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I bring a hot road mug of coffee from home in the car for my drive to Camelback - purveyor of the longest ski season south of Albany Folks who don’t like parking near the top of a mountain should check them out as they close the Big Pocono State Park lot at the peak for the Winter

Mid-November Catskills temps with no foreseeable rain. Likely to be colder than in the Poconos.

Gettin cool and I’m gettin I want to ski soon but not bad enough to go to Big Snow vibes Belleayre sometimes has opened as early as 11/15 (2 years ago I was there on 11/16) - typically with fairly cheap tix. If they can pull that off again I’ll go off pass and roadtrip for it 7 weeks from today

I of course was referring to the top lodge being the only lodge when I was mostly skiing “Little Gap” from 81-88

May be worth staying longer in ski regions and making fewer day/weekend trips as the price of driving gets closer to the price of hotel rooms. Also makes a trip to Loveland (on Indy!) competitive with a trip to Northern New England.

Friggin young uns and your lower lot. Probably couldn’t even pick out Little Gap on a map.

Straight drop under top part of Stevenson lift will likely be the most challenging thing they have there None of this is huge - but nice to rebate trying to add some more variety - and including snow making and not announcing it ~5 years before doing it

Video showing where new trails are being cut - looks fun! https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1JFG4XJXJU/?mibextid=wwXIfr

PA remains pretty lame skiing compared to the other places I ski, but I live where I live and can’t get to further places every weekend. An increase of trail variety at Camelback is welcome. And as a local option an unlimited number of days at CBK will be better than the unlimited days I used to have at JF and RT.

More info posted on FB: “The trail under the Black Bear will be largely untamed, we are leaving its natural contours and drops so it provides the unique experience of variation it is known for by those of you who have already taken that line. I anticipate, in favorable weather cycles, that trail will receive little in the way of grooming. The blue square will be by far our narrowest blue, it’s surrounded by pine trees, and will twist and turn into Sphinx. We really like this trail, not just for its uniqueness, but because it takes pressure off Honeymoon Lane. You can now ski Upper Cleo without having to drop into Honeymoon. There will be a hot chocolate hut 🛖 on the trail too for an added fun element on weekends. The double black on Stevenson probably goes without saying how fun that will be. The top drop will be from the Cliffhanger side into the lift line. It will be on the narrower side and while short, will have a Vermont vibe to it. It’s going to be next level after a snow storm. Each of these trails will receive full snowmaking capabilities. They will not be receiving lights so anticipate them to be open until 4 pm to 5 pm most days until we can go later in the Spring. Each of these trails will likely receive close to last snowmaking priority as we will work to get the main arteries open first. That being said, our hope is they add unique options and character to the mountain for years to come! “

Awesome effort by Camelback adding 3 new small runs after having had a record breaking run into May - very happy with my decision to support these guys to augment my Indy sounds like they may leave some trees on the new blue run which would add some nice variety to their terrain

Too bad Spring discontinued their S’mores Pizza - a big fav of my kids in their learn2ski days hard to believe they are off for sophomore year at college

Yeah I often do 2 together If I wanted to combine I would consider smuggs-bolton smuggs-jay burke-jay magic-Berk E caramount - Bousquet

Update: Smugglers Notch also a pretty nice add

Psyched to see Spring Mt added to IndyPass! where I learned to ski where my kids learned to ski closest ski area to my home Makes for 5 areas / 10 days in Eastern PA