Blue Mountain Ski Area
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| Location | Lower Towamensing Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania |
| Nearest city | Palmerton, Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates | 40°49′20″N 75°30′48″W / 40.82222°N 75.51333°W |
| Vertical | 1,082 ft (330 m) |
| Top elevation | 1,540 ft (470 m) |
| Base elevation | 458 ft (140 m) |
| Skiable area | 164 acres (0.66 km2) |
| Runs | 39 total 15 easier 4 more difficult 11 most difficult 4 extremely difficult 5 terrain park |
| Longest run | 6,400 ft (2,000 m) |
| Lift system | 13 lifts: 3 double chairlifts 1 triple chairlift 1 high-speed quad 1 high-speed six-pack 4 surface lifts 3 rope tows |
| Lift capacity | 13,500 skiers/hr |
| Snowfall | 33 in (0.84 m) |
| Snowmaking | 100% |
| Night skiing | 100% |
| Website | http://www.skibluemt.com/ |
Blue Mountain resort is located near Palmerton, Pennsylvania, on Blue Mountain in the northern part of the Lehigh Valley, in Pennsylvania. Blue Mountain serves the Allentown, Philadelphia, New York City, and Wilmington urban areas, as well as Carbon County, Schuylkill County, and the Hazleton area.
The resort was opened by Ray Tuthill in 1977 as Little Gap Ski Area; he re-established it as Blue Mountain in 1989. A new logo was needed for the new name. Ideas were submitted from across the nation but the final selection of the characteristic skier in the word "mountain", was created by local designer, Carol Stickles. The resort celebrated its 30th anniversary during the 2007-08 season.
In 2002 and 2003 Blue Mountain added two advanced runs and a teaching hill with two beginner slopes, fed by a triple chairlift and a conveyor lift. In 2006 the resort added eastern Pennsylvania's first high-speed six-pack chairlift.
In summer 2008 the resort implemented a $3.1 million upgrade for the 2008-2009 ski season. It included improvements to the resort's snowmaking equipment, a newly built dining facility, and the addition of a new intermediate trail between Razor's Edge and Paradise named Dreamweaver.
In 2009 Blue Mountain became the first PA ski resort and second resort in the country to have a BigAirBag which can be used to practice aerial maneuvers. As of the 2016-17 ski season the bigairbag is no longer in use. Blue Mountain added another PA ski resort first in 2011. They have partnered up with the United States Luge Association and will now be a US Luge Training and Recruitment site. Blue will have the only east coast Natural US luge track open to the public.
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