Camelback Mountain Resort

[4aprice]

Date(s) Skied: 12/18/10

Resort or Ski Area: Camelback Mountain Resort

Conditions: Man made Packed Powder

Trip Report: Beautiful Saturday at Camelback. The snowmakers have been just pounding the mountain the past two weeks. Cliffhanger, King Tut and Lower Marc Antoney were the addtions today. Pharoh/Bactrain, Dromedary, Asp and Hump are the last trails needed to be layed in and they were under the guns all day. They will be 100% by the end of the week. Crowds were pretty light but the place wasn't empty. A very good start for the mountain. Now we need the bumps up.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[jjaaayjj]

ladies day (bogo)

on the camelback website, they are offering a buy 1, get 1 lift ticket free for ladies. do you know how strict they enforce this? what if it is a lady purchasing the lift ticket, but with a male receiving the extra lift ticket. think that will work?

 

[4aprice]

on the camelback website, they are offering a buy 1, get 1 lift ticket free for ladies. do you know how strict they enforce this? what if it is a lady purchasing the lift ticket, but with a male receiving the extra lift ticket. think that will work?

They've been advertising this up at the mountain but I don't know how strict they would be. A 2 for 1 on a Wednesday morning would be a good deal. The whole mountain is open and you would have the place to yourselves.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[jjaaayjj]

i guess i'll find out next week. have you ever been to mountain creek, windham, etc? i love camelback because during midweek, its usually not too crowded. i heard at mountain creek, there's usually a bunch of rude and obnoxious teens

 

[4aprice]

i guess i'll find out next week. have you ever been to mountain creek, windham, etc? i love camelback because during midweek, its usually not too crowded. i heard at mountain creek, there's usually a bunch of rude and obnoxious teens

Sounds to me as if your in the North Jersey area. Welcome to the boards. Basically been to them all X2. I use the Pocono's for my local fix. Basically 3 areas Blue, Camelback and Elk. Camelback is home due to its location, Blue is a great change of pace (and good moguls), and Elk is a nice escape. I should also add that the wife's family has a place in Arrowhead Lake so we don't always round trip outta NNJ. The Catskills are a 2-3 hour run from home. My favorites up there in order are Plattekill, Hunter, Belleayre then Windham. Hunter is the best mountain (and drive for me) Plattekill is the funnest. I don't mean to sound like a snob but I really don't hit the others(MC, Shawnee Hidden etc) any more. I'm not saying anything bad about them but I guess I should say they are not on my radar.

Alex

Lake Hopatcong, NJ

 

[bwilden]

Camelback Crowds this week

What will the crowds be like at Camelback this Wednesday? I would like to take my 11-year-old skiing for the 2nd time but am a "little" concerned about crowds. I do not want to be waiting in line for 15-20 minutes at the lifts if I can avoid it. Thanks for any input.

 

[jaywbigred]

What will the crowds be like at Camelback this Wednesday? I would like to take my 11-year-old skiing for the 2nd time but am a "little" concerned about crowds. I do not want to be waiting in line for 15-20 minutes at the lifts if I can avoid it. Thanks for any input.

I don't think I've ever seen lines that long at Camelback, too many lifts. Also, uhh, even though kids are off from school, it's still a non-holiday Wednesday. I am sure you will be fine.