16 The Daily Collegian Friday, February 11,1977
Consumer snowjob can be avoided by wise skier
By KATHY O’TOOLE
Collegian Staff Writer
Heavy snowfalls and chilly
temperatures are drawing
record numbers of skiers to
the white-capped mountains
of Pennsylvania ski resorts
this winter.
And with crowded slopes
come empty wallets as more
and more people are realizing
that skiing is an expensive
hobby.
A little shopping around,
however, can usually lead
skiers to areas able to
challenge their abilities
without drastically
challenging their pocket
books.
Oregon Hill, on Rt. 287,
north of Williamsport, is
probably the best bargain a
Centre County skier will find.
Located within a 90-minute
drive of State College, Oregon
Hill has four slopes and one
trail that includes something
for every skier, from
beginner to advanced, despite
a vertical drop of only 515
feet.
The price of a lift ticket is $6
on weekdays and $8 on
Saturdays and Sundays, with
a $1 discount after 2 p.m.
Rental of equipment is $8:50.
Weekdays offer the best
opportunities for economical
skiing on uncrowded slopes.
“On weekends we get pretty
busy,” said Joe Aichholdz,
manager of Oregon Hill. “But
during the week you prac
tically have the place to
yourself.”
The one chairlift and two T
bars keep lift lines moving
sufficiently, even on busy
weekends.
. “I’ve never had to wait in
African official suggests joint militia
ADDIS ABABA,
Ethiopia (AP) Eteki
Mboumoua, secretary
general of the Organization
of African Unity (OAU),
yesterday urged the
creation of a joint African
military force to help
defend African countries
against mercenary at
tacks.
Eteki also said he
welcomed as a “healthy
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line more than 15 minutes,”
said Joan McHenry, a season
pass holder at Oregon Hill.
As an added attraction,
Tuesdays and Thursdays are
College Days at Oregon Hill,
and college students get $1 off
the price of their lift tickets by
presenting their I.D. cards.
On Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays the regular ski
hours, from 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., are extended to 10 p.m.
at no extra cost, which means
11 hours of skiing for the more
durable skiers for $6.
For those who enjoy long
drives, Denton Hill, just east
of Coudersport on Rt. 6, near
the New York line, has even
lower prices than Oregon Hill.
A weekday lift ticket is $5.50
and a weekend ticket is $6.50,
with $1 off after 1 j}.m.
“Denton Hill is state owned
and receives state funds,”
Gary Dunn, equipment
operator, explained. “That’s
how we manage to keep the
prices down.”
With 13 slopes and trails,
and a 570-foot vertical drop,
Denton Hill also caters to all
classes of skiers. Ski in
structors are on hand at all
times, offering group lessons
for $4.50 an hour and private
lessons for $9 an hour. Lift
lines are moved adequately
by the one chairlift and three
poma lifts.
Closer to home, but more
expensive and less appealing
is Blue Knob, on Rt. 869 in
Newry, near Johnstown. Blue
Knob not only charges more
for a lift ticket $8 on week
days and $ll on weekends; but
also has less to offer for the
money.
Blue Knob 7 has a good
sign” the visit to Africa by
Andrew Young, the Carter
administration’s newly
named ambassador to the
United Nations.
“The very fact that he
made the visit shows his
preparedness to consider
African problems in a new
light,” the OAU chief told a
news conference.
However, Eteki. said it
was still too early to judge
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beginner’s slope and an en
joyable intermediate trail,
about one and a half miles
long, but no wide open slopes
such as the ones found at
Oregon and Denton Hills. It’s
one advanced slope is rarely
open.
There are two chairlifts, but
their proximity to each other
causes the two lift lines to
merge, .creating crowds,
confusion and long delays
getting up themountain.
The most common com
plaint many skiers have about
Blue Knob is the coldness, a
result of bone chilling winds
that never seem to cease on
the mountain. There is a
vertical drop of 1,052 feet, the.
biggest of all Pennsylvania
resorts. One regular
customer described it as “the
coldest spot in the world.”
This may be questionable, but
nevertheless, the attendance
at Blue Knob has declined this
year.
One employee believes the
decreased number of skiers
came about because the main
lodge burned down last
November.
