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@gorgonzola glad you brought the snowmaking issue up regarding Camelback and Blue. PA Skiing’s big mystery this year. These resorts have the same ownership but for some reason CBack couldn’t get trails open early. Approximately only 50% of acreage open by MLK day The slow opening of trails at...

Depends what the skiers in your group are seeking. I would agree with MarzNC that CBack is a resort with multiple hotels, lodging and water parks at and around the base area versus Montage which is a ski area with some non-ski activities for off season. Camelback is typically very crowded during...

Great report @Brownski. I haven’t been to Montage since the late 1990s. It was the year before White Lightning was opened. The trail was cut but didn’t have snowmaking on it. I often bypassed Montage for Elk if I am traveling that far from the Philly burbs. Since Elk stands alone in PA, at least...

As resident of the Commowealth of PA I skied almost all the areas in the state. For the most part I agree with Gorgonzola’s assessment of Elk and Montage. Elk is by far the best SKIING in the state. For vertical drop, conditions, snow making, grooming, variety, challenge (by PA standards) and...

Probably not boarders. The safety bar is down…..

Good point about it being a Friday. It seems like folks make a four day weekend out if it anymore. With 15 million people within a two drive the non-diehard skiers will be out.

Sounds like a typical weekend day for Blue when the weather is cooperating. I usually ski 8-10:30 on weekends. Complete S…show by then.

MarzNC thanks for posting. The first responder mentioned, Dave Coppock, was my next door neighbor and my ski hero growing up in the suburbs of Philly. Instead of going the college route, if I recall, he went to Vt. out of high school then to Bozeman and then back to Vt. ….. the world is small at...

Can’t complain about 4 ft. of snow. Seems to me that a lot of folks forget about the winter of 2010 when Hunter recorded 7 feet over a course of a week. http://huntermtn.blogspot.com/2010/02/saturday-february-27th-2010this-day.html?m=1

The article in the link below is a good summary of the state of skiing in the USA. https://thehustle.co/powder-and-profits-the-economics-of-ski-resorts/amp/

For a western Bachelor Party the best options are Breck, Vail and Park City. This is simple. You want to do some skiing and have some fun. For early season resorts with temperatures and snowmaking fire power these resorts can provide it as well as provide night life. For an east coast bachelor...

It was the old Southridge triple. It was a one of a kind lift. It ran in only one direction on all lift towers. It went up on angle to a mid station made a left turn and headed to its top terminus before turning and returning straight down to the bottom loading terminal...

Scrundy is correct. Folks from Philly area or Pittsburgh will drive there to hunt or look at stars. It’s one of the few dark sky areas on east coast (I didn’t realize that was a thing until recently). Skiers will not drive there to ski. In fours I can drive to the Catskills or southern vt. in...