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Thanks for all the info RideRossi. Easier to get answers from you folks than from anyone at the mountain, that's for sure. Given the margin of error, I think a fair estimate is 600, as additional digits would imply a degree of accuracy which is not present.

I imagine there is a certain margin of error when using GPS signals to compute these things I can't find where on skilifts.org they provide these stats. Can you provide a link? EDIT: I did find it on this page http://www.skilifts.org/old/install_na1984.htm There they list it as 580 feet EDIT 2: OK then it appears again on the survey did three years later as 610 feet http://www.skilifts.org/old/install_na1987.htm

Thanks, how does your phone do that? Is there an Android app that can measure vertical?

This link gives the headwall only 213 feet of vertical http://www.skiernet.com/angle-of-ski-trails.html But the stuff from the top of the lift down to the headwall is at least as steep as the top half of the mountain

Really? I figured it had more than half the vertical of the mountain, with all the steepness happening there.

Thanks for the welcome - I have been reading it for a while, but just joined. I know there are reports at times in other threads, I just thought it might be good to have a place to focus on this. It is unfortunate they do not really report on this on their web page.

Doesn't seen to have really impacted the skiing, but it doesn't seem real popular either (despite their having dropped prices quite a bit and offering $4 coupons at local businesses). I expect they are losing a bunch of money on this project. Only way I can see it being a money maker is if the variety of summer options gets their planned hotel lots of business for things like corporate retreats (that may use ropes courses) in the off season. Though I imagine a lot fewer of such things occur in this economy.

Anyone know what the vertical on the Phebe Snow lift is? Trying to put up my stats, and that's pretty much what I ski,

I would be interested to see updates here as to what the conditions in the gladed areas at Jack Frost are like when people happen to visit there and ski them. On the rare occasions that these have been skiable in recent years, the gladed areas are the feature that attracts me to go to Jack Frost, as they have more of these than anywhere else in eastern PA. Otherwise I tend to hit the areas with more vertical.

If Sno winds up getting prices similar to Camelback, that will keep me away, unless there is a serious upgrade like high speed lifts replacing Long Haul and Phoebe Snow. As is, the discounts entice me to do the extra drive from points south once or twice a year to ski the challenging stuff at the bottom.