?!? I’ve seen Lows come up the coast looking pretty only to see them stay 50 miles too far east. I’ve seen big time Lows driving up from the Gulf, looking pretty, only to see them turn left and stay west, dumping snow on the deep south!! The mountains to the west deflect anything that remotely thinks about coming from that direction!!! And now it snows every day for a week, everyday, and we get an inch, which, by the way has melted. How is this all possible?? Maybe this is why we are all so doggone intrigued by the weather. Just bring on spring, put me and Jared out of our misery. Sorry for the rant! It’s been welling up for a while I think. Maybe therapy I in order…
Love whitetop moutain we ride up there often family aint far so its a trip we take often…my dad said he has seen snow in some of those western facing hollers laying around in june
Sammy my Vice Chairman, I too am a “7″ fan, but they had the BOOOOORRRRRRRIIIINNNNGGG pregame show on at 6 PM and I wanted to watch news and weather. If it was just for weather, I would pick 13 over 10, but I wanted to watch 10 in case they had continuing coverage of an ongoing news story locally. Besides, Alyssa is much more pleasing eye candy than the “7″ guys, much as I admire them.
Nickster, I was just havin’ some fun with the stuff about Alyssa, although what I posted here was close to verbatim about what she said. I was stunned. I would be ticked off too ….. were I a snow lover. Nick, I was a snow lover myself once upon a time. When I was in the first few grades of grade school. Then I got big enough to shovel, and suddenly it was not so much fun, even when I got a cherished snow day. Back in Yankee land they called 3 or 4 inches a dusting.
Hey, Snow Lover, thanks for telling the CBOLC what a 5# poke was. Leave it to wd to taunt me instead of simply answering my question. He was just havin’ some fun, too.
You are very welcome, I’m in. I am ecstatic that you liked my comment. Your comment and rant were among the very best I have seen here. And if you actually live in the city itself, I would be very wary of hoping for a truly big bomb like you got 3 years ago. Mick Jagger could add a new lyric to his famous song: ” …. you might find …. you get what you need ….. and then too much!!”
27 here and blowing! Snow has drifted across the road all down Prices Fork Road in Hokieburg which catches all the wind coming off of Brush Mountain, especially with Clipper systems. The town did not put up the snow fence this year which helps prevent the drifting.
The Grayson Highlands/White top/Mt. Rogers area is so beautiful! I haven’t been up there in years and reading this makes me want to go again.
Doug G, I do live ithe city. I have opposite commute down to Alexandria everyday. 3 years ago was a little much. I have street parking and live on a narrow street. Cars stayed buried for days. Like Kevin said earlier, we are probably still paying the tab for that winter. I like this blog because of all the weather informed people who routinely visit. I’ve learned quite a bit over the years. I am originally from the NRV and lived a while in Roanoke, SWCO at the base of Bent Mountain, so it’s great to keep up with my old stomping grunds. The day I retire from Govt service I plan to return to that part of the world. Well as I look out the window it’s snowing kinda hard, YET AGAIN!!! Ole Mother Nature… She is a tease!!!
I’m surprised we don’t have a wind advisory. It’s really howling out there. Weatherbug from Kent Square has a gust of 39, and I’m sure it’s moving faster up on the mountains.
The Community of Whitetop I would say like no other in Virginia. A high elevation actual community. (School, post office, grocery store etc.) What makes it unique though in my mind is the physical geography. While the surrounding mountains of Virginia are great, you truly get the feel when you are up there that you are HIGH up. Sandwhiched between the two highest peaks is kinda a surreal feel. Lot’s of waterfalls and just a great great place. Not many places that I know of even on the East Coast can match that kind of elevation for a community. Pretty cool.
Drifting has caused for some slick roads. Came back from Lynchburg ( drove from Gatlinburg to Lynchburg then back to bburg) up through Catawba and Mt. Tabor Road. Lot’s of snow still on roads where drifting has occured. Be very careful, they sneak up on you.
Also – - lots of deer! Counted at least 30 on my way home. There is a reason, they have to change their feeding patterns since snow is on the ground. Stay warm!
Grocery Store… more like “convenience store” haha. But the Creeper Trail ads a very nice dynamic as well. A GREAT BIKE RIDE.