Blue Mountain Resort is one of Pennsylvania’s most popular ski resorts and will soon be managed by the same operator at Camelback Mountain Resort in Poconos.

According to reports, California-based KSL Resorts will take over the management of Blue Mountain and plans to make major investments in facilities in Palmerton, the destination carbon county. Morning call.

The change in management may indicate that the Blue Mountains will move towards becoming a four-season resort. Camelback is located in Monroe County. In addition to more than 30 ski trails, it also has an indoor water park and a treetop adventure route. Blue Mountains already offers rope and zipline lessons, mountain bike trails and other activities in the off-season.

Kathy Henderson: The economic development director of the Carbon Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Corporation told Dawn. “This will help them a lot and create more job opportunities for the county.”

Blue Mountain opened in 1977 as the Little Gap Ski Area. It is headed by Ray Tuthill and his daughter Barbara Green as president and chief executive officer. The resort was renamed the Blue Mountains in 1989 and has always been the preferred ski mountain for locals and tourists in the Philadelphia area, Lehigh Valley, New York City and other parts of the area.

The Blue Mountains have 39 slopes and a skiable area of ??164 acres.

KSL Resorts is a subsidiary of Denver-based private equity firm KSL Capital Partners, which invests in a range of hotel, entertainment and travel services. It is unclear whether KSL will have ownership of Blue Mountain in addition to resort management.

The details of the KSL Blue Mountains plan are still to be worked out in the future, but management changes indicate that Poconos will continue to invest in entertainment facilities.