| Resort | Slopes | Cost | Special Note |
Big Boulder
Lake Harmony (225 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/722-0100
Ski Report: 800/475-SNOW
| 12 slopes and trails, with a 475-foot vertical drop. The longest run is 2,900 feet. Big Boulder also has three kilometers of cross-country trails, with access to Hickory Run State Park trails.
| Adults: $32 weekdays, $40 weekends and holidays, $20 weekday nights, $25 weekend nights; ages 6 to 15 and seniors 62 to 69: $20 any time; ages 70 and older: $7 any time; 5 and under ski free. Night skiing starts Dec. 26. Reciprocal lift tickets with Jack Frost Mountain, six miles away. Tubing prices are $17 for all-day, $12 for half-day, $22 for day and night.
| Vertical isn't great (only 475 feet), but broad slopes make up for it. New this year is an expanded Snow Tubing Slope, with eight 2,700-foot-long lanes (three just for children) and a family tubing area with tubes that can hold four people. |
Blue Knob
Claysburg (150 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 814/239-5111
Ski Report: 800/458-3403
| 20 slopes and trails, with a 1,072-foot vertical drop and long run of 10,400 feet.
| Adults: $22 weekdays, $32 weekends and holidays, $17 any night; ages 12 and younger: $17 weekdays, $22 weekends and $12 nights.
| Mambo, an intermediate slope, is almost two miles long. |
Blue Mountain
Palmerton (240 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 610/826-7700
Ski Report: 800/235-2226
| 20 slopes, with a 1,082-foot vertical drop and a long run of 6,400 feet.
| Adults: $31 weekdays, $39 weekends and holidays, $23 weeknights, $25 weekend nights; ages 12 and younger: $26 weekdays, $34 weekends and holidays, $18 weekday nights, $20 weekend and holiday nights; ages 6 and younger: free; ages 65 and older get a 20 percent discount.
| Highest vertical drop in Pennsylvania. |
Camelback
Tannersville (230 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/629-1661
Ski Report: 800/233-8100
| 32 slopes, an 800-foot vertical drop and a long run of 5,200 feet.
| Adults: $33 weekdays and holidays; $24 weekday nights, $26 weekend nights; children 45 inches and shorter ski free with paying adult, those 46 inches and taller to age 10 ski for $27 weekdays, $33 weekends and holidays; $24 weekday nights, $26 weekend nights; seniors ages 65 to 70 ski for $25 any time, ages 70 and older ski free midweek.
| Largest ski area in Poconos recently opened area's largest snow-tubing slopes. Forty percent of its slopes are rated for beginners. |
Doe Mountain
Macungie (155 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 610/682-7100
Ski Report: 800/475-4363
| 15 slopes and trails, a vertical drop of 500 feet and a long run of 7,800 feet.
| Adults: $27 weekdays, $35 weekends and holidays, $20 weekday nights, $24 weekend and holiday nights; ages 62 to 69 and ages 6 to 12: $18 weekdays, $24 weekends and holidays, $20 weekend and holiday nights; ages 5 and younge and 70 and older are free.
| One third of the ski slopes are rated double black diamond -- the most challenging slopes there are. |
Elk Mountain
Uniondale (260 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717-679-2611
Ski Report: 800/233-4131
| 26 slopes and trails, a 1,000-foot vertical drop and a long run of 8,800 feet.
| Adults: $30 weekdays, $38 weekends and holidays, $20 nights; ages 65 and older and ages 6 to 12: $25 weekdays, $36 weekends and holidays, $16 weekday nights, $17 weekend nights; ages 5 and younger free with paid adults.
| Almost half of the slopes are rated expert, but the 8,800-foot Lehigh slope is an easy run. |
Hidden Valley
Somerset (191 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 800/458-0175
Ski Report: 800/443-7544
| 17 slopes and trails, a 610-foot vertical drop and a long run of 5,200 feet. There are 50 kilometers of maintained and machine-groomed cross-country trails in adjacent parkland.
| Adults: $20 weekdays, $34 weekends and holidays, including Christmas week, $15 Monday-Thursday nights, $25 Friday-Sunday and holiday nights; seniors and ages 6 to 12: $15 weekdays, $10 Monday-Thursday nights, $26 weekends, $20 Friday-Sunday and holiday nights; ages 5 and younger and 70 and older are free.
