Mount Snow

Pros: Big Mountain, good trails, two fast lifts. Lots of room to play.Party mountain
Cons: Gets crowded around 11 am and stays that way.Only two fast lifts

Mount snow is a ski resort in southern Vermont. It's also one of the biggest in the northeast. It's located near the Vermont/Massachusetts border. Mount Snow has long, nicely groomed trails that criss cross the entire resorts face, and allow access to...

Pros: well maintained, trails for all levels, great food
Cons: customer service, lack of side trails, ski lifts not always open

I have been to many ski resorts since 1990 and I must say that I was a bit turned off by my experience with Mount Snow. I spent a lot of money on a hotel, ski rentals, and lift tickets because I thought that Mount Snow was one of the elite trails in New...

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

I wanted to go skiing for my honeymoon but I did not want to go to Killington or Pico. I wanted to try something different that was not to crowded. I found Mount Snow.

We stayed in a condo right on the mountain. We could ski right from our...

Pros: Easy to get too, GREAT skiing, nice cruisers
Cons: $55 lift ticket, not all lifts running on holiday?

My family and I recently spent our President's Day at Mt. Snow, VT. We really enjoyed the skiing and everything the Mt. had to offer. This is a great resort for any level of skier, especially the intermediate skier.

Mt. Snow has over 130...

Pros: Great snowmaking & grooming, a good cruiser mountain
Cons: Crowded on weekends & holidays. Service is sometimes questionable.

Update 2/2002:

American Skiing has built an ugly hotel at the base of the mountain! This is not NEW news but for some reason I tended to notice it more this year! At least Killington put their Grand Summit hotel over to the side instead of...

Pros: Close to home, wide variety of trails
Cons: Crowded on weekends, dining

The first nice thing about Mount Snow is its location, just 3 hours or less from Boston, 5 or less from NY. This also means that it tends to get crowded on the weekends, especially holidays. If going on a crowded weekend, definitely try and ski early. As...

Pros: A wonderful vacation for families and groups of all skill levels
Cons: Can be crowded on weekends

I have been going to Mount Snow as long as I remember. I learned to ski through their wonderful ski school program, and I still go as often as I can, with friends, with family, or alone. The best places to stay are the fancy yet comfortable Grand Summit...

Pros: Good trails
Cons: Crowded, nasty, pushy

Mt. Snow has to be the most crowded skiing of my life. Granted, I went during a January weekend, but it would certainly have been worth getting up a little earlier and driving a little farther north.

With too many people on the slopes, you...

Pros: Nice slopes, good location
Cons: CROWDS!

Mount Snow has to be the most convenient 'big' mountain skiing within easy driving distance of NY, Philadelphia and Boston. Unfortunately, this means that it is very crowded most of the time. It also means that adult lift tickets are close to $50 per...

Pros: Good place to run into your cousin's friend's sister, lots of family programs
Cons: Overrun with kids, poor beginners areas, badly designed base area

Mount Snow has, without a doubt, the highest number of family visitors I have ever seen. I wouldn't choose to ski here again, even when I have my own family.

Arriving, the parking was poorly marked and poorly maintained. We had to hike up...

Pros: GREAT TRAILS
Cons: Winter

When most people hear the name Mount Snow the immediatly think of skiing and / or snowboarding, with deep sweet snow. For me Mount Snow means mountain biking on sweet technical trails as well as great not so technical, but still very challenging trails...

Pros: great accomodations, great skiing, scenery
Cons: not for beginners

I have been to Mount Snow about 5 times. I live around Hartford CT, and It's about a 2 hour drive to Mount Snow. But it's totally worth it. If you have the money, you should definitly consider staying overnight in one of Mount Snow's many...

Pros: Great Skiing, Great Location, Tons of Fun
Cons: Some Places are a little Pricey

Whenever I am in the mood for having tons of fun I head up to Vermont. I usually stay in Wilmington, Vt which is about 5 miles from the Mount Snow ski resort, and it is on the same rt. (rt 100). The town of Wilmington is a great place to stay if...

Pros: many trails
Cons: crowded

A day at Mount Snow is a lot of fun. There is a wide variety of trails for skiers at any level. Now I would like to give you some information about the mountain. The mountain opens in the middle of November and closes at the beginning of May. The...

Pros: Close, big enough, but not too big
Cons: Not much powder for those of you used to skiing out West

I grew up a short distance from Mount Snow. I even worked there in high school for a few winters in the 1980s. (long enough ago and as a ski mechanic, I have no current interest or means to benefit from them!) My mother and relatives still live in ...