Was at Elk on 3/23 (Easter Sunday). The place was a ghost town so there was absolutely no waiting. Conditions were what you'd expect this late in what has been a bad snow season. Overall the conditions were excellent. Some spots of ice, which would have been worse if the crowds were heavy. Was told they may be open until 3/29.

Elk has no equal in PA. Sorry, but Montage (or Sno, whatever they call it) is just weak. Camelback is far to crowed with too many merging trails. Blue Knob has no variety and the rest are just tiny, with the exception of Blue Mountain which is nice but too crowded.

Having just gotten back from Breckenridge and Keystone, it's tough to ski PA, but Elk has some decent steeps, good cruising runs, a good quaility of skier, and is a remarkably easy mountain to navigate. Reminds me of a smaller version of Stratton.

Friends in Colorado joke that they've got bumper stickers that play on the old PA state tagline. It goes: "You've got a friend in Pennsylvania...who skis in jeans". I admitted that I did many times.

We drove into town Feb 29th - it was snowing which really got us in the mood for skiing. We hit the slopes the following morning (Saturday, March 1st) and it was great. In the morning there were no lift lines to speak of. We waited no more than 60 seconds to get on a lift up until almost lunch time. The snow was excellent and the trails are exciting. Our only ski experiences prior to Elk have been at Roundtop. Roundtop is fine but the Elk experience is much more fun. The night skiing was not the best because there are only a few slopes open, but who cares - the day skiing was great! The lodge is OK, nothing special. The food, while not spectacular, was reasonably priced. The ski shop prices were fair - I bought the wife a pair of Oakley goggles for 39 bucks. We stayed at the Wiffy Bog and highly recommend staying there. Accommodations were very comfortable and the breakfast was great. Do you self a favor and check out Elk Mountain and the Wiffy Bog!

All I can say is THANKYOU elk, for you saved me, Im only sorry you where the last place we skied befor returning to Texas. I was giving up on PA. and we had a storm come in the night befor and told the family lets give it a try. WoW the best little mountain I have ever seen even better than Sante Fe and the staff was great and I tell this story to my friends and they say elk, whats that even my PA. friends dont know about elk. I must say best kept secert around and if we visit friends again we can be found at elk! see ya thier.

SHHHHHH...don't spread the good word too far, I'll just be waiting for you in the lift lines. Great family resort, my kids love it. They can ski by themselves and we feel comfortable knowing they're safe and sound with all the excellant mountain staff on hand. Very family friendly mountain, no real nightlife to speak of which is fine with us.

I don't know why some posters are reviewing Elk as if it is a western resort. It's not and you'd be nuts to think it was. It is however PA's best skiing and really does have the feel of skiing in New England. It might be slightly shorter then Blue Mountain but it's runs are a lot longer and its snow is infinitely better!