| Weather
Data from the Mile High Swinging Bridge Weather Instruments
Now Available On-line
 It
has taken months to get a handle on the reams of data
being collected by the new weather instruments mounted
on the Mile High Swinging Bridge, but now we are ready
to make some of that data available to the public
on the Grandfather Mountain website. Read
more about it.
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 UNC
Library Launches "A View to Hugh" Web log
"A View to Hugh: Processing the Hugh Morton Photographs
and Films" is a web log created by the good people
at the North Carolina Collection whose job it is to organize
and catalogue 70 years of Hugh Morton's photography. The
blog was created to keep people informed of where they are
in their task and to solicit help identifying images and
events.
Read all about it.
| Grandfather
Launches Spanish Website
For years Grandfather Mountain has wanted to have
pages on its website designed for the needs of our
Spanish-speaking customers. Now, with the help of
Señorita Spanglish, much of the content of
the Grandfather website is available in a Spanish
translation.
Read
more about it.
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Enter Grandfather
Mountain's Winter Weather Contest
And WIN a behind the scenes tour
of Grandfather Mountain for your family!
The
person who comes closest to predicting the actual
winter temperature and snowfall totals will receive
a free behind the scenes tour of Grandfather Mountain
for their family. Meet the dedicated staff, visit
the Top Shop weather station, and see how we collect
weather data for the US Weather Service.
Click
here to enter. |
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December
Means Dollar Days at Grandfather Mountain
Folks
who live, work or go to college in Mitchell, Avery,
Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany, and Wilkes counties (plus
guests traveling in their vehicle) are invited to
visit for $1 per person during December.
Read
More About it
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