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    3.1 (172 reviews)

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    I would like for Shawnee mountain ski area to improve on adding more selection to the trails

    Fire pit area near the bridge in parking lot
    Samantha S.

    This place has potential for being 4 stars, but I'm doing a 3 stars for today. Like, if I came back on a week day with less crowds then maybe I could see 4 stars. There's not a lot of great organization/order with the crowds. A lot of mixed feelings from the employees. There were some that were super friendly and seeking to help you - and then there were some that were annoyed that you are there and seemed like they didn't know what was going on. When we went to the rental stand we said "we need to rent all equipment and lift tickets." The person who checked us out did not include helmets in the rental price. We did not know this was a separate cost, so we had to get back on line later when we realized we could not pick up the helmets. Be careful if you rent a locker. It seems that once you lock your stuff in the locker you can only retrieve once (meaning you can't go back and forth more than once). We ended up needing to to pay twice to lock our locker again. It was weird - would be helpful if they had someone there to help guide you about the lockers (or a sign with a warning). The slopes themselves were pretty good. Had an enjoyable time going down them. I really enjoyed the snack cabin at the top of the mountain. Good vibes in there and a good place to rest/use the restroom. They only have snacks - not full meals like the tavern at the bottom of the mountain. I would come back here considering it's not a long drive from where I live.

    Bunny Hill
    Christy C.

    This ski mountain is about 1.5 hours drive away from NYC and it is very convenient for a day ski trip. The operation hours are awesome- 9:00 am to 9:00 pm on weekdays and there will be a discount for people entering after 3:00 pm. They have two bunny hills: one for beginners to practice on their own and the other bunny hill for people who take the group lessons. The magic carpet brings people up to mid-hill while the lift brings people up to the top of the bunny hill. Bunny hill usually gets very crowded between 10:30-4:00 on weekends. I like the fact that the hosts allow people with a paid admission and equipment enter the skiing area, but people do not need to have the equipment with them to use the carpet. This is great for parents to teach the little kids how to skiing/snowboarding. You will see lots of parents running / chasing the kids while the kids are learning how to skiing/snowboarding there at the bunny hill. The other side of the mountain has lifts that go all the way up to mountain for trails with different difficulty levels. There are lots of trails and my sons never get tired of trying out different trails up there. The lift ticket and rental are priced reasonably, but I would recommend the miser tickets. This ski area also offers snow tubing, but the ticket sold out very quickly on weekends.

    This was the line going down the lane to begin snow tubing. We waited 30 minutes just to go down.
    Thomas W.

    DO NOT RECOMMEND SNOW TUBING. We paid $46 each for 1.5 hours of snow tubing, which is expensive. For over half of the time we were there, 3 of the 6 tubing lanes were closed. Since this was a sold-out time slot, this led to very long lines, as shown in the picture. We ended up only going down twice within the first hour. After 50 minutes, they opened up two more lanes for a total of 5 out of 6 lanes open. We went down a total of 5 times which is very little considering the price. On top of that, we had to walk down a quarter of the hill to begin, so we couldn't even snow tube down the entire length of the lane.

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    Chris K.

    Lift and ski rental price (Weekday, non-holiday): $121 Beginner package (lift, rental, lesson): $147 This place was great to come to on a Thursday. There were virtually no lines and all the trails were open. The trails here are not too difficult/long, definitely great for family or beginner/intermediate skiers. They have a few black diamond trails which are exhilarating. As for the beginner lessons that my (adult) friend did, it was not great. I think if you're a child the lesson may suit you, but it is not set up well to accommodate for adults.

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    Anton K.

