Ski Report from Camelback Ski Resort - Tannersville PA
Yesterday a friend and I went out to Camelback Ski Resort in Tannersville, PA in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. It was my first time there and I was a bit concerned as I"m a bit of a skiing snob and have mostly skied the Adirondacks [Gore Mountain], Vermont, and the Catskills.
I was worried that skiing the Poconos would not sufficiently entertain me and even more so I was concerned that it would be way too crowded with bratty kids that don't have manners and general mismangement, like I found at Mountain Creek in Vernon, NJ. :-(
Needless to say, I had a great time. The weather was perfect and though the lines were a bit long to get lift tickets, the lines moved briskly. The only thing that REALLY annoyed me was the 20 minute backup of cars trying to get to one booth that was for paid parking! They had no teens directing traffic to the next available free space that I have seen everywhere else. Really now! Camelback, get your parking situation sorted and you'll be awesome!
Free advice aside, the skiing was a great value and great fun!
Here are some numbers by way of comparison:
-Camelback [Summit Elevation: 2050' Vertical Drop: 800' ]
-Gore Mountain in New York's Adirondacks [Summit Elevation: 4867 feet. Vertical Drop: 3350 feet]
Although Camelback is literally half the mountain compared to Gore which I consider my home base for skiing, Camelback has done a great job of covering the mountain with runs and lifts. An added bonus is that the mountain is covered in illumination which enables night skiing thus doubling the on mountain ski time you get for your $$$.
We had a great time skiing down the snowy runs as well as some of the exhilaration of skiing down the icy face which is something that any skier in the East is familiar with. I always say if you can ski on ice, then you can ski on just about anything.
Here's a video of us right after we found the icy side of the mountain and made it down without too much fuss.
See you on the slopes!
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