| Great resort for families, with children's activities and an indoor pool. |
Jack Frost Mountain
White Haven (225 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/443-8425
Ski Report: 717/443-8425
| 21 slopes, with a 600-foot vertical drop and a long run of 2,700 feet. Fifteen kilometers of cross-country trails and a three-lane Snow Tubing Hill with a run of 1,200 feet.
| Adults: $32 weekdays, $40 weekends and holidays; ages 60 to 15 and ages 62 to 69: $20 any time; ages 70 and older: $7 any time; ages 5 and under: free. Tubing fees are $15 all-day, $10 half-day. Cross country trail fee: $10.
| No night skiing. Reciprocal lift ticket with Big Boulder, six miles away. Vertical drop is only 600 feet, but the slopes are wide and great for skiing at all levels of expertise. |
Montage
Scranton (210 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/969-7669
Ski Report: 800/468-7669
| 21 slopes, a 1,000-foot vertical drop and a long run of 4,000 feet.
| Adults: $28 weekdays, $35 weekends and holidays, $18 nights; ages 6 through 10, $23 weekdays, $30 weekends and holidays, $15 nights; ages 5 and younger free with paying adult; ages 65 and older half-price discount at any time.
| New this year is White Lightning, an 1,800-foot-long double-black diamond trail. |
Seven Springs
Champion (190 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 800/452-2223
Ski Report: 800/523-7777
| 30 slopes and trails, a 750-foot vertical drop and a long run of 6,600 feet.
| Adults: $32 weekdays, $39 weekends and holidays, $25 any night; ages 11 and younger: $25 weekdays, $32 weekends and holidays, $18 nights.
| This 5,000-acre resort has 385 rooms in the main lodge and more than 600 condos and chalets. The ski area has 14 slopes rated for beginners. |
Shawnee Mountain
Shawnee-on-Delaware (210 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/421-7231
Ski Report: 800/233-4218
| 23 slopes, a 700-foot vertical drop and a long run of 5,100 feet.
| Adults: $31 weekdays, $39 weekends and holidays, $25 any night; ages 12 and younger: $25 weekdays, $30 weekends and holidays (tickets good for both day and night sessions); children 46 inches tall and shorter receive a free lift ticket with paying adult.
| This resort is primarily for beginning and intermediate skiers. |
Ski Liberty
Fairfield (65 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/642-8282
Ski Report: 800/829-4766
| 16 slopes, a 600-foot vertical drop and a long run of 5,200 feet.
| Adults: $29 weekdays, $37 weekends and holidays, $24 nights; ages 6 to 10, $24 weekdays, $32 weekends and holidays, $19 nights; ages 5 and younger ski free with ticketed adult; 65 and older ski half price midweek and non-holidays.
| As the resort closest to Washington, it is popular with kids, teens, families and bus groups. |
Ski Roundtop
Lewisberry (121 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/432-9631
Ski Report: 717/432-7000
| 14 slopes, a 600-foot vertical drop and a long run of 4,100 feet.
| Adults: $29 weekdays, $36 weekends and holidays, $24 nights; ages 60 to 10: $25 weekdays, $33 weekends and holidays, $20 nights; ages 5 and younger ski free with ticketed adult; ages 65 and older ski half-price midweek.
| Tubing area now has four runs and two lifts and is drawing the non-skiing members of the family onto the slopes ($7 per hour). The tube runs are popular with groups, which hold parties on these slopes. |
Tussey Mountain Ski Area
Boalsburg (180 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 814/466-6266
Ski Report: 814/466-4810
| Seven slopes, a 600-foot vertical drop and a long run of 5,200 feet.
| Ages 11 to 64: $20 weekdays (slopes open at noon), $24 weekends and holidays, $18 any night; ages 7 to 10: $17 weekdays, $21 weekends and holidays, $15 any night; ages 6 and younger: free; ages 65 to 70: half price; over 70: free.
| Popular with students from Penn State and other nearby colleges. |
Whitetail
Mercersburg (80 miles from Wash.)
Phone: 717/328-9400
Ski Report: 717/328-9400
| 17 slopes, with a 935-foot vertical drop and a long run of 4,900 feet.
| Adults: $30 weekdays, $42 weekends and holidays, $25 nights; ages 65 to 69 and ages 7 to 12: $23 weekdays, $35 weekends and holidays, $18 nights; ages 6 and younger and 70 and older ski free any time. Lift tickets may be bought in advance by calling 717/328-9400 or by buying a ticket voucher through Ticketmaster, 202/432-7328 (service charge added).
| As the second-closest resort to Washington, it is popular with school groups and ski clubs. |
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