From living in that area for a while: Banner Elk will be ground zero
Sneaky good spots for these setups:
- Blowing Rock
- Aho area of Watauga County near the parkway
- Zionville (Watauga)
- Sugar Grove (Watauga)
- Meat Camp (Watauga, near Elk Knob State Park)
- Newland
- crossnore
- Minneapolis
- Creston (Ashe Co)
Avoid:
- Deep Gap
- West Jefferson
-Jonas Ridge
- Sugar (near ground zero but if you’re going to deal with the crowds, might as well go all in with Beech)