The winter blues settle in when people get sick of staying indoors, watching the same reruns, and knitting tiny mittens for their house centipedes. Get back to nature and out of that teeming lair of insects with today’s Groupon to Extreme Snowboard & Ski in Banner Elk. Choose from the following options:

• For $10, you get a full-day ski or snowboard rental for one, valid Monday–Thursday (up to a $22 value).
• For $13, you get a full-day ski or snowboard rental for one, valid Friday–Sunday (up to a $27 value).
• For $20, you get full-day ski or snowboard rentals for two people, valid Monday–Thursday (up to a $44 value).
• For $26, you get full-day ski or snowboard rentals for two people, valid Friday–Sunday (up to a $54 value).<p>

Customers enter Extreme Snowboard & Ski to navigate a fully automated system that outfits them for snow treks with any of the store’s nondemo rental equipment. Before hitting the slopes, skiers and snowboarders step up to the computerized terminal to browse, select, and compare the dating profiles of more than 550 skis and more than 250 snowboards. Glide over powdery terrain on equipment from brands such as Atomic, Saloman, and Lib Tech. Equipped winter athletes can head over to Sugar Mountain, which is located across from the shop, or venture to nearby Beech Mountain and ride to the top of peaks on chairlifts that, like Santa’s reindeer, defy gravity using cables (admission to ski resorts is not included with this Groupon).