If you're coming from NYC or Boston, Mount Snow is the most bang-for-your-buck mountain in Southern…read moreVermont. It strikes the perfect balance between high-speed efficiency and classic East Coast après vibes. The Mountain: 86 Trails of Pure Variety With 86 trails, there is a clear "mood" for every face of the mountain. The Main Face: Where the Bluebird Express (the famous six-pack bubble chair) lives. It's 66% intermediate, making it a "blue cruiser" heaven. North Face: Hit this if you want the steep stuff and glades. It's where the expert terrain hides. Carinthia: 100 acres of pure terrain park. Even if you don't hit jumps, riding the lift over this area to watch the pros is a show in itself. When to Visit Go: Late January through early March for the best snow. Mid-week is the "pro move" to avoid the Epic Pass weekend crowds. Avoid: Holiday weekends. The lines at the Bluebird can get brutal. The Logistics: Fireplaces & Live Music The Vibe: For that classic lodge feel, head to the Grand Summit Resort or the Fireplace Lodge. There is nothing better than thawing out your boots by a massive stone hearth. The Party: You haven't truly "done" Mount Snow until you hit Cuzzins. The live music here (look for local legend Bruce Jacques on Saturdays) is electric. It's loud, high-energy, and the quintessential "dancing in your ski boots" experience. The Mandatory Pitstop: Vermont Country Deli Do not--I repeat, do not--drive back south without stopping at the Vermont Country Deli in Brattleboro. The Order: Get the Mac and Cheese. It's roughly $4.29 per 1/2 lb (or $12.99 for a "Take & Bake" tray). It's famous for its heavy, crispy cheddar crust and creamy center. Pro Tip: Add their maple pulled pork on top. It's life-changing. Verdict: A world-class lift system and the best terrain park in the East. Just be prepared for $199+ window tickets if you don't book in advance!

--To ski for one day on a Sunday with lift tickets and rentals was $500. The lift tickets were $350…read moreand the rentals were $150. --Once I got past the sticker shock, we had a great day of skiing. Most of the trails were open, and the conditions were amazing. The staff at the mountain were all very helpful, friendly, and professional. The mover vans were convenient, taking us from the lodging to the mountain. They run every 15 minutes like clockwork. --Speaking of sticker shock the food at the mountain is very expensive, like ridiculously expensive. Six dollars for a 12 ounce bottled water! $8.50 for a waffle with some chocolate syrup on it? Even the 'authentic' NY pizza is $10 a slice and the slices are small and don't even really look like NY pizza. --The saving grace with the food would definitely be the macaroni and cheese, and they have many versions: like Pesto!. It comes out hot in these giant skillets. Definitely the winner if you're eating on the mountain, but I would suggest bringing your own food and water or else you're going to get fleeced. --Although the skiing and food were very expensive, the experience was worth it, and we will definitely be returning. --FYI-People from Vermont are super nice and helpful. TY.

This special place has created lasting friendships and memories. I am grateful to have this club in…read moreour valley.

Was a member for over a 1 year....constantly let down by service and staff…read more The place looks good but that's about it. You can't get answers on anything..."which trail has bumps and jumps" staff " I don't know the mountain well". Bartenders are super slow....for paying over 100K you should get great service....I could get a drink at any public mountain faster and better service. The spa is nice, but they use temps for massage. The locker rooms in the gym are way too hot...near 75-80 degrees constantly....try cooling down after a suana or a workout and expect not to sweat after a shower..nope. Don't even bother with this place...you end up waiting in lines just like any other ski mountain. It is basically a place for affluent people that want their kids to be occupied all day by staff while they sit and read by a fire.

This was my first time in this lodge and I have to say is was amazing. I learned how to skii a…read morelittle bit a pro lol everyone one there was very polite friendly helpful welcoming I just loved every moment. Must try lessons if never skii before the staff is very helpful and patient. Making it a yearly trip because we had so much fun. Was a very nice experience for me.

I love this mountain but some of the dumb things they do. This is the last weekend and they are…read morehaving a festival which is fine. BUT they close grizzlys to the skiers who may be looking forward to one last deck time and actually the only place that serves decent food. There are no picnic tables outside the base lodge so if you went to get something to eat you have to sit inside and the only dining area has a view of the porta potties. Not my idea of a good last day for the season.

This is a very cute hotel. That is well kept together. Fun downstairs with a big TV, pool table,…read moreboard games, and arts and crafts. They have a breakfast, which is simple but nice. The proprietor is very friendly. Worms were nice and very cozy. Close to the slopes.

