Roundtop Mountain Resort - Hidden Mountain Resort

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.

Roundtop Mountain Resort  - hidden mountain resort
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.

Roundtop Mountain Resort  - hidden mountain resort
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)

Roundtop Mountain Resort  - hidden mountain resort
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

Roundtop Mountain Resort  - hidden mountain resort
References

Roundtop Mountain Resort  - hidden mountain resort
External links

  • Roundtop Mountain Resort website

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