Camp Soles

Camp Soles, a YMCA-affiliated 263-acre camp near Rockwood, Pennsylvania, once included a small downhill ski area on the camp’s grounds, off Barton Church Road. Located a few miles from the former Kings Mountain area and east of Seven Springs, it offered approximately 300 feet of vertical drop served by a poma lift. The profile places its skiing era through 1975, making it one of several modest local hills that operated in the region’s shadow.

The setting was distinctly camp-like, with an 18-acre lake and ski terrain rising nearby. Recollections suggest the area may have been operating as early as the 1950s, including an amateur 8mm film that appears to show the hill, though its location could not be personally confirmed. Years later, readers reported that parts of a rope tow remained in the lodge and that rebuilding was being considered; another comment simply stated that Camp Soles was open. A 2021 report mentioned a possible change in ownership but offered no confirmation that skiing had returned, leaving the area’s later history uncertain.