since i can't surf up here, looking for a spot to get my snowboard on. looking for something nearby that also has good stuff for kids in the 5-6yr old range as well.

snowboarding

well it beat's bungee jumping in your wife's peen trinity

Never argue with a moron. They will bring you down to their level and beat your ass with their experience.

Wisp in Western MD, Canaan valley or Snowshoe in WV, Seven Springs or Nemacolin in the Laurel Highlands.

Seriously. There are a ton of ski resorts in the Apps.

been to snowshoe many times. looking for something a little closer

When were you planning on going? I'm heading to some place near the southern boarder of PA with some friends at then end of Jan. Just moved here last winter so I'm not familiar with the area, but will report back when I return.

probably in the next couple of weeks. making a day trip out of it

Surf, welcome to wester PA. We go to seven springs, we ski but there are a lot of snow boarders. It is not to far from Pittsburg

Surf, if you're looking for a day trip from Pittsburgh, the 2 closest options are Seven Springs, like zip mentioned, and Hidden Valley. From Pgh, Seven Springs and Hidden Valley are both about 1.5 hrs away and in the same general area. I'm pretty sure they are just on opposite sides of the mountain.

Never been to Seven Springs and only gone twice to Hidden Valley, but Seven Springs is definitely the more popular of the 2 and has more bells and whistles at the resort. Hidden Valley is pretty much just the slopes and snow tubing. Not really much of a terrain park and a pretty basic lodge from what I can remember. Hidden Valley lift tickets are slightly less ($10?) than Seven Springs. My wife and I go/went to Hidden Valley mainly because we're beginners, it's a little less crowded there, and the price.

No kids here, but I'd bet that Seven Springs has more options for 5-6 yr olds.

Oh, and I just saw that Blue Knob resort is about 2.5 hrs east of Pittsburgh. Never been there and know nothing about it. Still doable for a day trip possibly. Website is showing only 11 of 34 trails open.

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good deal. thx for the answers and will check both out

I'll be in Hidden Valley the entire month of Feb if you want to join me. I'd love to meet you up here.

Hidden Valley is a great place for kids and skiing. Feel free to contact me if you want more info. Where are you living?

i'm in the wexford area off mcknight

Nice, I wonder if we've met a few times. My wife and I are about to close on a house in Fox Chapel. We should get together sometime, I'm not as much of dbag in person as I am on here. You working at Westinghouse?

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You might not be but surf definitely is.

where is westinghouse? i work out near the airport off cliffmine

Westinghouse is in Cranberry. Lots of Aggies working there. I'm working at dck worldwide, we do construction. Where you working?

i work for a design firm. i design diageo labels and stuff (that's crown royal, smirnoff, segrams, cpt morgans etc.) also do some colgate design and a whole lotta prepress. it's pretty good and there's comps in the area like schawk if things were to somehow not work out for me. no desire to leave the burgh even if 'home' came callin (Columbus but it would be a tough decision)

I feel the same way. I love it here.

and anytime i get homesick, i just drive about 45 mins on parkway west and route 30, cross the river and presto: i'm back home