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    :D fun day!
    Joyce C.

    I signed up for the morning and afternoon sessions for snowboarding, and I was assigned Stephen in the morning and Stan in the afternoon. Both are excellent instructors. In the morning Stephen walked me through information about falling safely (because there will be falling) and asked me some questions to see what we should concentrate on. He was able to answer my questions and got me through traversing toe side, and helped me stay out of trouble boarding and exiting the ski lift. He was always very encouraging and helpful, and when I couldn't sit up on my heels, he gave me other options to build from what time do know to get onto heel side. After lunch I was assigned Stan since Stephen got another assignment. Stan asked some questions to see where I left off this morning and what I already know. Bless Stan because he was determined to get me traversing heel side. He pulled me up what must have been at least 20 times to get from sitting to on my heel side. Eventually I was comfortable enough traversing heel side (because he kept encouraging me to keep trying and kept picking me up) that I told him I wanted to try doing a turn from toe side to heel side so he didn't have to keep pulling me up. Thanks to my comfort level traversing toe (from Stephen's instruction) and traversing heel (thanks to Stan) and watching some YouTube the two weeks leading up to this (also recommend doing before you show up), I was able to get the J turns pretty quickly. I was very encouraged with how far I got from a single day's instruction on top of watching YouTube videos, and definitely recommend taking the full day of lesson to build on the skills!

    Olivia G.

    It was my first time snow boarding, ever! It was such a blast and I have a bruised tail bone to prove it. I loved taking the class first and being instructed on all the different techniques on how to stop and speed up. Being out on the ice taking classes it's definitely cold but don't wear a coat, you'll be sweating 2 minutes into the lesson. The ski lift is probably the scariest part because it does go up pretty high and I get nervous in the air. I wasn't strapped in our anything which is obviously expected but it did make me uneasy. Expect to bust your butt more than a few times- embrace it!! Stop and get a cold beer at one of the bars that they have on sight, grab a snack they have plenty to choose from. They also have tubing if you're interested but it's more for kids. I wouldn't go on it again to tube! Cheers to sore tail bones- get butt pads. Falling is no joke, there is no fluffy snow. It's ice!

    Schel H.

    So you want to go get your boarding or skiing on, you wanna save some bucks and go local to so cal, ohhh maaaaaaannnn... what about the kid? ohhh I know lets put him/her in ski/boarding school to learn how to join us! Ohhh yeah! well that is what some people do. I however went into this thinking that I wanted to get my daughter into skiing and boarding so that she can join me. I started her lessons at age four and just had them continued at age 5 this season over the weekend. She has really enjoyed taking lessons with the instructors here at Mt High's Winter Sports School. I started her on ski's for two reasons; 1 kids are able to pick up skiing much more easily than snowboarding, 2 If you start on a snowboard, its really hard to learn to ski, whereas the inverse holds true. Well my daughter has really really enjoyed all of her lessons so far here. I have also stopped and watched how they work with the young kids. They seem to do a pretty good job with the kids. After the lessons, my daughter has the ability to do a number of important things. Including stopping, turning left and right, snowplow (pizza) and parallel a lil bit (french fries). So I would recommend these guys to other people. I did not like that they allowed the kids to take off gloves, hats, goggles/sunglasses, etc. It also seemed that some of the staff treats it like a random daycare job, in lieu of teaching kids a sport that they are passionate about. Overall though, I am quite pleased with this Winter Sports School.

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    Nice easy runs for kids. Rental process was not organized and long lines. Good kid counting and security.

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    Best place local, to learn how to snowboard!! me and my boys had a great season here.

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    Ask the Community - Mountain High Winter Sports School

    Can I take my infant here just to hang out? I dont ski or anything, just want my kid to see snow.

    Definitely can! It's family oriented and they also have a tubing section that you can go tubing with your kid. They have slower snow slides and it's a great time!

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    Mountain High Winter Sports School is top notch. Super patient and effective instructors. The day I…read morewent with my 4 year old, it was a relatively low crowd day and warm (70 F). My daughter's first time on a snowboard and the snow was a success thanks to the skill and professionalism of Instructor Trevor D. Her two hour lesson flew by thanks to his ability to make the activity interesting, low-stakes, and super fun! I highly recommend private lessons for the smaller kids here especially since they are 1:1. On another note, the runs that day were well-groomed and decent conditions for an afternoon. There's a current flex lift ticket deal where for each adult ticket a child ticket is complimentary is a sweet deal. While you do have to pay $30 for main parking lot at West Resort, much of the quality and excellent service has held up. The dirt lot before the main ramp is still free. You just have to walk up the hill or take the stairs.

