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Get moving to stay warm at Sugar Mountain Ski Resort. Alan Taylor, Spartanburg, South Carolina
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Good buddies enjoy the adventure of an evening campfire. Susanna Shetley
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The rare experience of building a fire in the snow. Susanna Shetley
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Sorghum gingerbread chocolate chip muffins with sorghum molasses from the North Carolina mountains. Karl Rohr, Columbia, South Carolina
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Our family defines comfort through cooking, which seems to cure most things. My wife, Elaine Rohr, a native of Bryson City, cooked this blackberry pie from scratch with blackberries we picked ourselves. Karl Rohr, Columbia, South Carolina
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Cooking a cold weather stew. Amy Burke, Maggie Valley, North Carolina
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Book, hot cider and my handmade Smoky Mountain quilt to keep warm. Kaye Gatlin, Cleveland, Tennessee
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The family dog finds warmth at the hearth. Susanna Shetley
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Family and neighbors staying warm by the fire pit on the deck overlooking the mountains. Ralph Mayer, Saluda, North Carolina
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It was freezing cold but we really wanted to go up the mountain to see the snowy views at Anakeesta. Susan Bauer, Gatlinburg, Tennessee
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The view towards Mt. Cammerer from English Mountain. Al Johnson, Cosby, Tennessee
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