The Roundtop Mountain Resort is a resort located in York County,

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. During the winter months the resort offers skiing, snowboarding, and snowtubing. During the spring, summer, and fall, Roundtop offers summer camp and

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. Along with two other resorts,

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purchased the mountain in 2018 from Snow Time Inc., along with Snow Time's two other resorts,

and Liberty Mountain Resort.

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bought and now operates them.

History

Roundtop Mountain Resort was originally developed under the name Ski Roundtop by Irvin Naylor in 1964. With other investors, Naylor formed Snow Time, Inc., to run the ski resort and leased the land to the corporation. Naylor's original stake in Snow Time, Inc. was 10 percent. After a number of successful years, the corporation bought the land from him. Naylor then used the proceeds to increase his stake in Snow Time, Inc. to a 75 percent share. In October 2018, Ski Roundtop and the other two Snow Time resorts

and Liberty Mountain Resort were bought by

and in July 2019, Ski Roundtop,

and Liberty Mountain Resort were purchased by

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Statistics

*Elevation: Base . *Summit: . *Uphill Capacity: *Vertical Drop: *Number of Trails: 22 *Slope Difficulty: 29% Easier, 30% More Difficult, 31% Most Difficult, 10% Extremely Difficult *Lifts: 3

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, 1 J-bar, 2 carpet lifts (and also 1 tubing carpet) *Night Skiing: 95% terrain, 7 nights a week *Snowmaking: 100% *Skiing Season: late-November to mid-March (weather dependent)

Trails

Roundtop Mountain Resort possesses slopes with varying levels of difficulty. The trail names are as follows: Ski trail rating symbol-green circle

Easier Trails: Powderhorn, Drummer Boy, Fanny Hill, Discovery Area, Magic Mountain, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park

Fife and Drum, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park

J-Bar Park Ski trail rating symbol-blue square

More Difficult Trails: Lower Lafayette's Leap, Minuteman, Susquehanna, Lower Exhibition, Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park

Recruit

Most Difficult Trails: Upper Lafayette's Leap, Barrett's Trail, Upper Exhibition, Patriot, Lower Ramrod, Lower Gunbarrel, Palisade Glades Ski trail rating symbol-double black diamond

Extremely Difficult Trails: Upper Gunbarrel, Upper Ramrod Ski trail rating symbol-terrain park

Terrain Parks: Recruit, Fife & Drum, J-Bar Park, and Bunker Hill (Exhibition, Bunker Hill, Susquehanna, and Fanny Hill have also been designated as a terrain park/containing terrain park features in the past)

References

External links

Roundtop Mountain Resort website
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