For my first post ever in Mountains
in North America I’m going to talk about the first mountain I have ever been
too and the mountain I learned to ski and snowboard. Shawnee Mt. in East
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania the gps address is 401 Hollow Rd. This mountain is
nothing special it is on the average/smaller end of things. It’s got 23 trails
none too challenging with two terrain parks on the outer most trails, I would
say the hardest trail would be Chief Thunder Cloud at the tail end right in the
middle of the mountain. The majority of the trails all merge into each other
right in front of the lodge, so its perfect for parents who want to watch there
kids come down the mountain from the warmness of the lodge, AKA my mom. The
lodge itself is big with a food court downstairs (go for the chicken fries and
chicken sandwich soooo good) and another food court upstairs that isn’t as
good. There is also a bar on the first floor of the food court, but no kids
allowed they were always so strict about that. As for day care there is
“Ski-Wee” which I have done, its great from a kid POV because the instructors
are the coolest and they are great teachers, they serve you lunch too. I know
its great from a parent’s perspective because your kid is gone all day. This
mountain does have tubing, which is very fun. As for parking it is what it is there
are four levels of parking, I have never been there where I have to park on the
4th level I think end of 2nd was the farthest my family
had to park. From any level the walks not bad but they provide shuttle to pick
people up. The problem with Shawnee is the crowds if you are going to go do not
go on a weekend. I repeat do NOT go on a weekend. It a mob scene and there are
so many tourist. The veteran move for this mountain is to try and take a random
day off in the week and make the trip because it’s beyond worth it. The snow
they make is fake depending on how the winter is will decide how much real
powder you will see. Overall this mountain is a good mountain to learn on other
than that the only reason I still go there a lot is because I am used to it. If
you are in that area I would go to Camelback Mt. about 30 minutes away which I
will talk about in my next post.
