Pennsylvania · United States · ski area
Blue Knob ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation
Blue Knob is a ski area in Pennsylvania, United States with 10 km of mapped downhill runs and 5 lifts, between 653 m and 960 m above sea level.
- Downhill runs
- 10 km
- Lifts
- 5
- Top elevation
- 960 m
- Vertical drop
- 307 m
- Nearest airport
- AOO · 20 km
Slopes by difficulty
24 runs mapped in OpenStreetMap. Colours follow the North American piste convention.
Ski lifts
- 4 Chairlifts
- 1 Magic carpets
Blue Knob is a ski area in Pennsylvania, the United States. Its 24 mapped downhill runs add up to 10 km, which ranks it #217 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 426 m long.
Slopes at Blue Knob
About 27% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 34% intermediate and 39% advanced or expert, which makes Blue Knob best suited to confident and advanced skiers.
Lifts and elevation
The resort has 5 lifts: 4 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 653 m up to 960 m, a vertical drop of 307 m.
Getting to Blue Knob
The nearest airport is Altoona Blair County Airport (AOO), about 20 km away in a straight line — roughly 26 minutes by car; John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (JST) is 24 km away. Nearby ski areas include Laurel Mountain Ski Resort (6.5 km), Hidden Valley Resort (11.0 km), Seven Springs Mountain Resort (25.9 km) and Whitetail Resort (10.9 km), which together add 60 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.
Nearest airports to Blue Knob
- 1 AOO20 kmstraight line
- 2 JST24 kmstraight line
- 3 LBE72 kmstraight line
- 4 SCE86 kmstraight line
Nearby
Ski resorts near Blue Knob
- 54 kmLaurel Mountain Ski Resort6.5 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 842 m
- 65 kmHidden Valley Resort11 km of slopes · 7 lifts · up to 882 m
- 70 kmSeven Springs Mountain Resort26 km of slopes · 16 lifts · up to 913 m
- 81 kmWhitetail Resort11 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 543 m
- 86 kmTussey Mountain3.7 km of slopes · 4 lifts · up to 552 m
- 100 kmMystic Mountain Ski Area2.2 km of slopes · 2 lifts · up to 614 m
- 103 kmBoyce Park Ski Area1.5 km of slopes · 3 lifts · up to 385 m
- 108 kmWisp Resort16 km of slopes · 12 lifts · up to 944 m
- 117 kmLiberty Mountain Resort9.2 km of slopes · 8 lifts · up to 353 m
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Data: OpenSkiMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors & Skimap.org (ODbL 1.0). Run lengths are measured along mapped pistes; resorts may publish different figures.