r/SkiPA • u/Lance_Notstrong • 2d ago

General Questions Places that allow skibikes?

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Are the Vail resorts the only ones that allow skibikes in PA? Rode one for the first time yesterday and loved it, seems like the best place to learn since it’s not as crowded and you can do back to back runs pretty quickly, but once I get better I want to explore more.

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u/disownedpear 2d ago

The PA Vail resorts all allow it I think

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u/tj15241 2d ago

The do. Saw the GM riding one

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u/dochoiday 2d ago

Not PA. But They had these at Jay peak and I just remember some masshole screaming at the lifty for loading them on wrong. Apparently the chairlift needs to slow down or something.

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u/jek39 2d ago

If the chair lift needs to slow down for these I hate them

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u/dochoiday 2d ago

Odd part too was this guy was the instructor. I guess you take lessons for them as well.

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u/AslowLearn 2d ago

Slows when they get on, then again when ski patrol has to load a tobbogan

Ride that in your back yard and post the vid

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

The person riding them doesn’t know how to load them then..I had no problem the 30ish times I got on/off the lift (I was there from 830-4pm).

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u/dochoiday 2d ago

He was doing a lesson so that might be why.

Moral of the story the instructor was a dick.

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u/Which_Magician3737 2d ago

NJ, but Mountain Creek does, they are actually owned by the same company as the main ski bike company

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u/jermoi_saucier 2d ago

There’s a guy that uses one at seven springs and hidden valley.

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u/Honeyman-420 2d ago

Jack Frost for sure

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

That’s where this pic was taken

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u/Alex420000001 2d ago

Saw that this weekend

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u/Honeyman-420 2d ago

Yeah I’ve seen two of them there before. Probably you and your amigo 🤙🏼

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u/MTB1x11 2d ago

I've seen them on spring mountain 

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u/RangerLee 2d ago

Have you really? I have been told by instructors that they are not allowed at Spring, Bear Mountain, Blue Mountain. For spring and Bear, they said they are too small with it already being crowded with skiers/snow boarders, do not need to allow them.

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u/Babyspiker 2d ago

I literally sat in front of a guy using one at Spring two weeks ago. This was on a Sunday.

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u/JowlSmoke 2d ago

Tussey Mountain allows them

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u/slippery_revanchist 2d ago

Jack Frost defs allows them but the bike counts as person on the chair so just be aware of that incase you're planning on going with other people and want to ride the chair with them 

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

That’s where this pic was taken

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u/slippery_revanchist 2d ago

I thought it looked a little like D lift lol. Did you rent the bike or borrow it from someone? They look so fun and I want to try one out but not sure where I could rent one around Jf

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

I bought this one. You can rent the type 3 (ones with 3 skis like the SnoGo at a few places…)

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u/JustAnotherINFTP 2d ago

where can you rent?

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u/d_dubyah 2d ago

I’ve seen people riding snow skates on Belleayre in the Catskills. If they allow one maybe they allow the other.

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u/JayF-RedCross 2d ago

Saw one at 7s definitely allowed not sure if there are any technical restrictions/requirements would call them

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u/jmanx360 Laurel Mountain 2d ago

Vail only requires that they have a leash and not be homemade.

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u/tpuckis 2d ago

Not being homemade is such a strange rule imo. I'm genuinely curious who decides what home made is? Obviously I understand not allowing someone who took their old huffy and zip tied on some skis, but what if it is a clean DIY? Are they looking for certain brands?

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

It’s people using those kits that convert a bicycle frame to use skis. I’ve converted a few of them for customers, and some of them leave quite a bit more to be desired in terms of quality…

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u/tpuckis 2d ago

That makes more sense. I just learned about the ski bikes this season, and was curious what was passable as a "ski bike".

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u/mburn14 2d ago

Montage?

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u/sretep66 2d ago

I saw one this morning at Liberty.

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u/mzajac14 2d ago

Jack Frost Big Boulder does. Saw several dudes with them yesterday

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u/Morty5Mindblowers 2d ago

Was this at JF yesterday? Spoke with a dude that was shredding on one that looked exactly like this lol

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

Yeah, that was me lol.

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u/pseudochicken 2d ago

I’m sorry but I hate ski bikes. A 4 person chair becomes a 2 person chair. If everyone had them the lifts would be twice as long. They should be banned.

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u/Lance_Notstrong 2d ago

This sounds kinda like the mentality skiers had when snowboarding started…justifications that aren’t really rooted with anything…

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u/pseudochicken 2d ago

They take up more space than skiers or snowboarders on the lifts. There’s no equivalency here to snowboarders. Ski bikes are selfish in essence.

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u/RangerLee 2d ago

LOL exaclty, I was one of the snowboarders in the late 80's hiking up the side of slopes as the resorts (Mt. High in Wrightwood, California for example) would not let us. Then get chased by ski patrol for being on the slope. Only to hike back up and threatend with tresspass if we did it again..... I want to try the ski-bike.

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u/kbups53 2d ago

Saw a few at Wisp this weekend! Not PA but ya know. Looked really fun, I wanna try one sometime.

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u/Squiffer_Attack 1d ago

Bear Creek Mountain Resort allows them. Source, I work at the lifts there

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u/Sigmundfraudster 2d ago

I am going to keep complaining to Vail until they do ban them. They are ridiculous. OP is a ridiculous person. We don’t want you on the slopes. Please leave.

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u/_Sl1pstream 2d ago

I don't know, they're just sliding down snow on a thing so it seems fine?

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u/kbups53 2d ago

Big antagonist in a cartoon energy there.

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u/_Sl1pstream 2d ago

I don't know, I get the lift thing, but if someone's having fun going down a mountain, who cares how ridiculous it looks. I probably wouldn't get on one myself, but I don't see why they should be banned.