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Snow Mountain boasts: 'Oh how the tables have turned’

Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park is boasting the only snow in the Atlanta area after the forecast snow was mostly a flop Saturday. The attraction is reopening Sunday after closing due to projections of real snow.
Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park is boasting the only snow in the Atlanta area after the forecast snow was mostly a flop Saturday. The attraction is reopening Sunday after closing due to projections of real snow.
By Joshua Sharpe
Jan 7, 2017

On Friday, Snow Mountain’s operators had to face a sad irony: the Stone Mountain Park attraction had to close as forecasters called for too much snow.

On Saturday, things had changed drastically, with most of the Atlanta area troubled by icy roads but having hardly any snow.

"Oh how the tables have turned," Snow Mountain bragged on Facebook after the story of its closing tore through social media Friday night. "We have the only snow in Atlanta!"

Snow Mountain is reopening Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

With untold numbers of Atlantans disappointed in the anticlimactic “snowstorm,” the park could be in for a busy day.

RELATED: Snow a no-show in Gwinnett, but icy roads still a worry

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Snow Mountain project manager, Paul Creasy describes making snow at Stone Mountain. Video by John Spink/AJC

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