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Snow Mountain closed Saturday ... because of snow

Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park.

Credit: Steven Bridges

Credit: Steven Bridges

Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park.
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Jan 6, 2017

Snow Mountain will be closed Saturday. Because...of...snow.

And yes — the folks at Stone Mountain Park, which creates the winter wonderland full of fake white stuff each year, realize how ridiculous that sounds. They admitted as much when posting the news on Facebook on Friday afternoon.

UPDATE: Stone Mountain 1, Snow 0. (Snow Mountain is back)

The storm moving into metro Atlanta is expected to dump as much as five inches of snow onto parts of the region Friday night and into Saturday.

Click the links below for more coverage of the winter weather. And a little fun too.

MORE: Live updates on the storm's progression through metro Atlanta

MORE: 4 things to know about sledding your way through Atlanta's weekend of snow

MORE: Places Atlanta's snow has already closed in DeKalb

MORE: Gwinnett officials already prepping roads for incoming snow

Here is a list of things to do before the snow gets here.

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Before taking over the AJC's Sports Daily newsletter, Tyler Estep spent two years writing the A.M. ATL newsletter. A Gwinnett County native and University of Georgia graduate, he has been with the AJC since 2015 and previously worked as a reporter on the breaking news, hyperlocal and local government teams.

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