Over priced. Mountain continually gives ski conditions that are not accurate. Both chairlifts routinely break down. $49 for night skiing which was worth it on Saturday but $80+ for a day ticket is a rip off. Chairlift staff do not monitor the lines (for cutting and other BS that occurs) as well as help fill seats when its busy. Food is sub par, Song's food is better which is odd as its the same owner at both ski hills. read more

Came out here today and they closed super early. Online it was posted that they had full hours. They told us they're not fully open yet which doesn't make sense as it's the middle of December. We don't ski often so we wouldn't have known you had to dig into their website to find the updated hours of operation. Super annoying. read more

they did at one point have a really awesome terrain park and a boarder cross section as well as half pipe near the bottom of badge by the double lift. everything has gone down hill a lot. you can't even buy a all day lift ticket anymore. either 4 or 8hours and the price difference is what $5? sky rocket the pricing and Peter Harris (the owner) put absolutely nothing back into the entire mountain. greek peak may charge more but they also invested a ton into the snow making. Labrador used to have demo days now they have a bs lab day in its place. Hopefully the owner sells and someone that can actually manage a smaller ski HILL. no one cares about the stupid rope tow they are suppose to get next year. read more

It's ok. I don't reccomend this for new skiers, wayy to steep. There is no beginner practice hill, what they have for beginners is a joke. Then you go up on the large hills and get ready to be terrified as a newbie. The beginning is nice and easy, gets steeper then the end section is like straight down. Don't bring beginners here! This is fun for more experienced snowboarders/skiers. They do a decent job at grooming and their equipment seems to be kept well. They take better care of this than song it seems. My family enjoyed this, but after a few years we've moved to other hills with a bigger variety. It has some really good prices and the staff was always super nice! Overall pretty good! read more

Great spot to go skiing!! Had a nice time. During the week it is not that crowded. They have runs for every level. Make sure you bring your wallet though. For three of us to rent equipment, get lift tickets, and a nice lunch. It was $340 bucks. As much as Disney. Lol. read more

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We love skiing at Lab!! They always have lots of trails open and lifts running. Even with the weather not cooperating this season, we managed to have such a nice time! The bathrooms were just redone and they're beautiful, there's tons of tables and places to put your stuff in the lodge. If you're near Syracuse and love to ski, Lab is for you!! read more

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**To the people that want to rent snow gear from here, I recommend you consider a different location. The service was not good at all from the lower level rental shop. The people were very rude and unorganized that when I went to purchase a rental, they had me wait so they can count their earnings for the day; it was barely 1pm. Very unprofessional and something to do while costumers are not watching for safety reasons. They also didn't have a price breakdown sheet and did not disclose how much each rental would be which lead me under the impression they were making up prices. I only rented a board and it was $33 dollars and my sister rented a board and boots for $38 which leads me to question why my price was almost the same as hers even though it excluded the boot rental. I also checked online and they don't disclose how much a snowboard itself would cost. When it came to the snowboards themselves, I was given a board too small for my height. I am 5'6 and should have a board that is 148-153 cm and instead was given a board 135-145 cm. My sister also was given a board too small with larger bindings compared to her shoe size. They were hesitant to change my board size and made me feel uncomfortable for even asking. It might be best if you come with your own gear to avoid any hassle similar to this. The mountain itself has fresh snow and great routes. The lifts operated well and had a consistently moving line. read more

If I could I would rate this place zero stars I would. They don't groom the snow so it's super hard with bumps all over - very bad for new skiers. And for more advanced skiers there are no good jumps. They think putting a mound in the middle of the flats is a good idea. Hope you don't blow your knees out! When I was there three people went off on stretchers if that's any indication. Worst part is the food. Restaurant is terrible, cafe is worse, and no real lodge. If you're in central NY and looking to ski or snowboard, do yourself a favor - don't! read more

