April Snowmaking? Pennsylvania's Last Open Ski Resort Is Seeing How Far It Can Go
Snowmaking? In April? In Pennsylvania? Sure, why not?
Camelback Resort, the state’s last-standing ski resort, is still putting its snow guns to work. This week, thanks to cold weather, the ski resort made snow on trails like Nile Mile, Cliffhanger, Bactrian, and Pharaoh.
“If it’s cold, we’re making snow—that’s the Camelback commitment,” the resort said in a social media post. “Winter is far from over.”
As of Wednesday, April 8, two lifts and five trails are open at Camelback, with a base depth between 24 and 80 inches.
“With sunny skies and a high of 49°, it’s peak spring skiing energy—soft turns, bluebird views, and zero regrets. This is the kind of day where you take ‘one more run’ about six times,” Camelback’s latest snow report reads.
See below for the current snowpack on Camelback's trails.
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The spring skiing push follows the news that Camelback, if conditions cooperate, will remain open into May.
“Offering spring skiing in May is not only huge for Pennsylvania, but it also gives New Yorkers and Mid-Atlantic skiers an incredible and closer alternative to the long drive north to Vermont,” vice president and general manager Jason Bays said in a news release shared earlier this year.
Can’t argue with that.
The resort’s already on the cusp of staying open later than ever before. Previously, the latest Camelback stayed open was April 9, 2009.
The May campaign could put Camelback in a similar class of lower-elevation resorts, like Killington, Vermont, and Boyne Mountain, Michigan, that use snowmaking to far outlast Western destinations that see more natural snowfall.
As you might expect, we’re into it. Spring is for the diehards. That includes visitors and the resorts, like Camelback this year, who don’t want to quit.
Camelback plans to stay open daily through April 12, 2026. Then it’ll shift to a Friday-to-Sunday schedule, with the goal of keeping the season alive as long as possible.
As of now, that means Pennsylvania skiers don’t need to mourn the end of winter quite yet.