Jack Frost Mountain Resort ski resort · slopes, lifts & elevation

Jack Frost Mountain Resort is a ski area in Kidder, Pennsylvania, the United States. Its 21 mapped downhill runs add up to 9.0 km, which ranks it #234 of 960 ski areas in the United States and gives it 0.1% of all the country's slopes. The average run is about 429 m long.

Slopes at Jack Frost Mountain Resort

About 10% of the slopes are beginner or easy runs, 53% intermediate and 37% advanced or expert, which makes Jack Frost Mountain Resort best suited to confident and advanced skiers.

Lifts and elevation

The resort has 7 lifts: 6 chairlifts, 1 magic carpet. Most of them are chairlifts or gondolas, so you ride seated. Skiing runs from 444 m up to 603 m, a vertical drop of 159 m — typical of a local ski hill.

Getting to Jack Frost Mountain Resort

The nearest airport is Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP), about 26 km away in a straight line — roughly 34 minutes by car; Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is 54 km away. Nearby ski areas include Big Boulder Ski Resort Area (6.4 km), Locust Lake Village Ski Hill (0.5 km), Camelback Mountain Resort (14.9 km) and Montage Mountain Ski Area (9.9 km), which together add 51 km of slopes for a multi-resort trip.