    I went skiing at Shawnee this weekend and it was crowded. Apparently they sold out tickets for Saturday early in the morning. Just another reason I buy my tickets online. For an adult skier the lift ticket will cost you $80 on the weekends and $58 during the week. Night tickets (3pm-9pm) Thursday and Friday night, it only costs $40. Shawnee has 23 slopes and trails, 6 for beginners, 11 for intermediates and 6 for "experts". Expert trails is a relative term. The longest trail is 5,100 feet which is decent. If you are looking for speed the vertical drop is 700'. Snow is always an issue in this area. Often it is machine made with and 1'-3" natural snow. If you like powder wait for a blizzard. Covid-19 precaution are required like masks, social distancing and buying online. The staff get temperature checks. With sold out crowds, enforcement in the restaurant, on the ski lift lines and other venues is impossible. The bottom line is that it is skiing and if you want to ski close to home, this is it. The expression "It is what it is" applies 100%.

    The pant ripped because of she fell in the trail.
    Rita W.

    Our family was there last Monday (Martin Luther King), and we were disappointed with the service. I do not recommend this place because of the setup and the service, not kids friendly. My daughter and sister fell, and the guy just looked at them until my sister called for help--the safety concerns in here below average. The guard on the top was just staring at us without giving us any help to push the snow tube down. You paid $32.00 for self-service and taking care of your safety--the guys downstairs much better in the safety concerns. I hope that They can Have better Training for Their employees For future visitor's sake. The restrooms around 10 at the front line and only two were clean.

    Lodge seating
    Andrew C.

    A great resort for beginner and intermediate skiers. This has a number of short trails that are great for skiing and family friendly. On a busy day, the lines get long and the hill is crowded. I would not reccomend going on a Friday night, since many schools come here for their ski clubs. The hills do get crowded on the busier days, and there are many beginner skiers and snowboarders. It can sometimes be tricky and slow due to the number of new people. However, on any other day this resort is decent and not too busy. For the more advanced skier or snowboarder, going up and down may be quite fast and numerous. The slopes are not very challenging or long and the bunny hill is very nice. The food is a little brloe average compared to otjer resorts in tjenarea, but it can suffice for a quick meal. Overall a decent slopes for beginners and people ho want practice. Not recommended for the more advanced, due to the number and level of people who typically go here as well as the difficulty of each trail. Decent terrain park!

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    Antonio made sure we had a really fun time on the snow tubing slope! Great fun personality! Thanks for the tips Antonio!

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    I had a great experience here at Shawnee today, the rental shop girl Chelsea was the biggest help. shout out to her!

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    “The magic carpet brings people up to mid-hill while the lift brings people up to the top of the bunny hill.”

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    Blue Mountain Resort

    3.3(293 reviews)
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    Sadly I didn't take any photos of the food, because it didn't last long on the table! It was…read moreabsolutely delicious, and fairly priced for a "mountain resort" restaurant. Major points for being able to accommodate gluten restrictions. The views at sunset simply can't be beat. Our server was PHENOMENAL. It was a wicked busy night, but by the speed and attentiveness of this server, you would never know it. We felt truly cared for while we dined here.

    I wavered between 3 and 4 stars on this one. How you feel about Blue Mountain depends largely on…read morewhat kind of a skier/snowboarder you are. If you're an absolute beginner, it isn't a bad introduction to the world of snow sports. It's a small "mountain" and therefore very beginner friendly. They have a completely closed off area on one side that is entirely for beginners with conveyor lifts, very gentle and short slopes, and a short chairlift. There are also two green trails on the mountain designated as "slow skiing areas," though they might want to police them better as there were still several daredevils blasting by us. The whole process for rentals and lessons is a well-oiled machine and easy to navigate. My 11-year-old son had never been skiing or snowboarding before and was anxious to try. So this seemed like a logical spot to bring him. I had been here plenty of times as a kid in the 90's, but this was my first time back in decades. We came on a Sunday in March and arrived at 7:30. It was already crowded with cars and people at that point but we still got a good parking spot and picking up rental equipment was no problem. My son enjoyed his snowboarding lesson and was loving how quickly he was learning. I bought a lift pass for me + helmet rental, and a beginner package for him (this included snowboard/helmet rental, one hour lesson, and restricted lift ticket). All together this was $293, which seems wildly overpriced for the mountain we were on, especially considering my son was stuck to the beginner area all day unless we upgraded his lift ticket. But I guess this price is common in the skiing industry these days, and I hate to think what the big mountains out west are charging. If you're an experienced skier/snowboarder and live close by, it's probably not a bad place to get in a quick fix. As an experienced skier myself, it was a pleasant day on the slopes, but got a little boring after awhile. If I'm going to pay an arm and a leg, fight hordes of people all day, and drive for a few hours to get there, I'd rather do so on a bigger and more challenging mountain.

