Best Poconos sites for snow tubing?

vsp · 09-23-2003, 12:59 PM

I'm a winter person, but not what you'd call particularly athletically coordinated. (My peak was a local Little League all-star game appearance at age 11, and it's been downhill for two decades since.) Therefore, I hadn't really thought about the local ski resorts, figuring that learning to ski or snowboard would likely be (a) quite expensive and (b) potentially quite painful.

There were a few times that I thought to myself, "If I could just SLED down those hills, that'd be perfect. I had no idea that you _could_ do that until a few weeks ago, when I saw a coupon for some ski resort that mentioned "snow tubing" and my eyes lit up.

A little research showed that Camelback, Big Boulder/Jack Frost, Blue Mountain, Shawnee Mountain, Tanglwood, and Alpine Mountain all offer snow-tubing. I can't say that I know anyone personally who's a skier, so I have no frame of reference as to which ones are better. Anyone around here have any comments?

wolf · 09-23-2003, 01:52 PM

Don't forget Spring Mountain.

No trip to the Poconos needed. (unless your real objective is a weekend getaway with the Mrs. to the Poconos).

It's in Montco, and I think they finally got the kinks worked out of the tubing hill so they aren't killing/turning into paraplegics as many people since the first year they put it in ...

vsp · 09-23-2003, 02:16 PM

Huh! I'd never heard of it, and it'd certainly cut an hour each way off the drive. I'd probably try a day trip before I'd try a weekend getaway to any of these, but if it's under an hour from here and they offer weeknight tubing, my wife and I could probably ride there many nights after work.

Stupid question: They do have a lift to the top of the tubing area, right? (EDIT: I'm a dope, I just found the site map that says they have two tubing lifts. Now to find a suitable helmet...)

09-23-2003, 12:59 PM	#1
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Best Poconos sites for snow tubing? I'm a winter person, but not what you'd call particularly athletically coordinated. (My peak was a local Little League all-star game appearance at age 11, and it's been downhill for two decades since.) Therefore, I hadn't really thought about the local ski resorts, figuring that learning to ski or snowboard would likely be (a) quite expensive and (b) potentially quite painful. There were a few times that I thought to myself, "If I could just SLED down those hills, that'd be perfect. I had no idea that you _could_ do that until a few weeks ago, when I saw a coupon for some ski resort that mentioned "snow tubing" and my eyes lit up. A little research showed that Camelback, Big Boulder/Jack Frost, Blue Mountain, Shawnee Mountain, Tanglwood, and Alpine Mountain all offer snow-tubing. I can't say that I know anyone personally who's a skier, so I have no frame of reference as to which ones are better. Anyone around here have any comments?

09-23-2003, 01:52 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Don't forget Spring Mountain. No trip to the Poconos needed. (unless your real objective is a weekend getaway with the Mrs. to the Poconos). It's in Montco, and I think they finally got the kinks worked out of the tubing hill so they aren't killing/turning into paraplegics as many people since the first year they put it in ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

09-23-2003, 02:16 PM	#3
vsp Syndrome of a Down Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: West Chester Posts: 1,367	Huh! I'd never heard of it, and it'd certainly cut an hour each way off the drive. I'd probably try a day trip before I'd try a weekend getaway to any of these, but if it's under an hour from here and they offer weeknight tubing, my wife and I could probably ride there many nights after work. Stupid question: They do have a lift to the top of the tubing area, right? (EDIT: I'm a dope, I just found the site map that says they have two tubing lifts. Now to find a suitable helmet...) Last edited by vsp; 09-23-2003 at 02:32 PM.

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