Montage - Elk trip: looking for ski rental and lodging recs
January 30, 2023
I'm planning on meeting a friend in Hershey and heading up to Northeast Pennsylvania on a Friday. We plan to ski Montage on Friday night and Elk on Saturday. We don't have our own skis; I have my own boots.
I'd like to either rent skis around Hershey or Scranton. If we were just doing Elk, we'd do one of the places between I-81 and the mountain, they have been good to us.
What about hotels? Does anybody know of any with a good breakfast that's inclusive with the stay?
I liked the Comfort Suites (a few miles from Montage) when I was there several years ago.
I like to stay at hotels in Clarks Summit. Location is convenient to Montage and Elk. There is a Wegmans in Clarks Summit. It is a grocery store I'd splurge on getting unhealthy but yummy food on a road trip.
I am planning to ski Elk in President's day weekend in Feb. I already booked a Comfort Inn in Clarks Summit. The hotel is basic but location is right off I-81. It will be my 2nd time staying at that hotel, 3rd time skiing Elk.
Elk is my favorite mtn. in Mid-A. I prefer it over T'line and Blue Knob. Hope you have a good trip.
We have done this itinerary a few times in the past. There is a Hampton Inn on the same exit for Montage off I-81. Nothing fancy but the rooms are clean and comfortable, and the hot breakfast in the morning isn't too bad either. There are plenty of restaurants nearby for dinner.
Elk is an easy 45min away.
A few days out and it looks like the several inches of freshies in NEPA
are going to end with some rain. It'll be well-below freezing Wednesday
and Thursday nights, so I'm hoping that rain will be a non-issue by
Friday night. Right? I'm less worried about Elk than Montage.
That
being said, what can I expect two nights after rain? Is Montage likely
to have groomed/blown enough snow to get us back to "packed power." It's
been a rough season and I don't have a sense of the Montage snowmaking.
I haven't skied there since college back in REDACTED. I'll say the name
has changed a few times since then...
My
friend's schedule may make Friday night a moot point OR we could always
bail for somewhere else in the Poconos Friday night. Big Boulder would
be a throwback for us since we took our college skiing class there. Or
we could hit Camelback which historically had good snow ops and again,
would be a homecoming.
I did the Montage - Elk trip this weekend. I'll have blog posts up tomorrow morning. Good trip!
wfyurasko wrote:
I did the Montage - Elk trip this weekend. I'll have blog posts up tomorrow morning. Good trip!
Anxious to hear your report. RT, Elk, Montage is a nice road trip from the DC area.
wojo wrote:
wfyurasko wrote:
I did the Montage - Elk trip this weekend. I'll have blog posts up tomorrow morning. Good trip!
Anxious to hear your report. RT, Elk, Montage is a nice road trip from the DC area.
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