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    Lock up your board & gear! I use 2-3 locks. I'm just anxious like that. But you really just need 1 lock to deter thieves!

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    Mt Peter Ski Area - Mt. Peter on March 6, 2025 at 11 a.m.

    Mt Peter Ski Area

    3.4(93 reviews)
    43.2 mi

    Great place to ski, especially with small kids learning. Easy to watch them. We aren't in Colorado,…read moreit's great for NY and NJ.

    We've been to Mt. Peter before, many moons ago. It's a good place for beginner skiers. Definitely a…read moresmaller mountain than some others that are a bit of a longer drive away. It was ideal for our intentions. We brought our kiddo up here to try out skiing for the first time. We got private lessons for all of us but in hindsight, I think it's best to just have your child do the lesson on their own if you don't really require any for yourself, so that the instructor can focus on the child, and the child can focus on themself. There's plenty of space nearby where you can observe while also not being a distraction. We ended up just going up and down the bunny slope while she was having her lesson. That was kind of a waste of money on our part. As for the instruction, I was not too keen on it. Maybe because the instructor was younger and perhaps not used to smaller children. I wish it was an older instructor, maybe someone with their own kids, that could have better helped our kiddo understand what was being asked of her. The instructor kept asking her to move her feet in a certain way that was confusing for her, causing her to have trouble understanding how her feet should move for the "pizza pie" and "French fry" positions - IYKYK I feel like someone more seasoned, that perhaps has their own children, would go about the instruction with a different approach. The instructor brought our daughter up the conveyor belt and down the bunny hill a few times and I could see that our kid did not grasp the fundamentals before doing the hill. I almost wish that I would have just taken her up there on my own but it had been so long that I wasn't confident in myself to take on the task, until after I went down a few times myself, then it felt like second nature. Ultimately, I wanted her first experience to be fun so that she would want to do it again and again. I feel like because the whole experience was hard to grasp and felt like work, when the lesson was over, she was kind of defeated. My kid is courageous, so it's not an issue of being scared. She is just like us, where she enjoys a thrill and will try anything once, even if she's a little bit scared. This was a perfect opportunity to have her experience skiing and hopefully love it but the lesson did not go as planned and afterwards, she just wanted to leave. We talked her into resting a bit. I went up on a green hill by myself, while hubby took her to warm up and have a snack. They have woodfire pizza and the regular cardboard snacks on hand. It looks like they also have other food truck offerings on busier days. The pizza was great. The other food they offer is exactly what you'd expect in a cardboard snack: previously frozen burgers, fries, watered-down soups, chili. Their curly fires were OK, but the chicken noodle soup tasted like not so flavorful water and soft noodles from a used Campbell's can. After our brief snack, she decided she wanted to try the hill again, but wanted to go down the hill with me. I was delayed getting my skis because another visitor must have mistaken my skis for their, and removed them, so I had to go back and get another set. I'm happy there was no issue with that. She did go down the hill again and definitely was done with skiing at that point. Partially the fault of my husband and partially the fault of the conveyor operator. If I could have filmed her, she would have looked like a pro until she reached the bottom. Luckily, she did not get hurt but she did get the crap scared out of her with that downhill ride. She cried, we made sure nothing was broken and then we drove a ways to Mountain Creek for snow tubing, as the tubing hill at Mt. Peter was not in operation during our visit. We'll probably be back, without lessons and only get rentals and lift tickets, and hopefully convince our Little to enjoy the sport in the future.

