Shawnee Mountain Ski Area
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Shawnee Mountain is a family oriented ski resort
in Eastern Pennsylvania
located right outside East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
, I-80, exit 309, next to the Delaware River
in the easternmost part of The Poconos
.
Shawnee Mountain has a summit elevation
of 1350 feet (411.5 m) and vertical elevation
change of 700 ft (213.4 m) There are 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) of skiing terrain. The mountain
has a total of 23 trails, the longest of which is 5,100 feet (1,554 m), and two terrain parks. The Bushkill Park currently has many features including rails, boxes, a set of stairs, and a Tepee Wall Ride. The other park features boxes and rails.
Shawnee Mountain has nine lifts (from left to right). There is a quad chairlift called the Arrowhead Chairlift. There is a recently renovated high-speed (reaches the top in only 3 minutes) quad chairlift that is called the Tomahawk Express chairlift. There is a double-double chairlift (two chairlifts together). Normally, one of the doubles is open. Then is another double chairlift (only one) called the Bushkill Chairlift that takes people over the Bushkill Terrain Park. This is a very narrow chairlift and the longest one. Then at the beginner’s hill, there is a small double chairlift. Next to it is a magic carpet lift. Then at the learning center is another magic carpet. Then last is a snowtubing magic carpet.
In March of 2010, Shawnee announced that it had purchased a new High Speed-Detachable chairlift
from Doppelmayr CTEC
.
The mountain also features 100% snow making, night skiing and snow tubing. The mountain summit
receives an average of 50 inches (1,270 mm) of snow
fall each winter. The resort opened in 1975.
Ski resort
A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing and other winter sports. In Europe a ski resort is a town or village in a ski area - a mountainous area, where there are ski trails and supporting services such as hotels and other accommodation, restaurants, equipment rental and a ski lift system...
in Eastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
located right outside East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
East Stroudsburg is the most populous municipality in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the Poconos region of the state. Originally known as "Dansbury", East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad opened a...
, I-80, exit 309, next to the Delaware River
Delaware River
The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...
in the easternmost part of The Poconos
The Poconos
The Pocono Mountains is a region located in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. The Poconos, located chiefly in Monroe and Pike counties , are an upland of the larger Allegheny Plateau...
.
Shawnee Mountain has a summit elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
of 1350 feet (411.5 m) and vertical elevation
Elevation
The elevation of a geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point, most commonly a reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface ....
change of 700 ft (213.4 m) There are 125 acre (0.5058575 km²) of skiing terrain. The mountain
Mountain
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has a total of 23 trails, the longest of which is 5,100 feet (1,554 m), and two terrain parks. The Bushkill Park currently has many features including rails, boxes, a set of stairs, and a Tepee Wall Ride. The other park features boxes and rails.
Shawnee Mountain has nine lifts (from left to right). There is a quad chairlift called the Arrowhead Chairlift. There is a recently renovated high-speed (reaches the top in only 3 minutes) quad chairlift that is called the Tomahawk Express chairlift. There is a double-double chairlift (two chairlifts together). Normally, one of the doubles is open. Then is another double chairlift (only one) called the Bushkill Chairlift that takes people over the Bushkill Terrain Park. This is a very narrow chairlift and the longest one. Then at the beginner’s hill, there is a small double chairlift. Next to it is a magic carpet lift. Then at the learning center is another magic carpet. Then last is a snowtubing magic carpet.
In March of 2010, Shawnee announced that it had purchased a new High Speed-Detachable chairlift
Detachable chairlift
A detachable chairlift or high-speed chairlift is a type of passenger aerial lift, which, like a fixed-grip chairlift, consists of numerous chairs attached to a constantly moving wire rope that is strung between two terminals over intermediate towers. They are now commonplace at all but the...
from Doppelmayr CTEC
Doppelmayr CTEC
Doppelmayr is an aerial lift manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, and a subsidiary of the worldwide Doppelmayr Garaventa Group. The North American company was formed in 2001 after the merger of Garaventa of Goldau, Switzerland, and Doppelmayr of Wolfurt, Austria....
.
The mountain also features 100% snow making, night skiing and snow tubing. The mountain summit
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
receives an average of 50 inches (1,270 mm) of snow
Snow
Snow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...
fall each winter. The resort opened in 1975.