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Ski areas near Pittsburgh, PA

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So I am considering going to college in Pittsburgh, but the region is pretty flat and there aren't many notorious ski resorts nearby... Anyone know of any mountains that have a decent parks in the area?
Jun 4 2009 1:36PM
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Hansel.
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7 springs is the shit
Jun 4 2009 1:37PM
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Kale
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7 springs is your best bet if your gonna be in pittsburgh, its got decent terrain, and a real sick park for being in PA. The best park resort in pa however is def big boulder, but thats about 4 hours away from pittsburgh, where springs is less than an hour away

Jun 4 2009 4:25PM
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matt.rad
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7 Springs for sure. If you have any questions about the area, shoot me a PM. I'll be a junior at Pitt in the fall.
Jun 4 2009 4:29PM
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RileySnyderPhoto
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There's always good old Wisp in McHenry, Maryland. But unfortunately 7 Springs is the closest to Pitt. It had a pretty good park and a good pipe most of the time. haha Kale...
Jun 4 2009 4:30PM
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stickerz
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there is also hidden valley which is good for gaper days.  but, in other words don't go to hidden valley cause it sucks balls.
Jun 4 2009 4:33PM
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Italian.Stallion
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Bearcreek is kinda far away but is pretty awesome.
Jun 4 2009 4:40PM
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Goglines
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seven springs.

hidden valley is right next to it and alot cheaper but smaller and shittier. the only thing good about that is the quality of the snowmaker snow is really nice.. and if you wanna teach someone how to ski go to valley.

but anyway, just go to seven springs. hahah
Jun 4 2009 5:28PM
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MayorWest
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hey now. im in charge of park crew at hidden valley.
we made tonnnns of changes this year at valley but the up and ups still wont allow us to build big jumps we did however have a really nice slopestyle set up for a few weeks though. (insurance bullshit)
BUT
GO TO SPRINGS HAHA
i work at valley do the best i can with the recources but sprangs is the shit
there so many good rippers and the pipe is alway prime and the jump lines are dope once they finnally have them built!
im moving to utah next year but in all honestly i will miss riding springs staff cafe and the good ole fun run or two down some super secret trails!
Jun 4 2009 5:36PM
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Aaaron.
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go to the springs.
best resort around.  MUCH better than wisp.  springs is like one huge twin tip party.
but defffffinitely take at least one trip up to camelback and JF/Big Boulder.  so siccckkk
Jun 4 2009 5:46PM
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deathcookie
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Bear creek is better than big boulder.  Go there.
Jun 4 2009 6:02PM
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Aaaron.
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camel back is better than big boulder

what's your point?
Jun 4 2009 6:03PM
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deathcookie
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Well he asked where he should go in PA, and personally I would rather somebody tell me to go to a more fun mountain.
Jun 4 2009 6:10PM
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deathcookie
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They are both around 5 hours away from pittsburgh however, and that probably isnt worth the drive.
Jun 4 2009 6:22PM
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JRullo
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true dat nig
Jun 4 2009 7:29PM
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.SimonB.
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camel back is the shit, they easily have 2 or 3 times the rails at seven springs (excluding the alley which is too flat). Jumps at 7 springs are good and so is the pipe, but never been to JFBB.
Jun 4 2009 7:33PM
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