Where to Go Sledding and Snow Tubing Near South Carolina in March
South Carolina has no sledding or snow tubing hill of its own, so a March trip means North Carolina or Tennessee, and the only sure things are the two open year-round. Pigeon Forge Snow makes real snow indoors and sells an hour for $29.99, and Highlands Outpost in Scaly Mountain runs turf lanes year-round at $20 an hour.
For outdoor snow in March, the High Country resorts are the bet, and Sugar Mountain Resort Tubing Park kept tubing going until late March in 2026. The trade-off runs along the drive. The hills nearest the state line, around Kings Mountain and Hendersonville, tend to close earliest, while the ones that last into March sit farther out, roughly two to three and a half hours from the Upstate.
Our picks
- Open no matter what March does: Pigeon Forge Snow. Real snow made under a roof, $29.99 for an hour, walk up with no reservation, and a toddler snow-play area for riders under 38 inches.
- Cheapest hour on a hill: Highlands Outpost. $20 an hour on artificial turf lanes that run when the snow has gone, with a mountain coaster on a combo ticket; riders need 42 inches.
- Outdoor snow late in the month: Sugar Mountain Resort Tubing Park. It opened November 11 in 2025 and ran tubing until late March, on 700-foot lanes; tickets are sold online only, up to two days ahead.
- The longest runs: Hawksnest Snow Tubing. Up to 30 lanes across four areas, the longest 1,000 feet, from $46 midweek, and a 2025-26 season that ran to March 11.
- Bringing a toddler along: Tube World at Cataloochee. A fenced Wee Bowl at $10 per child for anyone under the 42-inch minimum, beside $44 sessions of 1 hour 45 minutes.
At a glance
| Option | Adult Ticket | Address | March Availability | Session Length | Snow Type | Longest Lane | Rider Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25source | 4914 Linwood Rd, Kings Mountain, NC 28086source | Early March onlysource | 1 hoursource | No snow neededsource | 200source | No age or height limitsource | |
| $40source | 5865 Willow Road, Hendersonville, NC 28739source | 1 hour 45 minutessource | Outdoor snowsource | 500source | Height 36 inches and upsource | ||
| $30source | 373 Kerr Rd, Hendersonville, NC 28792source | Closed by Marchsource | 1 hoursource | Outdoor snowsource | 600source | ||
| $20source | 7420 Dillard Rd, Scaly Mountain, NC 28755source | Open year-roundsource | 1 hoursource | No snow neededsource | 350source | Height 42 inches and upsource | |
| $35source | 127 Cherokee Trail, Sapphire, NC 28774source | Closed by Marchsource | 1 hour 45 minutessource | Outdoor snowsource | 500source | No age or height limitsource | |
| 9472 NC Hwy 181, Newland, NC 28657source | Early March onlysource | 2 hourssource | Outdoor snowsource | 400source | |||
| $46source | 2058 Skyland Drive, Seven Devils, NC 28604source | Open through mid-Marchsource | 1 hour 45 minutessource | Outdoor snowsource | 1,000source | Age 3 and upsource | |
| $45source | 1009 Sugar Mountain Drive, Sugar Mountain, NC 28604source | Open through mid-Marchsource | 1 hour 45 minutessource | Outdoor snowsource | 700source | Age 3 and upsource | |
| $45source | 1007 Beech Mountain Parkway, Beech Mountain, NC 28604source | Open through mid-Marchsource | 1.5 hourssource | Outdoor snowsource | 750source | Height 42 inches and upsource | |
| $44source | 4721 Soco Rd, Maggie Valley, NC 28751source | Open through mid-Marchsource | 1 hour 45 minutessource | Outdoor snowsource | Height 42 inches and upsource | ||
| $48source | 1339 Ski Mountain Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738source | Open through mid-Marchsource | 1.5 hourssource | Outdoor snowsource | 350source | Age 3 and upsource | |
| $29.99source | 2533 Teaster Ln, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863source | Open year-roundsource | 1 hoursource | Indoor snowsource | Height 38 inches and upsource |
Which hills are still open in March
Nine of the twelve slide on outdoor snow, and those live or die on a cold week. In the 2025-26 season Jonas Ridge Snow Tubing closed on March 1, Hawksnest and Cataloochee on March 11, Beech Mountain Resort Tubing on March 14, and Sugar in late March. Beech's case is elevation: it is the highest ski resort in the eastern United States and holds snow as lower hills lose it.
