EXHIBIT 99.2



                         CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                           18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                           AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In  connection  with the  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarterly
period  ended July 31,  2002 of Blue Ridge Real  Estate  Company and Big Boulder
Corporation  (together,  the  Registrants)  as  filed  with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  on the date hereof (the Report),  I, Eldon D.  Dietterick,
Executive  Vice  President  and  Treasurer  (chief  financial  officer)  of  the
Registrants, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ( 1350, as adopted pursuant to ( 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully  complies  with the  requirements  of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. ( 78m(a) or ( 78o(d));
and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
material  respects,  the  financial  condition  and results of operations of the
Registrants.


/s/  ELDON D. DIETTERICK________
Eldon D. Dietterick
Executive Vice President and Treasurer (chief financial officer)
August 30, 2002