____________________________________________________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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
October 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. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906
of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     (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.  Section  78m(a)  or
Section 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)
     January 29, 2003