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Skiing in the Pocono Mountains
Pocono is the Lenape Indian term for stream between mountains. Perhaps the Indian people had a habit for understatement because the stream is the huge Delaware River and the Pocono mountains in winter offer decent-sized ski areas.

The skiing in Eastern Pennsylvania just might be better than the honeymoon heart-shaped tubs that have made this region so well-loved, at least among brides and grooms.
With the mounting popularity of snowboarding and terrain parks in the last twenty years, Pocono areas have really extended the volume with the latest terrain features. If your kids are anything like mine, they like their slopes sprinkled with hits, spines, rails and rolls (ask your kids for terrain lingo translation) – they will find generous portions of halfpipes and parks here.
Moms and Dads may not share the same thrill for launching off ski jumps, but tubing is one amusing, simple sliding activity that the entire family can share, and all these Pocono playgrounds have special tubing parks, most with multiple chutes to spin, glide and giggle your way down.
Here is your guide to skiing in the Poconos:
Big Boulder was the first commercial ski area to open in Pennsylvania in 1946. Downhill skiing has grown dramatically in the 60 years since, and while the Pocono slopes haven’t become any more precipitous, the facilities now include high-speed lifts, grooming and snowmaking, and terrain parks to keep up with the latest slope styles.
Big Boulder is great for little children. Its trails are well-manicured, the ski schools have experienced instructors and the mascots (Snowball the Snowtiger, Blizzard Babies, etc.) are frequently noticed on the slopes pressing their furry flesh to make kids smile.
In the heart of the Pocono ski region is Shawnee Mountain Ski Area, which has plenty of lifts (a quad, a triple and 6 double chairs) to get you up the 700-foot hill for skiing and riding on 23 trails. A 3,000-foot-long terrain park with music gives teens and tweens plenty of room to slide on their boards. Shawnee also offers a six lane tubing hill.
Nearby is Alpine Mountain, which has a very family-friendly Penguin Play Park for the littlest tykes. Alpine has 21 trails with a 550-foot vertical drop, and features a terrain park and half pipe plus a tubing hill open all day and night.
Camelback is the largest Pennsylvania ski area with 33 trails and 13 lifts including two high-speed quads. All of Camelback’s 800-foot vertical slopes are lit up and open for night skiing too.
To the west is Jack Frost, an intermediate ski mountain. six hundred feet vertical drop with pleasant cruising. Like Big Boulder, which shares its ownership. Jack Frost has three terrain parks loaded with hits and happening events. Jack Frost also offers snowboarding, snow tubing, and features the Snow Monster characters on the slopes.
The highest of the Pocono ski areas is Blue Mountain with 1,082-foot vertical drop and 30 trails served by 10 lifts, plus two terrain parks. To encourage young folk to get started, Blue actually offers free childcare midweek, or a nominal fee on weekends and holidays.
All these ski facilities are fully geared to newbie skiers and young families; many are equipped with on-site daycare, rental equipment and ski schools for learning kids and adults. These ski areas all make their own snow, like churning out ice cream, to provide predictable conditions – since Mother Nature is so darned mercurial these days.

There’s plenty to do if you don’t downhill ski during Pocono winters. You can ice-skate across frozen area lakes and ponds, explore the rolling countryside on snowshoe or cross-country skis, or just stay at your resort and relax during a horse-drawn sleigh ride. This winter area is a drive to destination for several major metro regions, so you can pack up the SUV and drive to your week of winter play. The scenic snow-covered hills are an easy change of pace from the usual rat race.
Think of it as a second honeymoon on snow.
Article credit to www.familyskitrips.com/newengland

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