    This was my first visit to Mt. High this year, and I have to say I was a little disappointed. I…read morecame on a busy Saturday right after back-to-back SoCal storms, so I expected the resort to be packed -- and it was -- but it honestly didn't feel prepared for the crowd. One of the most-used lifts on the west side wasn't working, which caused a lot of congestion. Traffic getting into the resort was rough, and the transport buses from the east to west parking lots weren't operating. There was no announcement about this, so my friends ended up walking from east to west parking, which was frustrating. On top of that, we experienced a fireplace being out of gas. They eventually got it lit, but by that time it was late, really cold, and we were about to head out because our lift tickets had expired. Overall, the resort has potential, but I felt unprepared for the crowd and the logistics were poorly communicated. Hopefully, they can improve operations and better handle busy days in the future.

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    tl,dr: Experienced much false hope with Mt Baldy…read more + I had obtained a free all-day ski ticket to Mt Baldy. I was ecstatic. [img 1 of 4] Sat, Mar 7 -- When I finally make plans to go, the resort closed. Not just that, they (unintentionally) pulled a bait and switch a couple times. My complaint isn't the weather. My complaint is the repeated false hope from their announcement approach. Seeing how bad the weather had been, wish they had just announced early that they will not open the next day, well before the dilettantes had already gone out and rented ski gear the day before. Save me the trouble of repeatedly refreshing their mountain report webpage every hour beside my expensive snowboard rental eagerly waiting to shred. - "WIND HOLD - UPDATE AT 10AM" For a while it had already been well past 10AM and no update yet... - "We are planning to open Chair #1 at 11AM ... with full operations by 12PM" almost made me start the ~2hr drive to their resort already. Imagine the infuriating waste of gas that would've been. - "Snow Play will be open Saturday" Sounds like an assurance... - Finally! Around 1pm, "Closed Due to High Winds". ¡No me digas! - lol below that, still "Snow Play will be open Saturday"... [2/4] Sun Mar 15 Round 2 of Mt Baldy disappointment after having already eagerly rented the expensive snowboard package a 2nd time, here we go! - "Snow Play will be open Saturday" ok, the assurance again. - "We'll be open through Monday" so we're for sure for sure now, right? - "... tomorrow March 16. Unfortunately we will not be open" Again?? Mer alors! + Silver lining: Thank you Mt Baldy at least for notifying me before I already started driving up the mountain. - "we're still hopeful!" (at this point, ) lol suuure -- "bring any unused tickets to the mountain for a gift card" ....uhhh what? After EVERYTHING, I'm now being encouraged to drive allll the way up to the mountain?? Gas prices must be an all-time low these days... [3/4] -- Prepaid parking disappointment. Their website kept saying "Please select at least one rate type to continue", so I kept selecting the single parking ticket rate, but the website wouldn't relent. - Occasionally it'd give me a tease by loading a new page... only to reveal "Not Confirmed" or "404 Page not found". . Note: I eventually realized by "rate" the website meant to buy an actual ski ticket, meaning you can't buy a parking ticket without buying a ski ticket... Well that defeats the purpose of a free ski ticket, innit? (lol I did slang in Spanish, French, and British) - lol so much for the online marketing tease "prepaid parking is discounted!" [4/4] Wed Dec 3 - Their email correspondence seems to have technical difficulties. After 5 days without response, I tried again. ~ Finally, 13 days since my thumb-twiddling had begun, they finally get back to me. Kinda. Ultimately, Mt Baldy's free ticket wasted me +$60 and much time and emotional energy. Mt Baldy? More like Mt False Hopey. lol just send me $120 (ticket price) flat and we'll probably be good.

