Hold on Gary, you can get into this for a lot less than $500. Also, a bit more close to home. Most years thay shut down parts of the Blue Ridge Parkway near the Smokies when there is a good snow dump. Some years ago in March I think it was, there was a single storm dump of 50". They closed off about 14 miles of parkway near Grandfather Mtn. including the Linn Cove Viaduct. I tried a bit of XC sking and snowshoeing. It was a blast. There are some good pics of the Linn Cove Viaduct on the web.
