{"id":6524,"date":"2013-11-26T08:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T08:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/index.php\/2013\/11\/26\/winter-wonderland-the-poconos\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T20:13:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T20:13:06","slug":"winter-wonderland-the-poconos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/winter-wonderland-the-poconos\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wonderland: The Poconos"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tPlaying in the snow brings out the kid in all of us. Good thing one of the biggest snow playgrounds on the East Coast is just a two-hour drive away. The Poconos offers family-friendly winter attractions to rival those of any of the country’s flashier resort towns, no matter how much powder Mother Nature provides naturally.<\/p>\n
\n\tWhen it’s 35 or 40 degrees in Philadelphia, it’s 10 to 15 degrees colder in the Poconos, with snowmaking machines working overtime. “The ski resorts are experts at making snow,” says David West, VP of marketing at the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau<\/a>, granting an almost-guaranteed winter wonderland to guests.<\/p>\n\n\tOn the Poconos snow<\/h3>\n