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Montage closed this week...
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MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Pretty bad storm there! 
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/mon...-reopen-friday-after-storm-clean-up/663689853
https://www.pahomepage.com/news/mon...-reopen-friday-after-storm-clean-up/663689853
MaineSkiLady
Angel Diva
Pennsylvania - Poconos - near Scranton.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Montage is of the few PA ski areas that can be seen from the Interstate highway. Unusual because the most difficult terrain is on the lower mountain. The base area is in the middle of the mountain. I haven't skied there but stopped by once when driving between NC and upstate NY.
vanhoskier
Angel Diva
Montage is a fun mountain to ski...one of my favorites in PA. @tinymoose and I have skied there a lot. The "north face" has some nice terrain.....a great bump run and a quite steep (and often mogulled) run that will challenge many skiers. I indicated where the base lodge is with the yellow arrow.
Montage oftens build a "snow bar" outside, which is quite fun.....
@Lmk92 , they *hope* to reopen on Friday if they can get power restored and repair the damage. This winter has not been a winter here at all. It is CRAZY. We are having another severe thunderstorm right now as I type this.
Montage oftens build a "snow bar" outside, which is quite fun.....
@Lmk92 , they *hope* to reopen on Friday if they can get power restored and repair the damage. This winter has not been a winter here at all. It is CRAZY. We are having another severe thunderstorm right now as I type this.
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marzNC
Angel Diva
After quite a few years of effort, there is a new small ski area in western PA. Laurel Mountain is run by the same company as Seven Springs and Hidden Valley. Private operator on state land. In central PA, Snowtime also owns a trio of small ski areas: Liberty, Whitetail, Roundtop. Seems to be a business model that works for hills near densely populated areas.
marzNC
Angel Diva
Very unusual in the Poconos. An experience ski patroller said he's never seen anything like it in 20 years.
vanhoskier
Angel Diva
This weather pattern is unlike anything I've ever experienced here. Sure, here, we get freeze-thaws, and often a few days of above-normal temps, usually in the 40's, and maybe close to 50, in February. But this year, we had about a WEEK of temperatures in the 70's. .Then, after 2 cold days, it's back up in the 60's with more thunderstorm activity. But a violent storm like the one that hit near Montage - in February - THAT is what is highly unusual.
vanhoskier
Angel Diva
Yes, they are!
SallyCat
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Agree with @vanhoskier , this year in PA has been disturbingly abnormal. That storm that hit Montage was one of the worst T-storms I've ever seen, and I've lived in much more tornado-prone places than Pennsylvania. This morning we had to hold our students in class (as opposed to letting them walk from building to building) because of a severe lightning storm. On March first.