I have traveled to many different places and stayed in countless accommodations, but this has by…read morefar been my favorite place to stay. Every single detail of the property has been so thoughtfully considered, it's truly incredible. The attention to detail in every square foot left me in awe!!! Lisa is the kind of host you can only dream about. She pours her whole heart into making sure every guest feels cared for, and you can truly tell. It felt less like staying at a rental and more like being welcomed into the home of an old friend. It's rare to find a place where you feel so completely at home, only better!! From the warm welcome to the smallest touches, everything made us feel completely spoiled in the best way!! It's rare to find that balance, but somehow it's all here. The property is beautiful, every little detail inside has been so thoughtfully chosen, and the price point is beyond fair for the experience you get! I would give more starts if I wasn't limited to only 5! I honestly can't wait to come back!! (And I haven't even left yet, I extended my stay here two more days) I'd make a trip just to stay here again, and I'd recommend it to absolutely anyone looking for something truly one-of-a-kind!

Loved this place! I went with my friends to Vermont, and wanted to try something new. I tried…read moreclassic the first day. The second day I tried skate cross country skiing. The third day I did snowshoeing and skate skiing again. I loved every second of this trip. Kelly is the nicest man ever. He taught me everything I know, and tips on how to improve. It is a community there, and I got the chance to be apart of it. They took me in as a new member! I cannot wait to go back as soon as I can!!

Been a fan of this cross country system and the rental shop since I was a youngster. Very helpful,…read morefriendly people set you up from beginners to experts. Beautiful trails for cross country and snow shoes. I prefer this for fun and exercise to the expensive, overcrowded downhill vacation experience. 5 stars!

My husband and I went here for our anniversary and it's a nice little place in a beautiful area of…read moreVermont. Sad we came in the off season and the bar was closed. We left one day to go out and see the sights and we left the please clean our room sign on the door came back that night and no one had cleaned our room. Only once in the whole weekend did I see any of the hotel staff around and I had to ask for towels. Had people ask me when I was sitting in the bar where they could find the ice and find the way to the pool nothing I could see was marked out at all. Didn't like that the guests across the hall were smoking pot and the hallway smelled like pot not very inviting to me and when we left my husband said he thought that the entrance smelled old and "kinda like trash". But overall not a bad little place to visit.

For skiers and riders looking for a rustic, barebones crashpad to end their day on the slopes, Snow…read moreLake Lodge is a reliable bet. If you're looking for a full service resort/spa/conference center with three restaurants and ski on/off access, check out Grand Summit Resort - also owned and operated my Mount Snow. Snow Lake Lodge has an on-site bar and restaurant, and they serve complimentary continental breakfast to overnight guests. They're also equipped with a year-round indoor and outdoor hot tub, game room, and arcade video games for the kids too. And even though they're not slopeside, the free ski/board-friendly MOOver shuttle (see here: http://www.moover.com/routes-timetables/mount-snow ) makes pickups right outside Snow Lake Lodge every 15 minutes, providing rides directly to the Mount Snow base area and high-speed lifts. If I was writing this review five years ago, I'd have given this place four stars, but (a) the condition, cleanliness, and attention to detail of this older hotel continues to deteriorate, while (b) the prices for stays steadily and consistently increase year after year, unjustified. Charging nearly $200 a night when comparable neighboring inns/lodges are priced way less for the same dates has left me shopping elsewhere for Mount Snow area lodging (see The Lodge At Mount Snow, Red Oak Inn, and Austrian Haus Lodge). While Mount Snow's operation of the Snow Lake lodge guarantees friendly and top notch customer service, it's lost the "mom & pop" feel of the other aforementioned lodges. Top that off with asinine 3-night minimum stays during holiday weekends (forcing you to take off a work day to even stay there) and it's hard to wholeheartedly endorse this hotel any more. Mount Snow is an excellent place to ski close to New York, with varied and challenging terrain, and awesome staffers from the ambassadors to the lifties, but they've really gotta step up their game at Snow Lake Lodge, or just sell it off to someone who can.

