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Well i hit up my first set of the Western PA Mountains. Hit up Seven Springs last night and then Blue Knob this morning. Both were alright conditions but should be getting better as we are getting hit with a storm right now. Seven Springs is a different mountain then I have ever been on. The verticle sucks but they have a lot of different runs and it is pretty much wide open. You can practically start on one side of the mountain and end up in the middle on just one run. It is like open skiing. Blue Knob was nice. They only have 8 runs open and I think by next week they should have the bottom half open which is all the good diamonds. Also if we get enough snow they will open up the Glades trails which I hear are really good. Blue knob has some great verticle but the lifts are sooooo slow. I was looking around and trying to find the vert of each chair lift but I cannot. If anyone has any idea of these would you let me know? Another thing is that Blue Knob has a bus. It must be something in a mountain name with Blue. It is not set up yet because there park isn't open. Next time I go I will try to borrow a friends camera to take some pictures of the bus.

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Blue Knob is one of my favorite places to go in PA, especially after a series of natural snow dumps. Because of its elevation (3125' above sea level), it gets hit by lake effect snows and, in good years, the glade skiing is the best in PA and ranks with Mad River Glen, VT. But it can be very cold and windy up there, so be ready.

 

You are absolutely right in saying that the lifts are slow. I keep hoping that, someday, the resort would replace the Route 66 and High Hopes lifts with a high-speed detachable quad. It would be expensive, but I think it could put Blue Knob on the map as being one of the best places to ski in PA. (And then there's the lodge. Ugh.) Blue Knob is for die-hard skiers/boarders. Stembogen Bowl is unlike anything in PA.

 

The vert for the lifts are something like this:

 

Route 66/High Hopes lifts: 1034' (bottom to top)

Expressway lift: 755'

Beginner's lift: 140' (talk about a ridiculously slow lift!)

 

Go back when things are really open. Deer Run (rated blue) is among the steepest blues I know of. I've never tried Extrovert (double black) and I've seen tons of people take some nasty falls on it, and only a handful run it and make it look easy. It is nearly the steepest run in PA and it will develop moguls the size of VW bugs. Blue Knob's motto: Ski good or eat wood, is very true. Make a return trip when things are really cranking there. You'll love it!

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Yeah my school is only like 50 mins so i play on hitting it a number of times. We have been getting a lot of snow over this weekend and all today. It is supposed to snow all week so hopefully it will be all open this weekend. Only problem is, is that it is all back roads to get there and if they aren't clear my car will never make it. Thanks for the verticle! If you ever come out let me know and maybe we can meet up and take some runs together.

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Yeah my school is only like 50 mins so i play on hitting it a number of times. We have been getting a lot of snow over this weekend and all today. It is supposed to snow all week so hopefully it will be all open this weekend. Only problem is, is that it is all back roads to get there and if they aren't clear my car will never make it. Thanks for the verticle! If you ever come out let me know and maybe we can meet up and take some runs together.

 

What school?

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I went there in the late 90's. We used to hit Blue Knob on Sun. nights for $10.

 

I wish it was $10 :) for night skiing it is $23 and they only have lights on like half the mountain. It is $40 which is pretty expensive for a 4 hour ticket. Me as a college kid can't afford that for that long. I really wanna hit it when it is fully open

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I wish it was $10 :) for night skiing it is $23 and they only have lights on like half the mountain. It is $40 which is pretty expensive for a 4 hour ticket. Me as a college kid can't afford that for that long. I really wanna hit it when it is fully open

 

It was $10 with a college ID. My fraternity had several social events there and they always gave us great group rates.

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It was $10 with a college ID. My fraternity had several social events there and they always gave us great group rates.

 

Lucky. I wanted to go with the ski club but they only go to Seven Springs. What fraternity were you in?

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