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» Mike Gerrard - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

I love the names! Jack Frost Mountain is great, and Camelback. There's a Camelback in Phoenix - bit less snow there, though.

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» Barbara Rogers - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by mgerrard:

I have always snickered at the names of ski areas, too. At Okemo, a wonderful ski resort in Vermont, there's a whole new section called Jackson's Gore. In New England, the word "gore" in a town name means that it was a little section of land that didn't get included in the original land surveys in colonial times, so was not included in the land grants --hence nobody owned it. That's the location of the new section of Okemo, but somehow gore is not the image I want when I'm flying down a mountain on slippery sticks!

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» Barbara Rogers - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by mgerrard:

I forgot to mention that I hope you'll be covering some New England ski resorts, too -- although with the warm autumn we've had, it's hard to think of deep snowcover.

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» Amanda Kendle - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by ciaomondo:
Oh ... you're really giving me a desire for snow! Now that I'm down in Australia for the summer (winter up where you all are) the thought of curling up in a warm cabin with a good hot chocolate watching the snow fall ... ahhh, not something I'm likely to see here. Will have to experience it just by reading about it - thanks Fran!
cheers
Amanda

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» franfolsom - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by mgerrard:

Yes, the thought of skiing down a camel's back is quite funny. I've hiked Camelback in Phoenix, it was tough going.

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by ciaomondo:

I don't know who made up the names of the ski mountains in the Poconos, but they are a hoot. My favorite is Jack Frost!

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by ciaomondo:

I will be covering ski areas in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts in the next few weeks. Many of them have installed new snow making equipment. They can't count on Mother Nature anymore.

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

In response to Pocono Mountain Ski Areas posted by akendle:

Don't forget the hot mulled wine Amanda. That's one of the joys of living in a northern hemisphere, snow. Although some people think of it as a "four-letter word"!

Look for more articles about cold New England in a few weeks.

-- posted by franfolsom

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» franfolsom - Pocono Mountain Ski Areas

Several of these ski areas are very close to metropolitan cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Wilmington Delaware.

-- posted by franfolsom

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