This is a small motel close to Mount Snow, 3 stories. The parking lines aren't clearly drawn out…read moreunder the snow, and they don't shovel it all of the way (there's a good shovel on the central walkway but sometimes people park there), so sometimes cars are double-parked or tight. Watch the parking lot exit - snow piles up and makes it hard to see folks coming on the road so several near-misses. Check-in on your phone (they text you a form and then send you a code to your door when the room is ready). Doors use a security code to enter the rooms. Desk hours are 9-5p, so if you go down at 4:45p and ask about why your door code doesn't work - and then find out the staff is already gone for the day, that was a problem. The day we checked in, a lot of people had issues with their room (all different reservations from different groups, too), and the staff left early that day. Eventually after texting a number and the hotline for customer service goes to the closed room (no one picks up on the number and there's no central phone line staffed), they get back to you via text - I believe the staffer on duty was apparently in the shower as she came down with wet hair after about 45min of folks getting anxious about what to do, and she had folks take a key to use instead of using the door code. Rooms are small, simple, and have an exit to the long shared balcony areas; good to put food outside and let it chill since there's no room fridge. Lighting is a bit dark, but suffices. TV has no issues, cable channels. Bathroom door opened the wrong way so you can't come into the room and open the bathroom door at the same time. Was clean, though, so that was good. Breakfast on the weekend included bagels, boiled eggs, and yogurt in a small fridge to the side. They also have a coffee machine, so you could get hot water and coffee. Breakfast bars and tea by the coffee station. There was also a water cooler to the side, but the staffer didn't have any water to refill that after it was empty in the first hour we were there... so only hot water for the rest of the long weekend. Hallway had a closet for self-service on the towels and supplies. Another closet at the entry for your skis, boots, and snow board to hang and dry a bit. Shared common room for folks to eat and play games. Downstairs, a little library, fireplace, pool table (needs some repair, had to put some logs into the bottom to avoid losing balls, ripped surface), a bar with plastic cups, a piano that's out of tune, and some card and board games. Good for the kids to run around and enjoy talking loudly away from the rest of the motel, which was good. Outside a hot tub (we didn't use it). Upstairs some seating and fireplace area, too. Overall, value the place for the location, 5 min from the mountain, and it's a motel. Don't expect 24-7 service, and it is convenient to restaurants and other areas nearby. Shuttle stops by to get to the mountain, too.

I do not understand the great reviews. Came for one overnight for a fall foliage drive…read more Pulling in, the motel did not even look like it was open. A random doorway with no signage led to the supposed entrance. Check in and out was via text. Not one person around to answer questions. A sign on the wall stated which rooms were on which floor, that was it. Never saw any public spaces at all. I will say the bed was very comfortable and had a flat screen TV but that's it. Tiny Bathroom with very dim lights. The room looked like a mud brown box, no decoration at all and very ratty old rug. Odd that some things looked good, but others were unfinished. Clean, very basic. All in all it appeared like it was the middle of a hotel flip. Construction, ladders in entrance ways, and workers pounding at 9:30 am.

I've skied here for about 40 years. Prospect has consistently the best snow in the western mass/…read moreNew York capital District area. The trails are gorgeous, challenging and the place has tons of character as does the staff! Definitely worth the drive! Look forward to being able to warm up in the lodge again after hitting the trails hard. Hopefully that will be an option next year. They do a good job of keeping it Covid safe in the meantime.

Prospect is a wonderful place to ski. Though it is farther away for me than places in the…read moreBerkshires, it is worth the ride because, especially this winter, it often has more snow and better conditions. It has an extensive and diverse trail network with a good mix of flats and steeper sections of varying length and pitch. Most trails have set tracks and a groomed area for free-form and skate skiing, and the staff does a nice job keeping the trails in shape. Its history as a downhill facility is evident in the old-time charm of its lodge, a post-and-beam building with basic, comfortable amenities including a hot wood stove and a kitchen staffed by friendly folks. There is a comfortable, relaxed ambience, and the staff are always friendly and welcoming.

A great place to ride if you enjoy some tight turns and a good atmosphere. Best time to come is on…read morea powder day when everyone else is flooding the high traffic resorts. Very cost friendly too.

what can I say - yes its a throwback to the 60's, two double chairs but 0 zero min. lift lines,…read moreit's like skiing on a private slope & yes, Magic has some SERIOUS terrain. Kind of equivalent to Mad River Glen. Wish they had some serious snow making. Take the red or the black chair and scoot over west (to your right) that's where you will find the diamonds and double diamonds & they are true diamonds. They need a decent deli/restaurant, either at the base lodge or somewhere near by. It's great for the kids - small, no crowds, cheap tix's

We've used Rentals Only since 2009 for a long term winter rental in West Dover VT. The service…read moreprovided has been exceptional. Professional but friendly, assisting in all aspects of the rental service and support during the season. One phone call or email has always met with resolution of any issue that has come up. We look forward to another season in November with our friends at Rentals Only.

From the owner: Rentals Only Our Name says it All! - Bringing owners and renters together is not just our highest…read morepriority, its our only priority. Rentals Only has the largest selection of vacation rental properties to choose from, whether you are looking for a secluded log home in the woods, or a Mount Snow slope-side condominium, or a luxury town home on a golf course. Whatever your lodging preferences are, Rentals Only can accommodate you! Vacation rentals by the weekend, week, month, or winter season. Rentals Only is located on Route 100, just 1 mile south of Mount Snow. Contact us for short-term or long-term Vermont vacation rentals.