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- From: chrisf@brtph316.bnr.ca (Chris Fulmer)
- Subject: Re: Pittsburgh
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.221644.13554@brtph560.bnr.ca>
- Sender: chrisf@brtph316 (Chris Fulmer)
- Reply-To: woodstock!chris@mcnc.org
- Organization: BNR Dept 3B91, RTP
- References: <Af4E8pa00WBN02UqFo@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 22:16:44 GMT
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- Well, if you're looking for good skiing near the 'burgh, then
- you're in the wrong place :). Take it from a CMU grad.
-
- Within good driving distance, you have...
-
- Seven Springs 1.5 hrs Summerset Co. Donegal exit off T-pike
- Hidden Valley 1.5 hrs ditto
- Wisp 3 hrs Deep Creek Maryland
- Holiday Valley 5 hrs Ellicotville, NY
- Snowshoe 5 hrs Elkin, WV
- Peak 'n Peak 4 hrs Upstate PA. Don't remember the town.
- Boyce Park .5 hrs Small.... Blecch.
- Oglebay, WV 1.5 hrs 1 hill, poma lift. Tiny. Cheap.
-
- Seven Springs is the standard, since it's so close. It's better
- than Hidden Valley, but typically more expensive and more crowded.
- Also has more of a reputation for drunk skiers. The hardest slopes
- are on the North Face.
-
- Holiday Valley & Snowshoe are good for weekend trips. Longer runs
- than the immediate local stuff. Nothing in the *real* double-black
- range, but some good slopes. They're also significantly longer
- than those closer to home. Snowshoe also recently bought another
- resort (Silver Creek?) that was on the same mtn, so they're huge now.
- (51 runs, I think.) Cupp run at Snowshoe is excellent.
-
- Wisp is a nice, uncrowded area. I really like it. Their facilities
- are a bit spartan, though.
-
- Peak 'n Peak is fairly inexpensive, but if you're gonna go that far, just
- go for Holiday Valley.
-
- If you're going to be skiing on a December Weekday, you won't have
- any lift line problems at any of these places, as long as you're going
- before the Christmas Holidays.
-
- As for ski conditions, WDVE has condition updates. You may also want
- to call Willies.
-
- There are some resorts out toward the eastern end of the state that I'm
- not familiar with (Blue Knob comes to mind.)
-
- ------------------------------------------------------
- Chris Fulmer Bell-Northern Research
- Sr. Software Designer Research Triangle, NC
- mail to woodstock!chris@mcnc.org (preferable) or...
- chrisf@bnr.ca (not so preferable)
- Oh yeah. The usual disclaimers apply here.
-