
You can loop these on the Iron Horse lift.įrom the lodge, the Shuttle lift serves gentle green runs, including winding Easy Street and the wider Highball. Next to that, Whistler trail has a smaller terrain park and Spike has a longer one. Near the summit of Montage Mountain ski resort, Switch trail has a NASTAR racing course. The top of Long Haul access several blue slopes, and upper-level intermediates should not struggle with the single-black runs down to its base.
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Stick to the Phoebe chairlift to loop this and the other blacks at the bottom or head up the Long Haul lift to get the full vertical drop. The steepest section on Montage Mountain-and one of the steepest runs anywhere in the state-runs about 300 feet on the headwall of double-black rated White Lightning, which drops off at an impressive 30 degrees below the parking lot (all the way skiers left from the Phoebe chair). Also, you need to go all the way to the top to take advantage of the longer runs which the full vertical drop provides. Experts will want to ski the steeper runs toward the bottom, although at times the snow isn’t as good. The top of Montage Mountain ski resort is rated mostly green and blue, and several lifts serve this area. This means you can boot up and ski your first run without waiting for a lift.ĭepending on your ability, you may want to take a lift first anyway. The summit is at 1960 feet, but the ski area parking lot is at neither the top nor the bottom, but at mid-mountain.

Located just a few miles from downtown Scranton, only a few hours from Philadelphia, Montage Mountain ski resort has a vertical drop of 1,000 feet, just a few short of the states largest ( Blue Mountain Ski Resort). Whatever the name, Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA, is one of the biggest and best of all the Poconos ski resorts. It was Montage Mountain Ski Area then Sno Mountain and now it is once again Montage Mountain.
