Roundtop Mountain Resort

Last updated
Roundtop Mountain Resort
Roundtop Mountain Aerial (51146269883).jpg
Aerial image of Roundtop Mountain, with the resort visible
Location Warrington Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest major city Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
Vertical600 feet (180 m)
Top elevation1,340 feet (410 m)
Base elevation740 feet (230 m)
Skiable area103 acres (0.42 km2)
Trails 22 total
Ski trail rating symbol-green circle.svg 29% Easier
Ski trail rating symbol-blue square.svg 30% More Difficult
Ski trail rating symbol-black diamond.svg 31% Most Difficult
Ski trail rating symbol-double black diamond.svg 10% Extremely Difficult
Lift system 9 total (3 quad chair, 2 triple chair, 1 J-Bar, 2 surface) (And also 1 tubing lift)
Terrain parks 4
Website http://www.skiroundtop.com

The Roundtop Mountain Resort is a resort located in York County, Pennsylvania. During the winter months the resort offers skiing, snowboarding, and snowtubing. [1] During the spring, summer, and fall, Roundtop offers summer camp and paintball. [2]

Contents

Along with two other resorts, Whitetail Ski Resort and Liberty Mountain Resort, it was owned by Snow Time, Inc. [3] Peak Resorts purchased the mountain in 2018 from Snow Time Inc., along with Snow Time's two other resorts, Whitetail Ski Resort and Liberty Mountain Resort. Vail bought and now operates them.

History

Roundtop Mountain Resort was originally developed under the name Ski Roundtop by Irvin Naylor in 1964. 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 bought the land from him. Naylor then used the proceeds to increase his stake in Snow Time, Inc. to a 75 percent share. [4]

In October 2018, Ski Roundtop and the other two Snow Time resorts Whitetail Ski Resort and Liberty Mountain Resort were bought by Peak Resorts and in July 2019, Ski Roundtop, Whitetail Ski Resort and Liberty Mountain Resort were purchased by Vail Resorts.

Statistics

Trails

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

Ski trail rating symbol-green circle.svg Easier Trails: Powderhorn, Drummer Boy, Fanny Hill, Discovery Area, Magic Mountain, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park.svg Fife and Drum, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park.svg J-Bar Park

Ski trail rating symbol-blue square.svg More Difficult Trails: Lower Lafayette's Leap, Minuteman, Susquehanna, Lower Exhibition, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park.svg Recruit

Ski trail rating symbol-black diamond.svg Most Difficult Trails: Upper Lafayette's Leap, Barrett's Trail, Upper Exhibition, Patriot, Lower Ramrod, Lower Gunbarrel, Palisade Glades

Ski trail rating symbol-double black diamond.svg Extremely Difficult Trails: Upper Gunbarrel, Upper Ramrod

Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park.svg Terrain Parks: Recruit, Fife & Drum, J-Bar Park, and Bunker Hill [6]

(Exhibition, Bunker Hill, Susquehanna, and Fanny Hill have also been designated as a terrain park/containing terrain park features in the past)

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mont Tremblant Resort</span> Year-round resort in Québec, Canada

Mont Tremblant Ski Resort is a year-round resort in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec, Canada, located about 130 km (80 mi) northwest of Montreal. It is best known as a ski destination, but also features Lake Tremblant suitable for swimming and two golf courses in the summer months. The name of the mountain, Mont Tremblant, was derived from the Algonquin indigenous people, who called it the "trembling mountain." The summit is at an elevation of 875 m (2,871 ft), which makes it one of the tallest peaks in the Laurentians. One km north of the principal down hill area is the Edge, an area of glade skiing and 2.8 km (1.7 mi) north of that is the true summit, Pic Johanssen, which has a trail over the top and is Black Diamond for skiers and boarders. The resort is owned by Alterra Mountain Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Keystone Resort</span> Ski area in Colorado, United States

Keystone Resort is a ski resort located in Keystone, Colorado, United States. Since 1997, the resort has been owned and operated by Vail Resorts. It consists of three mountains – Dercum Mountain, North Peak, and the Outback – and five Bowls. The three mountains are connected by a series of ski lifts and gondolas with access from two base areas.

Apex Mountain Resort is a ski resort in southwestern Canada, located in the Okanagan region on Beaconsfield Mountain, just west of Penticton, British Columbia. Its first Pomalift was installed in 1961, with a vertical rise of 370 m (1,200 ft).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mount Snow</span> Ski resort in Vermont, United States

Mount Snow is a mountain and ski resort in southern Vermont located in the Green Mountains. It is Vermont's southernmost big mountain, and therefore, closest to many Northeast metropolitan areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Canaan Valley Resort State Park</span> State park in Tucker County, West Virginia

Canaan Valley Resort State Park is a state park in the eastern United States, within Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River, the park contains the second-largest inland wetland area in the United States. The valley featured the first commercial ski development in West Virginia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hunter Mountain (ski area)</span> Ski area in New York, United States

Hunter Mountain is a ski resort located in Greene County, New York about three hours northwest of New York City in the town of Hunter, New York. It features a 1,600-foot (488 m) vertical drop.

