Blue Knob Reviews

Blue Knob

Rated #5 in Pennsylvania

• Overall Rating 4.0 Reviewed by 21 users
• Family Friendly 3.8
• Downhill Terrain 4.4
• Terrain Park 2.8
• Nightlife 3.3

 

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• • Overall Rating 1
  • Family Friendly 2
  • Downhill Terrain 1
  • Terrain Park 1
  • Nightlife 1

  Icy and loaded with rocks!

  by rockboarder - Oct 30, 2009

  Pros: Accessible, and near population centers, short lift-lines, particularly during the week

  Cons: Limited snowmaking, poor grooming, unreliable ski reports, poor terrain park, SLOW lifts, flat tubing park

  I've been to Blue Knob a number of times over the past 10 years and things seem to be getting worse with the passage of each season. Although the resort claims to... Full review

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• • Overall Rating 2
  • Family Friendly 2
  • Downhill Terrain 4
  • Terrain Park 1
  • Nightlife 1

  Blue Knob: Much Potential, But Pick Your Days

  by craigerv - Feb 20, 2009

  Pros: Steep Terrain & Narrow Chutes for Good Skiers

  Cons: Never Opens the Good Stuff

  The Anticipation: I've been waiting all Winter for this place to open up some of the Mid-Atlantic's steepest and most skier savvy terrain. I waited and waited watching the weather like a... Full review

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• • Overall Rating 4
  • Family Friendly 4
  • Downhill Terrain 4
  • Terrain Park 4
  • Nightlife 2

  great pa skiing

  by sunnyhill - Jan 27, 2009

  Pros: best place i've been to in Pa! Long trails with good offshoots

  Cons: spartan lodge

  If your main focus is skiing, this is the place for you. Long runs with many trail choices. Good grooming and snowmaking. Not crowded during midweek days. Slow lifts but older guys... Full review

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• • Overall Rating 3
  • Family Friendly 2
  • Downhill Terrain 5
  • Terrain Park 2
  • Nightlife 4

  looking up

  by dshawski - Jan 21, 2009

  Pros: new manager

  Cons: lodge at top of mountain

  amid continued rumors of new owners, blue knob has hired a new general manager. this guy is a skier, and it shows. grooming has improved, and there seems to be a much... Full review

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• • Overall Rating 4
  • Family Friendly 5
  • Downhill Terrain 5
  • Terrain Park 2
  • Nightlife

  self-reliant ski resort

  by kyle34 - Jan 20, 2009

  Pros: terrain

  Cons: limited number of trails that make this place good

  what others have written is true. the lodge is antiquated and the lifts are slow. they should build a new lodge -- similar to snowbasin or sun valley. . nevertheless, it is... Full review

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