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Places I have skiied - William World News - William F. Yurasko's blog

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Places I have skiied

Over the years, I have been skiing about thirty times in three different states. Here is a quick rundown of places I have been and my ratings for them. The scale increases from green circle to black diamond .

COLORADO

Eldora (1) - Easily the best I've skied because it is in Colorado.

MARYLAND

Wisp (1) -- Maryland's only ski resort was pretty good when I went in middle school.

PENNSYLVANIA

Big Boulder (17) - My home ski area through two semesters of skiing at Penn State Hazleton. Unfortunately, a lot of the best slopes have been turned into snowboard slopes :(, but it is still pretty good for an intermediate skiier like myself.

Jack Frost (1) - A surprisingly good little ski area. The lodge is at the top of the mountain.

Camelback (2) - My favorite Poconos resort, large and full of some great runs. I especially like the Nile Mile run.

Snö Mountain nee Montage (1) - I went there once, only once while in college. They had $10 lift tickets on Friday nights for students. What was I thinking only going once?

Liberty Mountain nee Ski Liberty (2) -- A little better than Roundtop; at least it is in the mountains, though only the Catoctins, the front range of the Blue Ridge.

Ski Roundtop (2) - Seemingly only suitable for kids learning to ski or people who live within a 20 mile radius. Not worth the drive from here.

Whitetail (3) -- The best resort I've been to that is close to D.C. Not bad for a spur of the moment trip.

Hopefully, I get to one of these, ideally Camelback, a week from Saturday.

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posted by WFY @ 12:13 PM | |

You've never been to Seven Springs or Hidden Valley (the resorts of record for those in Western Pa?) Of the two, Seven Springs has way more trails, but of course, is more expensive.

# posted by Anonymous The Maryland Bureau Chief : Wednesday, January 23, 2008 12:53:00 PM  

I'm also a big fan of Eldora. It has a special place in my heart (and always will) because it is the closest skiing from Boulder (I drove up there 3+ times a week over winter break my senior year of college), it's where I learned to snowboard, and has the 2nd best cheeseburgers in the state (the best being of course Arrowhead's Blinky Burger!).

# posted by Anonymous tc : Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:02:00 PM  

TMBC: I'd be curious as to how those western Pa. resorts compare with the northeastern ones. I admit to a preference for skiing farther north, but it may not matter that much.

TC: Sadly, I did not have any burgers during my trip to Eldora. Here in the mid-Atlantic, the cafeterias are all exactly the same.

# posted by Blogger WFY : Wednesday, January 23, 2008 3:00:00 PM   Post a Comment

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