Windham Mountain Club formerly known as Windham Mountain is a ski resort located in the town of Windham, New York (US), in the northern section of the Catskill Mountains, approximately 2.5 hours north of New York City. It has 54 trails and 11 lifts, including four high-speed detachable lifts.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Northstar California</span> Ski resort in California, United States

Northstar California is a mountain resort in the western United States, located in Placer County, California, near the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shawnee Mountain Ski Area</span> Ski resort in eastern Pennsylvania

Shawnee Mountain is a family oriented ski resort in eastern Pennsylvania located right outside East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, I-80, exit 309, next to the Delaware River in the easternmost portion of the Poconos.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vail Ski Resort</span> Ski resort in Colorado, USA

Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado. At 5,289 acres, it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitetail Ski Resort</span> Ski area in Pennsylvania, United States

Whitetail Mountain Resort is a four-season resort located on Two Top Mountain, a mountain in the Bear Pond Mountains of Pennsylvania. 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 and Ski Roundtop. All three resorts were then acquired by Peak Resorts in 2018. Peak Resorts was then acquired by Vail Resorts in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Montage Mountain Ski Resort</span> Ski area in Pennsylvania, United States

Montage Mountain is a ski area in Pennsylvania that is located 8 miles (13 km) from downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania. Situated roughly 125 miles (201 km) north of Philadelphia and west of New York City, this resort has twenty-six trails, two terrain parks, and one of Pennsylvania's longest snow tubing areas. The mountain has a summit elevation of 1,960 feet (600 m) and a vertical drop of 1,000 feet (300 m).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Liberty Mountain Resort</span> Ski area in Pennsylvania, United States

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 weddings and meetings. During the spring, summer, and fall the 18 hole Carroll Valley Golf Course at Liberty Mountain is open for a round of golf.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mad River Mountain</span> Ski resort in Ohio, United States

Mad River Mountain is a ski and snowboard resort in Valley Hi, Ohio, United States. The elevation of Mad River Mountain is 1,460 feet (450 m) with a vertical drop of 300 ft (91 m), and it has a ski season that runs from approximately mid-December through mid-March. The resort, which opened in 1962 as Valley Hi Ski Area, is owned and operated by Vail Resorts, who bought the resort from Peak Resorts in 2019.

Lost Valley is a ski area in Auburn, Maine. Its east-facing slopes feature 21 trails & 9 gladed trails across the hill, and is served by four lifts, two chairlifts, one ground lift carpet, and one tow lift in their snow-tubing park. Lost Valley is home to the Maine Family Snow Tube Park.

Peak Resorts was a publicly traded company based in Wildwood, Missouri that operated ski resorts in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast portions of the United States. It was bought by Vail Resorts in 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Attitash Mountain Resort</span> Ski area in Bartlett, New Hampshire

Attitash Mountain Resort is a ski area located on U.S. Route 302 in Bartlett, New Hampshire, near North Conway. Constructed in 1938 by the Works Progress Administration, as of October 2019, Attitash is operated by Vail Resorts. It operates under a special-use permit with the White Mountain National Forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seven Springs Mountain Resort</span> All-season resort in Pennsylvania, US

Seven Springs Mountain Resort is an all-season resort located in the borough of Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. It has a relatively high elevation for a Pennsylvania ski area, at 3,001 feet (915 m) above sea level. Activities include biking, canopy touring, ziplining, sporting clays, fishing, hiking and golfing in the summer and skiing, snowboarding and snow tubing in the winter. The ski season at Seven Springs typically begins on the day after Thanksgiving and continues to mid-April, weather permitting.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gunstock Mountain Resort</span> Outdoor recreation complex

Gunstock Mountain Resort, originally known as Belknap Mountain Recreation Area, is an outdoor recreation complex located on Gunstock Mountain in Gilford, New Hampshire. Constructed by the Works Progress Administration, it was completed in 1937 and is owned by Belknap County. Activities include alpine and cross-country skiing, snow tubing, ski jumping, snowshoeing, hiking, and swimming.

Ski Big Bear is a skiing and snowboarding resort located in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. While open to the public, it is an amenity of the Masthope Mountain Community and community property owners receive a season pass as part of their annual community dues. It is also fairly unusual as the main lodge, parking areas, and facilities are located at the top of the mountain. Skiers and riders descend to the lifts before riding back to the top. Ski Big Bear has a vertical drop of 650 feet.

References

  1. "Snow Tubing" . Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. "Paintball" . Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. "Snow Time, Inc.: Private Company Information - BusinessWeek". Investing.businessweek.com. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-12.
  4. Southall, Brooke (17 February 1995). "Ski-resort owner races way to business success". Central Penn Business Journal. Vol. 10, no. 5. p. 14. ProQuest   236375369.
  5. "Mountain Info | Roundtop Mountain Resort". www.skiroundtop.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  6. "Terrain Parks | Roundtop Mountain Resort". www.skiroundtop.com. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

40°06′29″N76°55′34″W / 40.108°N 76.926°W / 40.108; -76.926