No Ego, Pure Bliss, and Just Great Turns: A Midweek Love Letter to Shawnee Mountain, PA I’ve skied Shawnee Mountain before, but it was always early or late season—when the mountain wasn’t fully open. What a difference that makes. What has been a stellar East Coast season so far, I got to check out the ski resort midweek on a morning that featured crispy corduroy, cloudy skies, and temperatures in the upper 20s. The mountain was […] Gregg Frantz | February 27, 2026 0 Comments
5 PA Resorts Announce Opening Dates for the 2025-26 Ski Season Camelback Resort, one of the Poconos’ most iconic winter destinations, announced its opening day for the winter 2025-2026 season is set for Wednesday, December 3. That would make it the first ski resort to open in Pennsylvania for the 2025-26 season. Camelback’s snowmaking crews have been working around the clock as temperatures allow, with hundreds of snow guns firing across […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | December 2, 2025 0 Comments
Shawnee Mountain, PA, Conditions Report: A Flashback to My Childhood This report is from Friday, January 24, 2025 On paper, Shawnee Mountain does not offer a lot to write home about, even by Pennslyvania standards. The mountain is small, old school, and really only an ideal place to spend a day if you are a beginner or intermediate skier or rider. And while that makes this place a write-off for […] Conditions Report Liam Abbott | January 27, 2025 1 Comment
Shawnee Mountain, PA, Opens for the 2024-25 Season Shawnee Mountain, Pennsylvania, is a beloved destination for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts in the Poconos. It continues to remain family-focused and family-owned. It is also one of the ski resorts in Pennsylvania that typically opens early in the season. This weekend, many Pennsylvania resorts opened for the first time for the 2024-25 season; Shawnee was one of those. The resort gave […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | December 6, 2024 0 Comments
4 Pennsylvania Ski Resorts Are Opening This Week Colder temperatures have finally dropped low enough for many ski resorts throughout Pennsylvania to fire up their snow guns. Crews at 15 Pennsylvania Ski Resorts cranked up their snowmaking systems, officially kicking off snowmaking operations for the start of the 2024-25 winter season. The forecast for this week is for temperatures to be consistently low enough for ski resorts to […] Industry News Gregg Frantz | December 1, 2024 0 Comments