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<p>The ski season opened at Montage Mountain in Scranton yesterday, making five slopes available to eager skiers. Following an unseasonably warm December, the machine-made snowpack is between 12 and 20 inches in depth, and the consistency is machine groomed, packed powder.</p><p>Camelback Mountain Resort in Tannersville also opened yesterday with 13 available trails, 6 to 36 inches of machine groomed snow and a loose, granular secondary surface. Elk Mountain in Union Dale opened its slopes Jan. 5 and now has 10 trails ready with 12 to 30 inches of groomed snow.</p><p>Big Boulder - Jack Frost in Lake Harmony led off the season, opening Nov. 27. Currently, Big Boulder has five trails open and Jack Frost boasts 12 ready slopes. The snowpack is 12 to 24 inches deep and is machine groomed.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">A skier gets air off a small snow mound on opening day at Montage Mountain Thursday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/web1_TTL010816ski3.jpg</photo0><caption0>A skier gets air off a small snow mound on opening day at Montage Mountain Thursday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Aimee Dilger|Times Leader </photoCredit0></div></div>

Skiers, rejoice! Area mountains are open for business