Family Score
Weighted, not paid · 25/20/15/15/10/10/5
Last updated: 2026-08-20 · Data verified: Partially unverified
- School 25% · 7/10
- Beginner 20% · 7/10
- Care 15% · 4/10
- Cost 15% · 8/10
- On-mountain 10% · 6/10
- Non-ski 10% · 6/10
- Travel 5% · 9/10
- Ski school 25%7/10
A local's hill with Ikon. Child season pass $79 for 9 and under is the hook. Lesson dollars unpublished.
- Beginner terrain 20%7/10
Limited share. Highest PA vertical, which is a real sentence and still not Vermont.
- Childcare & kids programs 15%4/10
Appears in Ikon's guide, not on the resort's own site. Unverified for visitors.
- Affordability 15%8/10
Ikon or the child season pass if you live close. The $79 product is why locals come.
- On-mountain 10%6/10
Steeper, smaller. Night skiing for the locals.
- Non-ski 10%6/10
Poconos. Pair with Camelback's waterpark, not with a Banff itinerary.
- Travel 5%9/10
PHL / EWR / drive from NYC. Poconos weekend #2.
Our take
The progressing-kid Poconos hill. Camelback is the waterpark. Blue is the skiing. Neither is Vermont.
Perfect if
- Philly/NYC families with kids who already ski, especially on Ikon.
- A child 9 and under on the $79 All Access pass — confirm age-as-of rules.
- Weeknights if you are local.
Skip if
- A destination week.
- A first-timer who needed Camelback's easier shape.
- Anyone who needed visitor daycare on the resort's own page.
Biggest tradeoffHighest PA vertical and a cheap child pass — no confirmed visitor care, unpublished lessons, weekend crowds.
Ski school deep dive
Ski school is 25% of Family Score — the heaviest weight, on purpose. This mountain: 7/10. How we score.
A local's hill with Ikon. Child season pass is the hook. Lesson dollars unpublished.
Researched from official pages and 2026 reporting. Fields marked unverified are unpublished by the resort — we will not invent an age, a class cap, or a price.
- Group min age
- Unverified
- Private min age
- Unverified
- Max group size
- Unverified
- Certification
- PSIA
- Formats
- Kids' school. Night skiing is the local product.
- Group pricing
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Private pricing
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Location
- Steep Poconos face — more interesting than Camelback for kids who already ski.
- Progression
- Night + Ikon days if you live nearby.
- Specialized
- $79 child season pass researched — confirm this season.
- Booking
- skibluemt.com / Ikon.
- Pickup / drop-off
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Season programs
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
Childcare
No visitor daycare listed.
Beginner terrain
- Carpets: Yes.
- Learning area: Exists; the hill skis steeper than Camelback.
- Greens: Limited share.
- Progression: Better for kids who already turn.
On mountain
Lodge.
Modest.
None.
Non-ski
- Night skiing
- Adventure park in season
Kids programs
- Kids ski school
- Night skiing
- Child season pass
Getting there
PHL / EWR / drive from NYC. Transfer: About 2 hours from Philly / ~2.5 NYC. Poconos weekend #2. Pair with Camelback only if the kids can handle two small hills. Drive.
What a day costs
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Typical 2025–26 / early 2026–27 ranges — not a quote. Flights not included.
- Adult window
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Child window
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Child rental
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Adult rental
- Unverified — the resort does not publish this. We will not guess.
- Family of 4 / day (2 adults, 2 kids: lifts + rentals + 1 group lesson)
- Ikon or the child season pass if you live close.
- Pass
- Ikon. Child season pass researched at $79 — confirm before you screenshot it.
What six days on snow costs
Family of four: window tickets × 6, rentals × 6, one 3-day kids' lesson block. Not a week — lodging isn't in our data, so it isn't in this number.
This page doesn't have dollar ranges we can add. We will not invent a six-day total.
Season at a glance
December–April for families. Holiday weeks are when most of us can actually go.
Dec
Good
Nights.
Jan
Great
Weeknights.
Feb
Fair
Weekends packed.
Mar
Fair
Made snow.
Apr
Avoid
Not a spring destination.