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. The resort opened for skiing in 1991, and was acquired a few years later by Snow Time, Inc., the company which also manages

Liberty Mountain Resort Liberty Mountain Resort is a resort located in southern Pennsylvania. During the winter months the resort offers skiing, snowboarding, and snow tubing. The onsite hotel and lodge is open year-round and offers 114 rooms and multiple options for we ...

and

Ski Roundtop The Roundtop Mountain Resort is a resort located in 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 y ...

. All three resorts (Whitetail, Liberty and Roundtop) were then acquired by

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in 2018. Peak Resorts was then acquired by

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in 2019. Whitetail is located between

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and

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and serves the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area. Located from

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and from

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, Whitetail is the second-closest

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to Washington and the third-closest to Baltimore (behind sister resorts Liberty Mountain and Ski Roundtop). The resort operates a

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park alongside the ski hill. During non-ski season, Whitetail offers

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and a par 72

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The mountain

Whitetail Resort's trail system was specifically designed to separate skiers of different skiing abilities. Separate first time, easier, intermediate and most difficult areas are lined up in sequence across the mountain, each fed by a different lift system, with trails connecting each area to its neighbors. Whitetail's trails are a series of straight parallels noted for the steady, sustained pitch of their vertical drop. The resort's design was noted by ''Snow Country Magazine'', which gave its 1992 Best Overall Resort Design Award to Whitetail, and by ''Skiing Magazine'', which recognized the resort for environmental excellence in area design.

Trails

Whitetail possesses slopes with varying levels of difficulty. The trail names are as follows: Ski trail rating symbol-green circle

Easier Trails: Almost Home, Launching Pad, Northern Lights, Sidewinder, Snowpark, Velvet Ski trail rating symbol-blue square

More Difficult Trails: Upper Angel Drop, Lower Angel Drop, Bob Small's Traverse, Drop Out, Fallmount, Fanciful, Home Run, Limelight, Ridge Runner, Snow Dancer, Stalker Ski trail rating symbol-black diamond

Most Difficult Trails: Drop In, Exhibition, Farside Ski trail rating symbol-double black diamond

Extremely Difficult Trails: Bold Decision Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park

Terrain Parks: Half Pipe, Jib Junction, Park Place 101

Statistics

*Base Elevation: *Summit: *Vertical Rise: *Average annual snowfall: 40 in/year (1 m/year). *Number of Trails: 25 (2 terrain parks and a half pipe) *Slope Difficulty: 28% beginner, 44% intermediate, 16% advanced, 12% Terrain Park *Longest Run: Limelight ~ 4,900 feet (1494 m) *Snowmaking: 100% *Night Skiing: 100% *Skiing Season: December to mid-March (weather dependent)

Ski Season

Whitetail Resort usually has a short to medium ski season. This is because of its position in the transition of a

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climate, and a

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climate. The number of days in the season usually ranges from 80 to 100 days, with some seasons being shorter, and some being longer. Whitetail usually gets crowded on weekends, and holidays, while weekdays are usually less busy. Snow Conditions are usually great up until early March, where the tilt of the

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melts the snow during the day, and it freezes at night. The notable 2017-18 North American winter boosted Whitetails sales and extended the ski season until late-March. Unlike the year before, Whitetail managed to have 108 days in its ski season.

External links

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Whitetail Golf ResortDusty Wissmath's Fly Fishing School

References

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