The Ober Challenge, a four-person Dopplemayr lift, opened on Jan. 22 and serves multiple ski runs, according to Ober Mountain.

GATLINBURG - Ober Mountain recently celebrated the opening of the new Ober Challenge chairlift for the 2024-25 ski season.

Come experience a smoother, faster, safer, and more enjoyable way to conquer the slopes,” wrote Ober Mountain.

Traditionally, when a new Doppelmayr lift opens ... The small, 38-acre ski area is accessible by a 2.1-mile-long aerial tramway that connects Ober Mountain and downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

The Ober Gatlinburg Amusement Park and Ski Area is open 365 days a year. From mid-December to mid-March, skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes and nonskiers enjoy snow tubing. The amusement park ...

Shanon Lane Ober, born in Indiana on July 5, 1964, passed away Jan. 17, 2025, in Newport News, Va., from complications of Charcot-Marie tooth disease. He fought a long, hard battle. Shanon is ...

And he's confident that swapping the meeting room for the ski lift will pay off. "We'll do more business this year than ever before," he told BI. Maybe that's a good tip for the rest of us for 2026?

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Stay warm and see clearly on the mountains this winter.