Camelback is a ski resort located in the in the Pocono Mountains region in Tannersville, Pennsylvania. Camelback Mountain (Big Pocono) itself reaches an elevation of 2,133 feet (650 m). There are 139 acres (56 hectares) of skiing terrain; the mountains have a total of 33 slopes (the longest of which is 1 mile(1,069 m), namely, the Nile Mile) and features a vertical drop of 800 ft (244 m), 13 lifts, including 2 high speed quad lifts. It is the largest ski resort in the Poconos. It has two terrain parks, the larger of which is now accessible only by ascertaining a park pass, and snowtubing. The resort was opened in December of 1963. The mountain summit receives an average of 50 in (127 cm) of snowfall each winter. It has snowmaking facilities and is lit for night skiing. The resort also features a waterpark, called Camelbeach, that is open during the summer. It includes 22 water slides (the most in Pennsylvania), including two body slides, two mat slides, two tube slides and two raft rides, in addition to a 30,000-square-foot wave pool, adventure river, bumper boats and full-sized competition pool. Also, new to 2006, Camelbeach now features a Wave riding pool by means of surfing.
