Skiing in PA?

Question

what is the best place to ski in PA?

i have been to Tussey, Montage(now called sno mtn), and Camelback.

i liked camelback the best and Tussey the least.

if u have been to any of these places or any other place in PA for skiing, can you tell me your opinions on the place?

also, if you know of a really good place, it would be nice to know of a good hotel near there.

Answer 1

Ski Liberty

Ski Roundtop

Ski Shawnee

Blue Mountain

Ski Whitetail

Seven Springs

Are all great places. Ski Liberty has a hotel on site. I think seven springs does.

Answer 2

I don't know....lol. But me and my dad are going here for my birthday:

http://www.greatwolf.com/Locations/Pocon...

It's an indoor waterpark. 2 other people have to go, and you can come if you want.

I have no idea why I'm telling you this over Yahoo! Answers, lol, but it reminded me of it when you mentioned it since Camelback skiing is right next to it.

People will probably read this and think I'm a perve trying to get you to come on a little vacation with me....lol. Oh well.....PEOPLE SHE'S MY FRIEND. hahaha....well I'm gunna go look at your other questions now.

Answer 3

I've never heard of Tussy...isn't that also a brand of deoderant?

With the exception of the six years I lived in Vermont, I've spent nearly 20 years skiing the Poconos.

Elk Mountain is by far the best mountain in Northeastern PA. It is further off the beaten path, but it is worth the drive. There are not many hotels near Elk, but there are a few. Elk's webpage should have local lodging listed. I can ski Elk all day and not get bored. There are a lot of slopes and lots of variety.

Blue Mountain is probably my #2 choice. It is closer to Philly, and thus does get more crowded than Elk, but it has a good lift system and the terrain parks are some of the best I've seen in the east...including Vermont. There are some hotels close by, but not much right near the mountain.

Sno (Montage) Mountain is my #3 choice, but only because it has some steep expert terrain. I used to ski there 2-3 times a week for over 7 years. There are plenty of hotels, shopping, movie theatres, and places to eat. I've never really liked the upper part of the mountain...I find the intermediate and beginner slopes there all very similar, the expert slopes are all very different, but after a few hours there I get pretty bored.

Jack Frost, Big Boulder, Camelback, and Shawnee are all very close to Interstate 80. I-80 is a direct conduit for the New Jersey and NYC/LI ski crowd. Therefore, they tend to be the busiest resorts. There are lots of hotels near all of them. Only Jack Frost does not have night skiing. There is a large water park hotel (Great Wolf) near Camelback, as well as shopping. I will only ski these places on a weekday.

Out of the four of those, Jack Frost is my favorite. I like the terrain and the snow is usually good. Camelback is a close second. Big Boulder is very small, but is mostly now totally devoted to terrain park skiing. I avoid Shawnee at almost all costs. Its terrain and snow are OK, but not worth its overly "urban" guests. It is the only resort I've ever skied at where I have been almost been the victim of ski theft. (I caught the thugs trying to pike my planks. They had just cut my cable and lets just say it involved my fist and his face.)

There are a number of small ski hills still out there like Alpine, Ski-Big Bear (Masthope), and Eagle Rock. These are small and good for a few hours, but I can't ski any of them for more than an afternoon before I get bored.

You also have several choices in southern PA, like Liberty and Roundtop and of course there is Seven Springs in western PA. I have never skied any of these places, so I really don't have any useful info about them.

Answer 4

i live in northeastern PA and i got skiing at sno mountain about every weekend. the trails are alright, when terrain park is fully open its good. camelback is always realy good, they always have plenty of snow and the high speed chair lifts are realy good. out of all the places i've been i would have to say that jack frost and big boulder are the best places to ski. you can go to jackfrost in the mouring and stay till 5 then drive down to big boulder (about 10 minutes give or take). the lift ticket counts for both mountains and you can go to either mountain, i think jack frost closes at 5 though. big boulder has a great terrain park for the freeskiers like myself also.

Answer 5

Elk is the best ski area in PA. I don;t think anything else really comes close. Camelback is not bad and i have also been to Shawnee and Tangelwood but they are small.