Least crowded spot/time on weekends in NC?

My season has been a total bust this year, flu-like illness and back tweak had me miss pretty much all of January when the Mid-A/SE was eating good. Wanting to try to get one last decent weekend in before the weather goes to crap(though it looks like that is going to happen midweek next week with a multi-day severe weather event in the south). I'd love to take a couple days off work and head up to WV for one last hurrah in the Mid-A, but don't really want to blow anymore vacation days this early in the year.

I hit up Cataloochee which is my "local" spot last weekend for night skiing and Sunday morning and it was a total nightmare with the crowds. Is there anywhere in NC(I haven't been to Sugar/Beech/App or Hatley yet) where the crowds are more manageable on the weekend? Cataloochee's issue is that it's incredibly narrow with only so many ways to get down so you get a lot of crowding on trails.

This sucks, part of me is saying to just take 2 more days off work, go up to WV/VA for a Thursday-Sunday trip, part of me just wants to try to hit one more weekend in NC, and part of me is just like...season over with no hope, lol.