Black Bear Snow Tubing posts a mid-December to late February season, and Frozen Falls at Sapphire Valley has the shortest season on the list, so both are out for March. Ober Mountain in Gatlinburg schedules snow tubing daily through March with the closing date left open, then switches the same 350-foot slope to synthetic lanes, so either could be running when you arrive. Moonshine Mountain posts a running calendar and no season dates at all.
Closest to the state line
The Chutes at Crowders Springs in Kings Mountain is right by the South Carolina line and needs no snow: three 200-foot dry lanes run by a summer camp as a fundraiser, $25 an hour on weekend nights, capped at 50 people. Its season ended March 1 in 2025, so it is early March at most. In Hendersonville, Black Bear is about 45 minutes from Greenville and Moonshine Mountain Snow Tubing just over an hour, cash only, with a 36-inch minimum, the lowest height rule posted here.
What a ticket buys, and who can ride
Read Adult Ticket beside Session Length. Highlands' $20 buys an hour, while Hawksnest's $46 buys 1 hour 45 minutes and rises to $59 on weekends and holidays; Beech's $45 day session becomes $53 at night. At Sugar, three- and four-year-olds ride for $4 with a ticketed adult.
Height rules decide some trips outright. The Chutes and Frozen Falls set no age or height limit, Moonshine asks for 36 inches and Pigeon Forge for 38, while Highlands, Beech and Cataloochee turn away riders under 42 inches, with Cataloochee's Wee Bowl as the fallback.
The options in detail
The Chutes at Crowders Springs
The closest thing to sledding you will find to the South Carolina line: a nonprofit summer camp runs three 200-foot dry lanes as a winter fundraiser, with lights strung over the hill and a tow that carries your tube back up. There is no snow at all, real or manufactured, so a mild evening does not cancel your plans the way it does at a snowmaking hill. Sessions run on weekend nights at 6, 7 and 8pm, capped at 50 people, and every dollar goes back into camp scholarships. The catch for a March trip is that it is billed as an annual winter fundraiser with a short calendar, so check the ticket page before you count on it.
Moonshine Mountain Snow Tubing
A tubing-only hill just over an hour from Greenville, and one of the two closest real-snow options to the South Carolina line. Over 500 feet of steep lane, one flat price for everybody regardless of age, and a 36-inch height minimum that lets smaller children ride than most of the mountain parks allow. It is cash only with an ATM on site, and you need a reservation before you arrive. They publish a running calendar rather than season dates, so a March visit means checking that calendar first.
Black Bear Snow Tubing
The other Hendersonville hill, about 45 minutes from Greenville and, by their own account, the nearest snow tubing to South Carolina. Over 600 feet of slope, tow equipment so you do not walk back up, and heated lodges, with one-hour tickets at $30 and two-hour at $40 plus a group discount at twenty people. They also run fall tubing and hayrides on October Saturdays, which is worth knowing if winter is not the trip you are planning. The drawback for this question is timing: they put winter tubing at mid-December through late February, which leaves March past the end of their season.
Highlands Outpost
About two hours from the Upstate, and the one hill near South Carolina that tubes in every month of the year: artificial turf lanes take over when the snow melts, so a warm March weekend is an ordinary operating day rather than a cancellation. An hour on the turf is $20 and two hours is $35, the cheapest tubing on this list, and a combo ticket adds the mountain coaster. The same site runs snow tubing in winter plus ice skating, gem mining and a trout pond, so it holds up as a whole day rather than one ride. Riders need to be 42 inches tall and four years old to use the lift.
Frozen Falls Tube Park at Sapphire Valley
Under two hours from Greenville, tucked into a ski area near Highlands and Cashiers, with one wide 500-foot run, a 60-foot drop and a moving sidewalk back to the top. Sessions are 1.75 hours at $35 for the general public and $26 for resort guests, and there are no age or height restrictions at all, which is unusual and makes it a good pick for a family with a small child. Tickets are bought at the Sapphire Valley Community Center rather than at the hill, and sessions do sell out. The season here is the shortest on this list, so March is usually too late.
Jonas Ridge Snow Tubing
A tubing-only park about two hours from Greenville, right off Highway 181 between Morganton and Boone with no icy back roads to climb. Six 400-foot lanes that run from gentle to genuinely steep, a conveyor to the top, lights for night sessions, and their own snow guns so a warm week in the valley does not necessarily mean bare ground. It is smaller and less crowded than the big resorts, with a viewing deck and a fireplace for anyone not tubing. Their posted last day for the 2025-26 season was March 1st, so treat it as an early-March option at best.