“We still have complete
facilities food service,
warming areas, rental
equipment and, a repair
shop,” she said. “But few
people realize this and that's
what’s hurting our business.”
For skiers who like to go in
style, a three-hour drive to
Champion, off Rt. 31, near
Somerset, will lead to the
most luxurious ski area in
Western Pennsylvania
Seven Springs.
A year-round resort, Seven
Springs has everything from
whether American policies
toward Africa have really
changed substantially.
Many African nations have
been highly critical of what
they view as neglect of the
continent when Henry A.
Kissinger was secretary of
state. .
Eteki said Africa should
not remain passive in view
of developments including
last month’s reported coup
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an indoor swimming pool,
bowling alleys and a con
vention center to exclusive
gift shops, cocktail lounges
and a 1,500-room hotel.
The main feature, however,
is the ski area with eight
slopes and about 15 trails,
including the Northface,
which ski instructor Andy
Gumberg calls the “best
skiable hill in Pennsylvania.”
Gumberg, who is also coach
of the Penn State ski team,'
said Seven Springs is “far
superior to any place in
Pennsylvania.”
Lift tickets at Seven Springs
are $8 on weekdays, $lO on
weekends, and $6 for all night
sessions.
Lift lines generally move
more quickly with the aid of
seven chairlifts including
one triple chair lift four
rope tows and two poma lifts.
Lines at two of the chairlifts,
leading to the more popular
beginner and intermediate
slopes, tend to get congested
occasionally, but the wait is
seldom more than about 15
minutes.
Luckily, for those with
simpler tastes, the cheapest
ski area is only a 30-minute
drive from State College.
Black Moshannon, in Black
Moshannon State Park on Rt.
504, sells lift tickets for only $3
on weekdays ($2 after noon)
and $4 on weekends.
Because there is no snow
making equipment, however,
there tends to be a little base
at times and occasional icy
patches. Also, there is not
rental equipment or eating
facilities.
The one trail and one slope
may not provide a wide
attempt in the tiny West
African state of Benin,
where the Marxist military
government claimed a
mercenary force including
whites staged an airborne
invasion.
The OAU chief also cited
operations against
Mozambique by troops of
Rhodesia’s white minority
government.
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selection of skiing routes, but
they do present some
challenges for the advanced
skiers as well as in
termediates and beginners. It
has a vertical drop of 250 feet.
Except for 1 Black
Moshannon, all the ski areas
IRA gunmen sentenced to life terms
LONDON (AP) Four
Irish Republican Army
gunmen were sentenced
yesterday to life im
prisonment for seven killings
and a dozen bombings during
an 18-month IRA offensive in
English cities.
Authorities said they were
bracing for a possible upsurge
of IRA violence in reprisal for
the stiff sentences.
The judge in the case, Sir
Joseph Cantley, who had been
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mentioned have snow-making
equipment that can provide
good ski conditions if the
temperature is 28 degrees or
less. In fact, a brochure
released in 1975 by the
Department of Commerce’s
Bureau of Travel Develop-
told he was the ex
tremists’ death list, refrained
from commenting on the
threat of an IRA campaign as
he imposed the sentences in
Central Criminal Court,
known to Londoners as the
Old Bailey. He recommended
that each of the four men
serve no less than 30 years in
prison before being paroled.
Afterward, Cantley
declared: “I have been
dealing with criminals N who
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sylvania ski areas have the
best snow-making equipment
in the East.
“Why depend on the
weather?” it says. “Penn
sylvania ski areas can fool
Mother Nature.”
called themselves soldiers
and shot unarmed men,
murdered unprotected and
unsuspecting women,
sneaking up and throwing a
bomb through a restaurant
window before running
away."
Outside the court, units of
specially armed Scotland
Yard officers were posted at
public buildings in the heart
of the British capital while
extra precautions were being
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Although there hasn’t been
much need to fool Ma Nature
this Winter, this should or
dinarily come as good news to
skiers whose budgets won’t
take them to the more
dependable Northern ski
areas.
taken to protect prominent
people considered likely
targets for IRA reprisals.
London’s police chief, Sir
Robert Mark, warned the
public: “Don’t relax be
doubly cautious.”
During the 13-day trial of
the four IRA men, 12 bombs
exploded in central London
Jan. 29, causing extensive
damage to stores but no in
juries.