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Is Your Ski Gear Ready for Winter? A Preseason Equipment Check

Is Your Ski Gear Ready for Winter? A Preseason Equipment Check

With another Mid-Atlantic ski season approaching, DCSki offers a practical preseason checklist for skis, snowboards, bindings, boots, helmets, clothing, and other equipment. The feature also explains when to seek professional service, why aging bindings can become a problem, and where skiers and snowboarders can get gear tuned in the region.
Mountain Weather

Mid-Atlantic Skiers' Forecast

Updated an hour ago

The next few days look warm and generally quiet across the Mid-Atlantic mountain region. Patchy fog is possible tonight and Wednesday morning, followed by partial clearing. Temperatures rise into the 70s Wednesday and Thursday, with the lower-elevation areas near Washington, Baltimore, and Philadelphia reaching the upper 70s or lower 80s. The warmest conditions arrive Friday, when areas around Liberty Mountain, Whitetail, and Massanutten may reach the mid to upper 80s.

A wetter pattern develops late Friday and especially Saturday, with showers likely across the higher West Virginia mountains, including Canaan Valley Resort, Snowshoe, Timberline, and Wisp. Those areas will also be noticeably cooler, with Saturday highs mostly in the upper 50s and 60s, while eastern Pennsylvania and the Washington-area hills remain closer to the upper 60s or 70s. Additional shower chances linger into Sunday, with no extended dry stretch apparent.

Weather Fact of the Day
Cold-air damming can turn the eastern slopes of the Appalachians into a winter weather boundary. When high pressure wedges dense, cold air against the mountains, it becomes difficult to dislodge; warm air rising over that shallow layer may produce rain or freezing rain at lower elevations while snow falls just a few hundred feet higher.
DCSki regional outlook based on National Weather Service forecasts for Mid-Atlantic ski areas.
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Explore DCSki's Lost Ski Areas

Discover ski areas that once operated across the Mid-Atlantic through DCSki's growing historical archive.

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Royal Mountain
Near Clifford, Pennsylvania

Royal Mountain

Near Clifford, Pennsylvania, Royal Mountain reportedly operated during the 1960s and 1970s, offering a modest ski hill with about 300 feet of vertical rise. By 1988, readers could still discern its trails, while later photographs showed possible lift-line remnants above the Hurricane Hills motocross track. The area may also have been called Endless Mountain.
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Crystal Lake Ski Center / Mt. St. Onge
Near Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Crystal Lake Ski Center / Mt. St. Onge

Near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Crystal Lake’s downhill area -- known as Mt. St. Onge -- operated from 1971 to 1996 with a salvaged poma lift, beginner rope tow, night skiing, snowmaking, and one of Pennsylvania’s early tubing slopes. The former lifts and largely open trails remain beside today’s Nordic center.
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Alpine Mountain
Henryville, Pennsylvania

Alpine Mountain

Once known as Timber Hill, Alpine Mountain in Henryville, Pennsylvania, was a low-key Pocono ski area celebrated by beginners and families for uncrowded slopes, night skiing, and a full-service lodge. Its unusual history included tubing, motocross, snowmobile racing, and local lore about a ski jump with an inadequate runout.
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The Big Pocono Ski Area
Tannersville, Pennsylvania

The Big Pocono Ski Area

The Big Pocono Ski Area operated near present-day Camelback in Tannersville, Pennsylvania, beginning around 1950. Its weekend-only rope tow served steep terrain with no snowmaking or lodge before a 1955 flood swept away the base facilities; remnants of the tow and its truck still survive in the woods.
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