Over the years, I have been skiing about thirty times in three different states. Here is a quick rundown of places I have been and my ratings for them. The scale increases from green circle to black diamond .

COLORADO

Eldora (1) – Easily the best I’ve skied because it is in Colorado.

MARYLAND

Wisp (1) — Maryland’s only ski resort was pretty good when I went in middle school.

PENNSYLVANIA

Big Boulder (17) – My home ski area through two semesters of skiing at Penn State Hazleton. Unfortunately, a lot of the best slopes have been turned into snowboard slopes :(, but it is still pretty good for an intermediate skiier like myself.

Jack Frost (1) – A surprisingly good little ski area. The lodge is at the top of the mountain.

Camelback (2) – My favorite Poconos resort, large and full of some great runs. I especially like the Nile Mile run.

Snö Mountain nee Montage (1) – I went there once, only once while in college. They had $10 lift tickets on Friday nights for students. What was I thinking only going once?

Liberty Mountain nee Ski Liberty (2) — A little better than Roundtop; at least it is in the mountains, though only the Catoctins, the front range of the Blue Ridge.

Ski Roundtop (2) – Seemingly only suitable for kids learning to ski or people who live within a 20 mile radius. Not worth the drive from here.

Whitetail (3) — The best resort I’ve been to that is close to D.C. Not bad for a spur of the moment trip.

Hopefully, I get to one of these, ideally Camelback, a week from Saturday.