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    4.6(19 reviews)
    60.7 mi•Flatiron

    This is recent communication between me and leader Gail. Gail's is unfriendly, inappropriate and…read moredemeaning. me: "Waitsfield is calling...! but is space available? and could i (a Miramar guest) be assured of being assigned to a sleeping room on the first floor (A-F)?" Gail: "Miramar is now refocused on trips for members and potential members only. As you attended trips across many years without ever being interested in membership we cannot accommodate you at Miramar. I know there are many other ski clubs in the northeast and perhaps you can find a good fit with one of them." me: "but i was interested in membership. until one evening, when i was watching TV alone, a member directed me to turn it off, saying Miramar forbids watching TV unless it's a sports-oriented program."

    I've belonged to this super ski club for more than two decades, and my Vermont weekends have been…read morethe highlight of each year, through law school, through tough litigation (yes, I did pass the bar!), and through Coronavirus. Because I had a big investment in my Southampton place, I did not do the volunteer summer weekends. But now, after a year selling that property (owned it for more than four decades) and of getting wonderfully settled in to New York City (which I love!), I want to do some summer weekends of painting or scrubbing or doing whatever helps the club lodge stay as great as it is, now that the dining room accoustics have been fixed. Only problem: With sale of Southampton, also donated my car. So, please call or email me to share costs and driving on a next summer weekend, so we can do some work on our lodge.

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    Big Snow American Dream - QUICK TIP: Cute or good looking snowboard/skis = NOT RENTAL GEAR.

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    3.5(169 reviews)
    55.3 mi
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    Hitting the slopes! without actually hitting the slopes…read more Big Snow American Dream is such a cool, unique spot. Definitely one of the most fun things you can do year-round in New Jersey! It's wild walking into the American Dream mall and suddenly stepping into a real indoor snow park with actual snow, lifts, and multiple slopes. Perfect for scratching that ski/snowboard itch when it's 90 degrees outside or just getting some practice in during the off-season. The snow felt legit (cold and grippy), the terrain park features were fun and progressive for all levels, and the staff was helpful with rentals and getting everyone set up. We did a couple of hours and it was plenty of time to get solid runs in, work on technique, and hit some jumps and rails without the usual outdoor crowds or icy conditions. Great for beginners and families. There is also snow tubing which was really fun! If you wanna practice skiing or snowboarding but are still a bit iffy on going on an actual mountain, this can be a great option for you to get started.

    I went here during the long weekend in January with a few friends for the first time not expecting…read moremuch. It was my first time skiing or snowboarding but I was fortunate to have a friend with me that can teach me how to snowboard. I think at base price the day pass only provides 2 hours on the slopes which is not a lot of time, I don't think I would pay full price out of pocket. There was a Groupon offer at the time that significantly reduced the price of my visit and at the price point I would encourage going. While there isn't anyone there to actively teach you how to ski or snowboard, the fake snow is quite soft making it a good place to learn. However the slopes aren't too steep and it's hard to gain speed so if you are someone experienced not sure if I would recommend this visit. Staff is incredibly nice at helping you fit into your snowboard or ski or grab rentals with the all inclusive day pass. The lines can get long so I would say in a 2 hour period we were able to get on the lift about 7-8 times. But I had a fine time during my visit here. I think it's a great place to start your ski and snowboard journey, fall at ton but safely on soft snow to break the initial fear of trying something new. However would probably not come again.

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    Big Snow American Dream - Me a week after I bought all my snowboard gear in June 2023 at Big Snow. 6 Months after starting snowboard lessons there.

    Me a week after I bought all my snowboard gear in June 2023 at Big Snow. 6 Months after starting snowboard lessons there.

    Big Snow American Dream - Gloves & interior at Big SNOW. Quick tip: gloves are not provided in the rentals but you can buy a pair for as low as $15

    Gloves & interior at Big SNOW. Quick tip: gloves are not provided in the rentals but you can buy a pair for as low as $15

    Big Snow American Dream - Make a left when entering the dome, locate PICK UP to have your gear directly handed to you by a worker in blue! Don't take any lying around

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