Camelback Ski Area<\/a><\/blockquote><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Camelback Ski Area is a ski resort in Tannersville, PA. Camelback Mountain Resort\u00a0is a\u00a0ski and snowboard resort\u00a0located in the\u00a0Pocono Mountains\u00a0region in\u00a0Tannersville, Pennsylvania\u00a0and\u00a0Jackson Township\u00a0adjacent to, and partially within\u00a0Big Pocono State Park. In the 1950s when developers were working to expand the original solitary ski run, they negotiated with the then PA DER for permission to use a small portion of the state park for the ski area in exchange for $1 a year and the obligation to maintain the entire park.Camelback Mountain (Big Pocono)\u00a0itself reaches an\u00a0elevation\u00a0of\u00a02,133\u00a0feet\u00a0(650\u00a0m). There are 160\u00a0acres (56 hectares) of skiing & snowboarding terrain; the\u00a0mountains\u00a0have a total of 34 slopes (the longest of which is 1\u00a0mile(1,609\u00a0m), namely, the Nile Mile) and features a vertical drop of 800\u00a0ft (244\u00a0m), 15 lifts, including 2 high speed\u00a0detachable chairlifts; the Sullivan Express and Stevenson Express, both quads. It is the largest ski resort in the Poconos. It has two terrain parks, the larger of which is now accessible only by ascertaining a park pass. Camelback also has the only Half Pipe in the Pocono Mountains. Camelback is also a member of the Burton Learn to Ride Program with a Learn To Ride Center, Freesyle Learn To Ride center, Women's Learn To Ride Center and Children's Learn to Ride Center. The resort was opened in December 1963. The mountain\u00a0summit\u00a0receives an average of 50 in (127\u00a0cm) of\u00a0snowfall\u00a0each winter. It has\u00a0snowmaking\u00a0facilities and is 100% lit fornight skiing.The resort also features a waterpark, called\u00a0Camelbeach, that is open during the summer. It includes 30 waterslides (the most in Pennsylvania), including four body slides, ten mat slides, six tube slides and ten raft rides, in addition to The FlowRider, the ultimate surfing ride, a 30,000-square-foot (2,800\u00a0m2) wave pool, adventure river,and full-sized competition pool. Also, new in 2006, Camelbeach now features a Wave riding pool by means of surfing.The newest addition to Camelback Mountain Resort is the Camelback Mountain Adventures.It includes Treetop Adventure courses, 1,000\u00a0ft (300\u00a0m) of zipline, Mountain Segways, Disco Golf, Euro Bungy and a Climbing Wall. Camelback Mountain Adventures is open from June to November.. Vertical Drop: 800. Trail Count: 33. Lift Count: 13. (2 High-Speed Quads; 3 Triples; 7 Doubles; 1 Surface Lift)"}