Seven Springs Mountain Resort is an all-season resort located in the borough of

Seven Springs, Pennsylvania Seven Springs is a borough in Somerset and Fayette counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The Fayette County portion of the borough and resort are part of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, and the Somerset County portion is part of the Jo ...

. It has a relatively high elevation for a Pennsylvania ski area, at above sea level. Activities include biking, canopy touring,

ziplining A zip-line, zip line, zip-wire, flying fox, or death slide is a pulley suspended on a wire rope, cable, usually made of stainless steel, mounted on a slope. It is designed to enable cargo or a person propelled by gravity to travel from the top ...

sporting clays Sporting clays is a form of clay pigeon shooting, often described as "golf with a shotgun" because a typical course includes from 10 to 15 different shooting stations laid out over natural terrain. For safety, the course size is often no smaller ...

fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment, but may also be caught from stocked bodies of water such as ponds, canals, park wetlands and reservoirs. Fishing techniques inclu ...

hiking Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside. Walking for pleasure developed in Europe during the eighteenth century.AMATO, JOSEPH A. "Mind over Foot: Romantic Walking and Rambling." In ''On Foot: A Histor ...

and

golfing Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping w ...

in the summer and

skiing Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IO ...

snowboarding Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympi ...

and

snow tubing Tubing, also known as inner tubing, bumper tubing, towed tubing, or kite tubing, is a recreational activity where an individual rides on top of an inner tube, either on water, snow, or through the air. The tubes themselves are also known as "donu ...

in the winter. The ski season at Seven Springs typically begins on the day after Thanksgiving and continues to mid-April, weather permitting. Seven Springs hosts events such as the adventure race Mud on the Mountain, Brewski Fest, Fireworks and Food Trucks, Rib and Wing Festival, Wine Festival, Autumnfest and Pond Skim.

Slope statistics

Source: * Mountain elevation: (top), (base) * Highest vertical drop: * Average snowfall per year: * Lift capacity per hour: 24,900 * Average temperature: * Skiable terrain: * Total number of slopes and trails: 33 * Total number of parks and pipes: 7 (7 parks, 2 pipes) * Longest trail: "Lost Boy" ( / ) * Lifts (capacity per seat): **Avalanche lift (4) **Tyrol lift (3) **Cortina lift (4) **Polar Bear Express (6) **Blitzen lift (3) **North Pole lift (4) **North Face lift (4) **Giant Steps lift (3) **Gunnar Express (6) **Southwind lift (3) * Surface lifts: **Stowe's Beginner Conveyor **Tyrol Conveyor **Easy Rider Conveyor **Santa's Beard Rope Tow

Lift statistics

Source: In all, there are ten chairlifts, three conveyors and one rope tow.

Renovations

Seven Springs Mountain Resort has undergone several changes. Below is a summary of recent modifications and enhancements.

2007

In fall 2007, the hotel at Seven Springs received a full renovation and redecoration. All 414 hotel rooms were planned for refurbishment. Seven Springs chose George Conte Designs of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, to perform the renovation. The rooms were remodeled in their entirety, with new bedding, carpets, curtains, doors, tables, desks and chairs. There is an LCDTV in each room with a multimedia jack to connect digital devices. Another project opened in 2007 was a second high-speed six-passenger chairlift serving the Gunnar slope at the North Face. It takes skiers and snowboarders to the top of the mountain in three minutes, in comparison to twelve minutes on the previous chairlift. The Gunnar Express Lift was constructed in place of the Gunnar Triple Chairlift. Construction for the hotel and the chairlift were fully completed and open to guests for use in time for the 2007-08 skiing season

2008

Several projects arose for the 2008-09 winter ski season at Seven Springs. Improvements and additions to the slopes, trails and terrain parks were among the many plans made for the resort. Construction for other major projects, including the addition of a full-service sporting clays facility including two courses, a sub-gauge course and a five-stand, an outdoor swimming pool and spa facility, also began. That summer, the resort's first downhill mountain biking course opened.

2009

The resort opened its new Trillium Spa, an eight-room spa with relaxation room and couple's suite. The new sporting clays facility also opened. Both projects have geothermal heating and cooling systems. Greening techniques extended to the snowmaking technologies. Eco-friendly snowmaking upgrades were made with the installation of electric compressors instead of diesel compressors. The switch saved the consumption of more than 100,000 gallons of diesel fuel. A solar-powered snowmaking technique was implemented. The resort's snowmaking team developed a solar-panel to float in the largest snowmaking pond as a way to temper the water for easier, more efficient snowmaking. ''

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'' magazine ranked the resort as the East Coast's top halfpipe and third place terrain parks.

2010

The 2010–2011 winter ski and snowboard season was marked with ''Transworld Snowboarding'' magazine again selecting Seven Springs as the East Coast's best halfpipe and moving up its terrain parks to tops as well.

2011

Two new facilities opened in summer 2011: summer tubing, which is very similar to snow tubing but without the snow, and the resort's first zipline, the Screaming Hawk. The ziplines range from 350 feet to 777 feet and include a set of air stairs. Winter amenities also received an upgrade. With six terrain parks of varying difficulty and progression and more than 50 features in all, Seven Springs opened the first-ever urban terrain. The new park, presented by Forum Snowboards, is called The Streets Urban Park at Seven Springs. The park was designed to replicate downtown Pittsburgh. ''TransWorld Snowboarding'' honored Seven Springs as the East Coast's top terrain parks and North America's number four halfpipe. The superpipe was also expanded in 2011-2012 to an Olympic-sized pipe with 22-foot high walls. A new beginner snowboarding area complete with a conveyor was also opened near the base of Stowe Slope. The rental center underwent a major renovation and featured a new partnership with Rossignol that included a new fleet of skis, boots and poles.

2012

In May 2012, the resort opened its first canopy tour, the Laurel Ridgeline Zipline Tour, with Bonsai, Inc. It focuses on the environment and ecology of the region and consists of two air stairs, treetops between 50 and 80 feet high and ten ziplines ranging in length from 145 to 1,500 feet.

Gallery

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References

External links

Seven Springs Mountain Resort
official web site
Trail map
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