You know, some places in the mountains have a little bit of everything.

Let's head to Highlands Outpost, where you'll find tubing, trout fishing, even a hair-raising mountain coaster called the Scaly Mountain Screamer.

[Deborah screams] [lively music] - So Highlands Outpost is in Scaly Mountain, North Carolina.

We're about 15 minutes from downtown Highlands or about 30 minutes from Clayton, Georgia or Franklin, North Carolina.

We began as the Scaly Mountain Ski Area back in 1980.

So we've been here for quite a while.

It was ski slopes for over 30 years and then we transitioned over to tubing whenever the winters got a little warmer and it became harder to make snow.

So we've been doing tubing since 2008.

We've added the coaster in the place of where one of the ski slopes used to be and we've added the trout pond and changed added summer tubing so people could still tube all year long.

So we've just kind of adapted to, tried to make the place a little bit better every year.

- So for the tubing, you ride our magic carpet up to the top.

You just kind of get to chill and you know, relax and enjoy the weather on the ride up.

And when you get to the top, we have somebody up there that's just going to give you a nice push down the mountain.

And as you get to ride down the hill, you're going down through some misters and you kinda get cooled off after that hot walk up, up towards the top.

And it's a great time.

You can go by yourself, you can go two at a time, three at a time, just a whatever you'd prefer there.

And it's a real fun experience.

[lively music] - In the winter we have four lanes of really fast, really fun snow tubing that go on from beginning around Halloween and then we go all the way through the end of March.

So our alpine coaster is right around a mile long, just about three and a half years old.

It's one of the longest in the southeast, the longest in North Carolina.

A lot of times you'll find folks that are maybe a little nervous or scared until they do it the first time and then they're hooked and just want to keep coming back.

- It's a lot of fun.

And we went on the alpine coaster.

You get to go, you get to choose how fast you go.

So we all went like super fast on it and had a good time.

- Well, you got to stop here and you got to try the coaster.

So after that it's any other thing that you want to do.

But the coaster's have got to.

It's a lot of fun.

Kids loved it, a lot of smiles from the kids.

- So we have trout fishing, rainbow trout that are locally raised and delivered here.

You can come fish for free as far as the actual fishing part.

And then once you catch the fish, you just pay by the pound and we'll clean them for you.

There's no charge for the actual fishing, we'll supply the rods and the bait and the tackle and everything.

This area's kind of the ruby capital of the whole southeast and lots of beautiful gems.

You come, you grab your bucket, you go down and just do it yourself.

It's kind of a hands-on family fun for everybody to do and everybody can walk away with some pretty cool looking gems that are natural to the area.

- You know, our big logo is elevate your family fun and that, you know, that is something you truly do do here.

We have plenty of different activities to try out.

We have a great staff here that's always, you know, try to be very warm and welcoming to everybody.

We're right in the mid stop on your way up to the beautiful town of Highlands.

If you're just trying to go up there and just go up there and do some shopping and explore, I mean you, you got to stop here and check us out on the way.

Have a little bit of fun.

Get a little wet in the summertime.

You're going to have a great time here.

- Highlands Outpost is at 7420 Dillard Road in Scaly Mountain and they're open from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM daily.

Give them a call at [828] 526-3737 or visit them online at highlandsoutpost.com.