    I took my teen boys up on Thanksgiving weekend. I adjusted expectations as I have heard a lot of…read morenegative reviews but Mount Baldy is much nearer to us than other SoCal resorts and so we decided to check it out. The lift tickets and rentals are significantly cheaper than the bigger resorts in the area but you will need to book both online in advance. You can also book parking in advance and it is cheaper to do so. I wish there was more information on the website to tell us what to expect. So here is my experience. Once you arrive at the parking lot, they will ask for payment. If you have booked in advance, you just tell them and they will wave you through. Just follow the staff's directions to park. We arrived at about 8:30am on a Saturday morning and there was plenty of parking available. You will then walk up a short but steep hill into the check-in hut. At this point, the will request that you fill in a waiver, which you should fill in online prior to arrival to speed up the process. You only need to fill this in once per season. Then you will be handed your parking ticket (for proof when you exit - but no one checked, as well as your lift ticket. You will be directed to the sugar pine chairlift #1, which is about a 20 min ride up to the resort area. This was probably the coldest part of the trip in the morning as the sun had yet to reach into the valley and the wind was quite strong. Once we got up onto resort level, we headed to the right which was the renal hut. The rental fitting process was quite smooth. You had to complete a form to, and when it's your turn, you hand the form to a member of staff who would send the relevant size to you. You start with the ski boot and then skis (or board). While you are waiting, you can grab helmets off the shelves in the waiting area. The last piece of equipment would be your poles (if needed) as you exit). On the day we went, the snow was packed powder and pretty good to ski on. As the day wore on, it got a little slushy in places but still very nice to ski on. It was quite warm and there were people who removed their jackets. The trails are not well marked so we spent quite a lot of time staring at the map. Turns out we went onto a wrong trail at one point! There were barely any lines at the lifts, nor was it super crowded, so we could get our runs in quite quickly. On the other hand, there isn't a wide variety of beginner runs. As for food, well, the food is standard ski lodge food - not great and quite expected. There was a line but unlike other ski resorts, we were able to get seating pretty quickly and the line was not too long. I imagine it could get worse in peak season when you have more folks coming up for snow play. So maybe bring some food. Talking about bringing food, there aren't any lockers for your valuables. We were told we could leave our bags in open cubbies. I carried my bag since I wanted water on my, but in hindsight, since the mountain wasn't big, I could have left it and just carried my wallet and phone. Overall, it was a lovely first experience skiing here. I would like to check it out in peak season when there's more traffic to see how the infrastructure handles the crowds. It's really nice to be able to ski without my toes and fingers freezing up or waiting in long lines.

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    4+ My recent visit in early 2/2026 was the first time I've been to Snow Summit in over a decade and…read morethis was my second snowboarding excursion in the last decade as well (so I am/ was a bit rusty) I had a free day during the week and drove up in the morning by myself. There was free parking that was easy to find and gear up at. This particular location doesn't feel large and since it was kind of sunny and a weekday, I think a lot of the trails and some of the lifts were shutdown during my visit. Not a big deal at all since my goal was to avoid large weekend crowds and shake off my personal cobwebs and just enjoy myself at my own speed. Getting my pass ready at the entrance using my phone, emails, and the app was pretty straightforward. Once I got that situated, I was able to start making my way to the first main lift and head up. The crowds during a weekday (early 2/2026) were so small, I was able to take my own chair up without having any traffic behind me. I can't speak for experienced skiers and snowboarders since even a decade ago, I would consider myself a solid intermediate snowboarder (that didn't do any tricks) and I will say it's a solid resort especially what I was looking for. I was able to go down the trails and constantly go up the lifts so quickly and my muscle memory all started coming back albeit with a few minor spills. After a while, I wanted to grab a beer and make my way over to Big Bear since I had the pass that allowed me to experience both parks. Definitely a solid snow resort that isn't too intense and is great for the proximity of people who live in the LA/ IE area.

    For a SoCal option, this is one of my favorite mountains to take newbies and intermediate boarders…read more The terrain offers quite a bit of selections is the skillset mentioned above. I also like one of their runs being spacious and wide for ease of maneuverability. Base of the mountain during peak season also have a wide variety of food and beverage options. Their bloody marry are really good here. I would recommend you get one of these for those cold days for a light snack with a kick to move you along until the last run. I have seen the lift ticket system change throughout the decades and I'm glad that they are updating their process to move the lines along. During peak season, there are multiple locations that you can park where shuttles will take you to and from the base. Parking in the main lot does come with a fee. Slow days or weekdays are usually $25 per vehicle. Overall, it's a great place to board with a nice view of the lake. Can't wait to get back on the slope with good snow.

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