Hawksnest Snow Tubing
The biggest tubing park in the Southeast, and the reason people from the Upstate drive two and a half hours past closer hills: up to 30 lanes across four separate areas, running from 400 to 1,000 feet, with three magic carpets so nobody walks uphill. Sessions are 1 hour 45 minutes and prices step up through the week, from $46 midweek to $59 on weekends and holidays, with a second same-day session for $10 more if you buy in person on a weekday. They keep a heavy snow base and make snow as needed, so a green winter down the mountain does not necessarily close them. Their 2025-26 season ran to March 11, which makes early March a realistic target.
Sugar Mountain Resort Tubing Park
A full ski resort whose tubing park sits across the road from the base lodge on the golf course: several 700-foot lanes, a magic carpet, snowmaking and lights for night sessions running as late as 8pm. Sessions are 1 hour 45 minutes and tickets are online only, sold up to two days ahead and often gone before the day arrives. Minimum age is three, and three- and four-year-olds ride for $4 with a ticketed adult, which is the cheapest small-child ticket here. Sugar runs the longest season in the region: it opened on November 11 in 2025 and did not shut tubing down until late March, which makes it the strongest March bet on this list.
Beech Mountain Resort Tubing
Tubing at the highest ski resort in the eastern United States, which is the practical argument for driving past closer hills in March: the elevation holds snow when lower mountains are losing it. Six to eight lanes of roughly 750 feet, sessions of 1.5 hours, $45 for a standard daytime session and $53 for the night session with lights and music. Tickets are online only and carry a $2 media fee unless you reuse your card from a previous visit. Riders must be at least 42 inches tall with no exceptions, and the 2025-26 season ran through March 14.
Tube World at Cataloochee
Cataloochee runs its tubing hill as a separate site down in Maggie Valley rather than up at the ski area, so you can tube for an afternoon without buying anything to do with skiing. Up to twelve groomed lanes and a conveyor lift, $44 for a 1-hour-45-minute session, and a fenced Wee Bowl area at $10 per child for anyone under the 42-inch height minimum, which means a family with a toddler is not turned away at the gate. Slip-proof snow or hiking boots are required even if you are only there to supervise. Cataloochee ended its 2025-26 season on March 11, so an early-March visit works in a normal year.
Ober Mountain Snow Tubing
The Tennessee option, roughly three and a half hours from the Upstate, and the one outdoor hill here that keeps tubing after the snow goes: the 350-foot slope with its 50-foot drop switches over to synthetic summer lanes once winter ends. Snow tubing sessions run an hour and a half, start at $48 and climb on weekends and holidays, and the hill operates in rain, sleet or shine. Children aged three to five ride with a ticketed adult and from six they ride alone. The snow slope is scheduled daily through March with the closing date left open, so this is one to call about rather than assume.
Pigeon Forge Snow
The only place on this list where March weather is irrelevant: an indoor snow park with real snow made in-house, up to a dozen lanes under a roof and a conveyor back to the top. An hour of tubing is $29.99, or $36.99 for a pass that adds the snow play area, and you can walk up without a reservation. Riders must be at least 38 inches tall, with a toddler snow-play area for anyone smaller and a lounge upstairs for parents who would rather watch. It is the longest drive here, roughly three and a half hours from the Upstate, but it is the one guaranteed open door in March.
How we researched this
Because the literal answer inside South Carolina is none, the table covers hills within a day trip or a weekend of the Upstate, and March Availability comes from each venue's posted season or its most recent published closing date. We stopped short of Liberty Mountain's Snowflex Centre in Lynchburg, Virginia, about 4.5 to 5 hours from Greenville, and of Winterplace, Snowshoe, Massanutten, Bryce and Wisp, 5 to 7 hours out. Hatley Pointe and Appalachian Ski Mountain run skiing but no tube park, Sky Valley and Cloudmont have none operating, and Zip 'N Slip in Mars Hill had no venue page we could reach. River tubing on the Saluda, Broad and Edisto, and holiday snow days in South Carolina parking lots, are different things and stayed off.
Jonas Ridge publishes no ticket prices (a regional roundup says they will be announced closer to the season) and recommends riders be 3 or older while allowing younger children who can sit up, so both cells stay unfilled rather than rounded. Black Bear posts no rider rule, and Cataloochee and Pigeon Forge give lane counts but no lane length. Closing dates move from one winter to the next and spread by weeks across hills (in 2026 Sugar ran to March 25 while Sapphire had already shut), which is why a phone call to the hill belongs before any long March drive.