"Post-Apocalyptic Experience" Coming To Pennsylvania Ski Resort for Halloween Event

Camelback Resort, Pennsylvania, appears to be pulling out all of the stops for an upcoming spooky event set to be held at its waterpark and surrounding mountain terrain.

Called “The Curse of Camelback,” the Halloween attraction is billed as a “post-apocalyptic experience” that will transform the Camelbeach Mountain Waterpark into the “fictional location of a terrifying chemical outbreak.”

“Beginning at the base of the mountain, guests are recruited to join a fictional emergency response mission following a chemical accident,” a release said. “According to the storyline, chemicals used during the excavation of new winter trails mixed with pool-cleaning compounds to create mysterious toxic fumes that cause people exposed to them to vilely mutate.”

It all starts at a lift, which visitors board before things take a “terrifying” turn at the Camelbeach “containment zone.” 

Inside, you’ll navigate “an abandoned emergency response camp, fog-filled waterpark attractions, chemical spills, barricades, eerie tunnels and maze-like paths” and “come face-to-face with horribly mutated characters and unexpected scares.”

“Missing-persons posters, emergency signage and other details throughout the experience reveal the story of the outbreak—which raise questions about how this all happened,” the release continued.

The adventure also includes bumping into “patient zero,” a guy named Gary who underwent “a horrifying transformation,” producing more of the toxic gas. Then, it’s time to get the heck out of there.

Jason Bays, vice president and general manager of Camelback, said in a release that “The Curse of Camelback” is part of a new Halloween tradition that will see different stories and themes in the coming years. 

The upcoming event runs Thursday, September 17, through Sunday, November 8, from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursdays and Sundays and 6 p.m. to midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. 

The Halloween shenanigans follow what was a memorable—and record-breaking—season for Camelback. The resort, for the first time in its history, managed to stay open until May 5 with a big snowmaking push. Bays, who joined Camelback last fall, previously told POWDER that next winter, he hopes to do it even bigger. 

In the meantime, he seems focused on scaring the pants off anyone brave enough to pay Gary a visit.

Related: May Skiing in Pennsylvania? How Camelback Had Its Longest Season Ever