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PLanning Your Visit

Annual Passes

Individual Adult $35
Individual Child $15
Group (good for passholder + 5 guests in same vehicle) $140
Group Hiking Pass (passholder +5) $70

You can purchase the passes at the Entrance Gate on your next visit to the Mountain, or simply phone the gate at 828-733-4337 and use your credit card to have a pass sent to you in the mail.

An annual pass to Grandfather Mountain can also earn you discounts at Biltmore Estate, Tweetsie Railroad, Chimney Rock Park, and Mast General Store. Show their passes at Grandfather for $2 off each adult ticket and $1 off each child's ticket!

  • Show your Grandfather Mountain pass at the Biltmore Welcome Center ticket office to receive $2 off daytime admission price to Biltmore for the date of visit on up to 4 tickets. Valid any day throughout the 2008 calendar year. Subject to availability.
  • Show your Grandfather Mountain pass at the Mast General Store to receive 15 percent off on any single item. Offer does not apply to Ecco, Mountain Hardwear, Patagonia or The North Face brands.

6-Month Winter Passes

Grandfather's six-month winter pass is available November 1 through April 30 and offers an affordable way for people who live within an easy drive of Grandfather to be spontaneous and take off for the mountaintop on pretty winter days. "Secret Season" pass holders are encouraged to call for current weather conditions before starting this way. The phone number at the Entrance Gate is 828-733-4337.

Individual Adult $25
Individual Child $15
Group (good for passholder + 5 guests in same vehicle) $65

 

 
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What People Say…

" We just love coming to Grandfather Mountain. People always talk about the beaches but you can't even compare the two. Once you been to Grandfather you will be hooked for life. Just a peacefull place to spend the day with family and friends. "

Carrie

Winston Salem, NC