Blue Mountain is a ski resort located near Palmerton, Pennsylvania, on Blue Mountain in the northern part of the Lehigh Valley, in Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain services the Allentown, Philadelphia, New York City, and Wilmington urban areas; with 300,000 visitors per year, the resort is one of the most popular in the Poconos.
The resort was opened by Ray Tuthill in the mid 1970s as Little Gap Ski Area; he re-established it as Blue Mountain in 1977....
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Blue Mountain is a ski resort located near Palmerton, Pennsylvania, on Blue Mountain in the northern part of the Lehigh Valley, in Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain services the Allentown, Philadelphia, New York City, and Wilmington urban areas; with 300,000 visitors per year, the resort is one of the most popular in the Poconos.
The resort was opened by Ray Tuthill in the mid 1970s as Little Gap Ski Area; he re-established it as Blue Mountain in 1977. The resort celebrated its 30th anniversary during the 2007-08 season.
In 2002 and 2003 Blue Mountain added two advanced runs and a teaching hill with two beginner slopes, fed by a triple chairlift and a conveyor lift. In 2006 the resort added eastern Pennsylvania's first high-speed six-pack chairlift.
In summer 2008 the resort implemented a $3.1 million upgrade for the 2008-2009 ski season. It included improvements to the resort's snowmaking equipment, a newly built dining facility, and the addition of a new intermediate trail between Razor's...
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