| Vertical drop: | 620 feet |
| Base elevation: | 570 feet |
| Peak elevation: | 1,190 feet |
| Skiable acres: | 100 |
| Longest run: | 5,200 feet |
| Trails: | 16 |
Liberty Mountain Resort is located in Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania, just off Rt. 15 over the Maryland border. Liberty is only 60 miles from the Baltimore and D.C. beltways, making it one of the most popular resorts close to D.C. Like all resorts in the area, Liberty is lit for night skiing, and trails are covered by 100% snowmaking.
Liberty offers 16 trails served by 8 chairlifts, with terrain suitable for all levels of skiers and boarders, plus 14 snow tubing lanes and a carpet lift servicing the tubing park. The Liberty Mountain Hotel offers slopeside lodging and ski and stay packages. The lodge also offers free wireless Internet access. After a day of skiing, visitors can relax in front of the fireplace in the main lodge, or in McKee’s Tavern, which features sit down dining and live entertainment.
Over the past several years, Liberty has invested millions of dollars integrating automated snowmaking into their systems. For the 2019-2020 winter season, Liberty built a new pumphouse near its main snowmaking pond. The upgrade increased the amount of water that can be pumped to snowguns across the mountain.
Liberty’s beginner area, complete with two moving carpet lifts, is home to the award-winning First Class Learn to Ski and Snowboard and Mountain Passport programs. The area also includes Snow Cat Alley, an area specifically designed for children’s programs.
Liberty is now part of the Vail Resorts family after a 2019 purchase. Previously, it was owned by Peak Resorts, and before that, Snow Time. Its new ownership means you can purchase a single Epic pass and ski at Whitetail, Liberty, Roundtop, Jack Frost, Big Boulder, and dozens of resorts across North America.
For the 2020-2021 winter season, Liberty will be following the COVID protocols of its parent company, Vail Resorts. Face coverings will be required at the resort, and on-mountain access will be managed via reservations, limiting how many visitors can visit per day. All transactions across the resort will be cashless this winter.
Photo by M. Scott Smith.
| Resort Name: | Liberty Mountain Resort |
| Vertical Drop: | 620 feet |
| Base Altitude: | 570 feet |
| Peak Altitude: | 1,190 feet |
| Trails: | 16 Trails:
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| Skiable Acres: | 100 |
| Longest Run: | 5,200 feet |
| Lifts: | 8 (5 quads, 3 surface) |
| Night Skiing: | Yes |
| Terrain Park: | Three terrain parks, totaling 10 acres. The parks are serviced by their own J-Bar lift. |
| Tubing Park: | 14 lanes with a moving carpet lift. |
| Address: | 78 Country Club Trail, Carroll Valley, PA 17320 |
| Phone: | (717) 642-8282 |
| Social Media: |    |
| Webcams: | View resort webcams |
| Web Site: | https://www.libertymountainresort.com |
| Directions: | Via Google Maps |
The following information summarizes COVID-19 protocols in effect at Liberty Mountain as of Oct 12, 2020. Please note that this information is subject to change at any time; contact Liberty Mountain directly before making a trip to verify current COVID-19 operating protocols. This information is provided by SnoCountry.
| Masks Required: | ✓ |
| Social Distancing Required: | ✓ |
| Sanitization Stations Available: | |
| Pass Protection: | ✓ |
| Reservations Required: | |
| Pre-Purchase Day Lift Tickets Recommended: | |
| Resort COVID-19 web page: | https://www.libertymountainresort.com/explore-the-resort/about-the-resort/winter-experience.aspx |
| Resort COVID-19 pass protection page: | |
| Resort COVID-19 reservations web page: |
| Humidity: | 34% | Visibility: | 10.00 |
| Wind Speed: | 5 mph
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Sunrise: | 5:59 a.m. |
| Barometer: | 30.13 in | Sunset: | 8:32 p.m. |
| Dewpoint: | 50 °F |
Weather supplied by the National Weather Service. Errors or reporting delays may be possible.
Snow conditions supplied by SnoCountry, and may be inaccurate or delayed at times. Please check directly with Liberty Mountain for the most up-to-date snow and operating conditions.
December 24, 2020 - The 2020-2021 ski season has begun. DCSki provides a quick look at ski areas across PA, MD, VA, and WV.
October 2, 2020 - The DCSki Interview Series continues with Jeff Lifgren, who is in charge of Pennsylvania resorts Liberty, Whitetail, Roundtop, Big Boulder, and Jack Frost. Jeff touches on lots of topics in this in-depth interview conducted by DCSki’s John Sherwood.
September 15, 2020 - The deadline to purchase an Epic Pass for the 2020-2021 winter season is September 17, 2020, and many Mid-Atlantic skiers still have some questions about how skiing will work this winter at Vail Resorts properties, including Pennsylvania’s Liberty Mountain, Roundtop Mountain, Whitetail, Big Boulder, and Jack Frost. Jamie Storrs, Senior Manager of Communications for Vail Resorts, Eastern Region recently fielded questions from DCSki readers.
August 28, 2020 - Things are going to work a little bit differently at Vail Resorts properties this winter, as the company recalibrates its operations to adjust to the continuing reality of the COVID pandemic.
March 3, 2020 - The ski industry has changed significantly in recent years: ski conglomerates Vail Resorts and the Alterra Mountain Company have gobbled up resorts across the country, and now offer competing “mega passes” that provide skiing and riding across dozens of properties for one historically low price. The proposition has been simple: commit to buying a mega pass in the spring, and you’ll receive countless ski days across North America the following winter. Epic and Ikon have now released pricing and details for their 2020-2021 winter season passes. In this story, DCSki takes a look at these passes from the perspective of a Mid-Atlantic skier.
December 21, 2019 - After a burst of cold weather in November allowed some Mid-Atlantic resorts to snag pre-Thanksgiving opening dates, the balance of resorts have now officially begun their season in recent days thanks to a stretch of snowmaking-friendly temperatures.
September 2, 2019 - There’s been a lot of ski area consolidation in recent years. It almost seems like all ski areas will soon be under the ownership of just a few corporations. But there are still a lot of independent ski areas, and this winter, they’re joining forces to offer an affordable multi-resort pass that will provide the chance to sample 34 ski areas across North America.
August 2, 2019 - There has been a changing of the guard at two Mid-Atlantic ski areas as two long-time General Managers have retired. Whitetail’s Don MacAskill is being succeeded by Brett Cook, while Wisp’s Jerry Geisler is being succeeded by Ron Hawkes.
July 22, 2019 - Vail Resorts announced on Monday, July 22, 2019 its intent to acquire Peak Resorts, setting in motion another seismic shift in the ski industry — and a further round of consolidation that leaves few players in charge of an ever-widening set of ski areas across the United States.
April 3, 2019 - On April 2, 2019, Peak Resorts, Inc. announced that it will be investing $3.5 million in capital improvement projects this summer at Pennsylvania ski areas Liberty Mountain, Roundtop Mountain, and Whitetail Resort, with a focus on snowmaking enhancements.
