Roundtop Mountain Resort - Hidden Mountain Resort

Roundtop Mountain Resort is a resort located in south central Pennsylvania. During the winter months the resort offers skiing, snowboarding, and snowtubing. During the spring, summer, and fall, Roundtop offers zip lines, a ropes course, OGO Balls, and year-round paintball.

Along with two other resorts, Whitetail Ski Resort and Liberty Mountain Resort, it is owned by Snow Time, Inc.

History

Roundtop Mountain Resort was originally developed under the name Ski Roundtop by Irvin Naylor in the wake of a disappointing experience in 1964 at another now defunct local resort. He was unwilling to commute to Vermont to ski. A local surveyor, suggested property owned by Ethel Barrett, which Naylor purchased for $30,000. With other investors, Naylor formed Snow Time, Inc., to run the ski resort and leased the land to the corporation. Naylor's original stake in Snow Time, Inc. was 10-percent. After a number of successful years, the corporation's directors got tired of paying a percentage of revenue to Naylor for the lease and the company bought the land from him. Naylor then used the proceeds to increase his stake in Snow Time, Inc. to a 75-percent share, wresting control of the company from his fellow investors.

Statistics

• Elevation: Base 755 ft (230 m).
• Summit: 1,335 ft (407 m).
• Vertical Drop: 600 ft (180 m)
• Number of Trails: 20
• Slope Difficulty: 29% Easier, 39% More Difficult, 31% Most Difficult, 10% Extremely Difficult
• Lifts: 3 Quads, 2 Triples, 1 J-bar, 2 carpet lifts
• Night Skiing: 95% terrain, 7 nights a week
• Snowmaking: 100%
• Skiing Season: November to mid-March (weather dependent)

Trails

Roundtop Mountain Resort possesses slopes with varying levels of difficulty. The trail names are as follows:

Easier Trails: Powderhorn, Drummer Boy, Fanny Hill, Discovery Area

More Difficult Trails: Lower Lafayette's Leap, Minuteman, Recruit, Susquehanna, Lower Exhibition, Danner's Detour

Most Difficult Trails: Barrett's Trail, Bunker Hill, Upper Exhibition, Patriot, Lower Ramrod, Lower Gunbarrel

Extremely Difficult Trails: Upper Gunbarrel, Upper Ramrod

Terrain Parks: Fife & Drum, J-Bar Park

References

External links

• Roundtop Mountain Resort website