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I decided to dust off my touring skis and head up to Camelback this morning. I packed the car with skis and my dog, Birmy, and we were off to go find some snow. When I got to Camelback, I was unsure of the uphill policy. I called during the week and I was told I needed to buy a lift ticket (turns out, I don’t think you do). After walking around with Birms and letting him roll in the snow, ski patrol told me that I could skin up Laurel Glade to Birches and didn’t mention anything about the lift ticket. I was told that the uphill route changes depending on the time of the day based on crowds and to check-in with ski patrol before you go up. I put Birms in the car and I went up for my first lap. It was about 1 mile and 675 vertical feet. It was a sweaty mile, so I went to check on the dog and decided to leave my jacket in the car for the next lap. It was my first time touring in over a year, so still need to get faster and fitter for spring mountains but it took about 30 minutes while telling the beginners they need to put down the lever before stepping down and helping a few little shredders up. Wish I had a GoPro though – not for the gnarly views or conditions but when I got to the top, I was breathing heavy and had my airpods in. I was near the top of Birches and saw a man frantically waving at me. I pulled out an airpod and asked him if he was okay. He goes, “Are you okay? Do you know you’re going the wrong way?!” Overall, solid workout and would definitely do it again.

PennLive.com: Here's what new at Roundtop, Camelback, Liberty and more ski resorts in Pennsylvania. https://www.pennlive.com/expo/life-and-culture/erry-2018/10/065606b1971974/heres-what-new-at-roundtop-cam.html I'd be interested to see this new Scarab trail and how much it's just a rebirth of the old cross mountain trail.

A Beautiful Place: 50 Years of Camelback Mountain Resort Thought this belonged here. Didn't find it posted before. Cheers!

I'm looking to buy a pair of discounted skis I've got an eye on and then have the bindings taken off my old pair and put on the new. BUT, I also want to put a 2mm or so shim under the toe of the bindings to fix a ramp angle issue. I ski at Blue mostly, and have had their shop do some minor work; JD is great, and the shop guys are super nice, but when I asked about binding shims, they didn't seem to know what I was talking about. The shop seems more retail-oriented than tuning-focused beyond waxing and running the Montana. But maybe I'm wrong--is there a tech there that I should talk to? Buckmans: forget it. I went to try on a pair of boots there and the "bootfitter" yelled at me for asking for a size down from my brannock measurement, then he literally, and I'm not kidding, fell off his stool. The other options I see are the Loft near CBK and Alpina near JFBB. I've had a good experience at one of those places, and a bad experience at the other. One place was super aggressive in telling me what I should have done instead of doing what I was clearly, unambiguously asking for. It was very unpleasant. (And yeah, I knew exactly why I wanted what I wanted. I enjoy discussing gear and tuning and I appreciate helpful advice, but this wasn't helpful, it was pushy and condescending). So, since I'm fairly new to the area I thought I'd put it put to you PASRs: is there a shop that people generally trust for serious work?

So we did some work at trying to get CBK back up to decent again last season. The comments are that we are heading in the right direction at least. However, we do need some quality park crew members to join the team this season. We really want to keep improving the park on a regular basis, and park crew has a lot to do with that. It does not matter if you ski or board, but you should be able to hit all the features we have setup on a daily basis. You do not have to have previous experience, but it is preferred... landscaping experience is a good one, or if you just have a complete dedication to the park. What I would like to do is to have anyone who is interested contact me here, and then we can setup a pre-season session at Park 1260 to talk about what we want to do this season.

What is your favorite feature(s) at Camelback? What would you like to see up for opening day? Your input is greatly appreciated, so any constructive suggestions or comments you have are welcomed!

Camelback is looking for park crew members for this season, 2013-14. Prior terrain park experience is prefered, but not madatory. At the very least you should have a love for terrain parks, and a desire to help make the CBK parks some of the best around. You should be 18 or over, hard working, energetic, and have reliable transportation. The goals for this season are top quality setups, true progression layouts, and creative ideas. Opening day is right around the corner, so get in touch as soon as you can. You may PM me here for more information, or you can fill out an application at the HR department any day of the week during business hours.