jamesdeluxe
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- Jul 17, 2020
Today was a work holiday, so after getting done with errands and chores around the house, I headed west on Route 80 to get in some quick late afternoon laps.
Got there by 3:30 and took advantage of their end-of-season special. If you show a season pass from another ski area, you ski free until they close for the year (they hope to make it to the first weekend in April, but they’ll have to get real creative with their grooming and pray that there isn’t a big warmup). If you don’t have a pass, you pay $9.95 for the same deal. Growing up, I learned to “never argue with free.”
When I got to the lodge and started getting ready, I realized that I left one of my boots at home (never done that before), so I went to the rental department, and they didn’t charge me for the boots either. Of course, many here would argue that what I paid for skiing at Camelback is what it’s worth, but turns are turns, and many of them were in really soft corn, so I couldn’t complain.
Cliffhanger
As mentioned in earlier TRs, Camelback is an “it is what it is” place. 800 feet of vertical, completely dependent on snowmaking, lots of mid-Atlantic families and snowboarders.
But on the plus side: it’s barely an hour door-to-door for me, it’s open until 10 pm every night during the main season (open to 7 pm now), two high-speed lifts so you can do lots of laps with no lines, and when the sun hit the trails , the corn was sweet. I skied for three hours and was home by 7:30. It was a good Good Friday.
Got there by 3:30 and took advantage of their end-of-season special. If you show a season pass from another ski area, you ski free until they close for the year (they hope to make it to the first weekend in April, but they’ll have to get real creative with their grooming and pray that there isn’t a big warmup). If you don’t have a pass, you pay $9.95 for the same deal. Growing up, I learned to “never argue with free.”
When I got to the lodge and started getting ready, I realized that I left one of my boots at home (never done that before), so I went to the rental department, and they didn’t charge me for the boots either. Of course, many here would argue that what I paid for skiing at Camelback is what it’s worth, but turns are turns, and many of them were in really soft corn, so I couldn’t complain.
Cliffhanger
As mentioned in earlier TRs, Camelback is an “it is what it is” place. 800 feet of vertical, completely dependent on snowmaking, lots of mid-Atlantic families and snowboarders.
But on the plus side: it’s barely an hour door-to-door for me, it’s open until 10 pm every night during the main season (open to 7 pm now), two high-speed lifts so you can do lots of laps with no lines, and when the sun hit the trails , the corn was sweet. I skied for three hours and was home by 7:30. It was a good Good Friday.
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