I work near the top end of the Catskill mountains (Greene County) and I enjoy the mountains around here. I just checked a contour map and the land around Durham/Raleigh is quite flat.

I tend to cross-country ski as much as I can from Jan to march - the Albany pine-bush, a preservation area with lots of nice trails, is only a five min drive away from where I live. I will miss the winter, but I guess that I will be able to put many more miles on my bicycles (and I can buy some upgrades for my bikes with the proceeds from selling my snow-blower)

It seems like every 5-10 years I end up moving further and further south.