Jack Frost

Woo Hoo! This week I made my way out to the Jack Frost and Big Boulder ski areas. I skied for two days and had a hell of a good time.

The snow is really starting to pile up on the slopes. The difference between the conditions now and in late December is huge. Between the two mountains, all but one of the trails were wide open. If you get there early enough, you're bound to be ripping fresh corduroy until at least noontime.

Jack frost has got some pretty good alpine runs, short though they are. I counted about 8 minutes from top-of-the-lift, to top-of-the-lift, so you'll be getting LOTS of runs in.

One unique aspect of JFBB is that skiing off-trail is ENCOURAGED. Communications coordinator Guido Martelli says that where "other mountains in the area might pull your pass for skiing off-trail, we love that stuff." So you can go down that powdery lift line or make your own line through some thick forest. The management here thinks that if you can ski it, then you absolutely should.

Frost even has some nice leg-burning glade runs open and that's a tough thing to find in the Poconos.

Here's my favorite alpine run of the two mountains. You can see some of the glades off to the left and right near the top. Guido Martelli, JFBB's communications coordinator is in the video to give examples of the proper way to shred.

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Let's talk terrain--


Jack frost has one terrain park with a little something for everyone. Here's a video run-through.
This video is close to a week old so there's no guarantee it's still going to look like this. (they change things up A LOT)


One Park



Jack Frost is also home to some pretty average lodge food. Standard fare. Cheese fries, chicken fingers, mots sticks, burgers, dogs-- you know the drill.

They often feature live music in the upstairs bar, and they brew their own beer (supposedly) which isn't bad. It's got a pretty good bite, although if you're into that super hoppy stuff it may not be for you. And don't even think about getting food in that upstairs bar kitchen, it sucks.


Stay tuned for the Big Boulder section. I'm really antsy to get this post up and the video editing is taking longer than I thought thanks to some ancient software I'm using.

I've got some more terrain park vids from Big Boulder and plenty to say about what goes on after the sun goes down, (That's mostly when that mountain is open) so be expecting an update in the next 24 hours.