Winter Fun for Everyone

By Kim Weaver

Photo submitted by Liberty Mountain Resort & Conference Center

Roundtop Mountain Resort
Ski Area: 10 lifts, 16 trails, plus 2 terrain parks. Elevation is 1,355 ft. with a vertical drop of 600 ft. and 104 skiable acres. All trails lit for night skiing.  

Cost: Lift tickets: $57 midweek, $66 on weekends. First-time skiers and snowboarders can get a lift ticket, lesson, and equipment rental for $82 midweek, $93 weekends. Season pass is $559. Snow tubing rates $21-$31.

Amenities: Child tubing area, childcare center, sports shop, Fireside Pub and Grill. Lodging partners linked to resort.

Nearby Attractions: Hershey Park and the Hotel Hershey and Spa

Don't Miss... Every March, Roundtop attracts a crowd to its annual Pond Skimming Contest, where skiers decked out in bikinis and other costumes try to slide the entire way across the surface of a pond on skis.


Whitetail Resort
Ski Area: 23 trails and 2 terrain parks. Elevation is 1,800 feet with a vertical drop of 935 feet. All but one trail lit for night skiing.

Cost: Lift tickets are $60 midweek, $71 weekends and holidays. Season pass is $559. Tubing rates $20-$29.

Amenities: Childcare center, sports shop, food court, slope-side Windows Restaurant, and adaptive snow-sports program for children and adults with special needs. Exclusive area lodging partners linked to resort.

Nearby Attractions: Mercersburg Historic District, Antietam Battlefield, antique markets galore.

Don't Miss... New selection of rental skis and snowboards, and expanded kids ski-and-board learning centers.


Liberty Mountain Resort & Conference Center
Ski Area: 16 trails, 3 terrain parks and 9 lifts. Elevation is 1,190 feet high with a vertical drop of 620 feet and 100 acres of skiable terrain. All trails lit for night skiing.

Cost: Lift tickets are $57 midweek, $69 weekends. First-time skiers and snowboarders can get a lift ticket, lesson, and equipment rental for $83 midweek, $97 weekends. Season pass is $559. Snowtubing is $19-$31.

Amenities: Childcare center, sports shop, multiple bars and restaurants. An exercise room, wireless Internet, and a hot breakfast buffet are included with hotel rates. Ski-and-stay packages available.

Nearby Attractions: Appalachian Trail, Catoctin Mountain State Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg Outlet Center.

Don't Miss... All new snow groomer, beginner area, skier drop-off area and rental skis from Elan and Rossignol.