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Cardboard Box Derby Returns to Blue Mountain This Weekend
This free, family-friendly event challenges participants to build their very own cardboard box racer.
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CARDBOARD BOX DERBY RETURNS TO BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORT THIS WEEKEND
Blue Mountain Resort welcomes racers and spectators to witness the return of the beloved Cardboard Box Derby. This free, family-friendly event challenges participants to build their very own cardboard box racer – using only cardboard, paper, tape, glue, and string – and put it to the test down the resort’s Snow Tubing hill. Prizes will be awarded to the Best Kona Big Wave themed, Fastest, Most Creative, and Biggest Fail of the day.
Check-in for all racers will be held from 1 – 1:45 p.m. in the Adventure Center at the bottom of the mountain. All racers must be checked in by 1:45 p.m. The race will begin at 2 p.m. on the Snow Tubing hill.
Blue Mountain Resort | Palmerton, PA
Sunday, March 9, 2025 | 2 – 4 p.m.
Blue Mountain Resort is a year-round resort located along the Kittatinny Ridge in the Pocono Mountain region and sits within Little Gap Valley in Pennsylvania. Originally opened in 1977 as Little Gap Ski Area, it was renamed Blue Mountain Resort in 1989. With the biggest vertical drop of any ski resort in Pennsylvania, it features 40 ski trails, 16 lifts, 29 mountain biking trails, a ropes course, rock climbing wall and more. The resort offers camping and glamping sites and dining at Slopeside Pub & Grill along with spaces for indoor and outdoor weddings, groups and corporate retreats.
More information is available at www.skibluemt.com.