Full disclosure: THIS WAS QUITE LITERALLY MY FIRST TIME EVER SKIING IM MY LIFE SO TAKE THIS REVIEW WITH THAT IN MIND I decided to go with my friends and try night skiing for my first time ever putting on skis. We went at night because lift tickets are only 35$ starting at 4pm (they are open till 9 and almost all their runs are still lit) and rentals were another 47$ I think (for boots, skis, helmet (an extra 8$) and poles!) Learning to ski at night IS NOT FOR BEGINNERS!!!! I tried my best, and honestly did well, but they do not leave "easy bunny hills" open at night (nighttime is for pros/people who have some comfort level skiing) For my friends who DID know how to ski, they seemed to have a great time and enjoy the variety of runs offered. They also had a bar open at the bottom of the mountain with lots of seating and a nice spot to warm up between runs. Everyone was helpful and nice that I spoke with getting tickets and during the rental process so overall: DO NOT MAKE YOUR FIRST TIME EVER SKIING HERE AT NIGHT but! I will be back to take a lesson or two and redeem myself! read more

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Another ski area in the Syracuse area. I have not skied Labrador Mountain in several years. I usually go to Song Mountain since it is closer to my parents house. However, my sister used to be on the ski patrol at Labrador and she keeps telling me that I should drive the extra 10 minutes to Labrador. Labrador has the newest lifts in the Syracuse area. I think they might even be detachables (I got used to the detachables at Heavenly in Lake Tahoe). The great thing about skiing in Central New York is that most of the skiers are local and ski enough during the year to be good. This means that most people will ski to their ability. The crowds are not nearly what would be found in the Catskills or Poconos. Labrador has specially feelings for me since this is the first place I ever skied at. I think I was 5 or 6 years old. read more

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After moving to New York from Washington, this was the first ski area i visited. My main complaint is the price. This mountain is not worth a $65 lift ticket even on a good snow day. When I visited (12/20) they were still charging full price when 2/3 of the mountain was closed; that's ridiculous. I do want to say thank you for even offering a military discount, but if your going to do it, why not offer it to all military? I was pleasantly surprised with the food. My burger and fries was just under $12. That seems reasonable. The waiting for the main lift near the ticketing office needs work. I saw so many people almost run into the line because it's right at the bottom of a steep slope. That's not easy for the newer riders. All in all, cool little mountain with short runs but way over priced. read more

Update: new ownership and I can not honestly write at this time regarding the upkeep of the facilities or staffing or snowmaking. Sadly, the Labrador as I knew it is significantly different under new management. Ski more at Labrador!!! Biased review disclosure: I was raised on this mountain. It has a special place in my heart. My ashes will be spread out from the triple chairlift. I dream of their chocolate chip cookies. I actually like their hamburgers, shells, chili. The people who work their are amazing. The ski school is outstanding (I taught there for ten years), the SNOWMAKING far outshines the rest. Those guys work their asses off and produce a snow covered hill in three days. You should just drive buy the place today and see it. Did you know that man made snow does not melt as fast as the real stuff? I could go on and on and on. Lab is the real thing. I drove all the way from my home in Boston to come back to lab. It was worth the five hr drive. read more

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We had a bluebird day after a few days of snowing. The trails were exceptionally well groomed making our experience enjoyable and memorable. The rental staff was very helpful and pleasant and the equipment I used was better than expected (helmet - like new, boots - moderately worn, poles - like new). If you are in Central New York and considering a day at the slopes, I highly recommend Labrador Mountain. read more

Great place to ski !!! Not very big but very peaceful especially during night skiing !!! Def going to return!!!

Don't ever leave reviews but this place is too bad not to. I went to get my new skis serviced... after I got them back I went to go rack them and go pay, some old dbag that works there comes running out grabs my skis and tells me I have to pay, after I explain I was gonna just rack them and pay he continues yelling in front of everyone like I was some sort of criminal. Totally embarrassing. Trails aren't groomed well and is not well taken care of. If I could rate 0 I would, I'll drive the extra hour it takes to go to Bristol before I go to song or lab again. Sucks because me and my family used to ski here all the time, but never again. read more

This is a great place to ski. We are very, very luck to have a ski area such as this right here in Central New York. read more

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Labrador Mountain was well worth the trip from Brooklyn. At first I was worried that I might not be able to reschedule private lessons that I originally had set in place for 10am but once I got there customer service was very helpful with booking me for a 3 hour lesson for 12pm. I ended up with Adam as my instructor and to say he was extremely patient would be an understatement. I left Labrador mountain a 100x better of a snowboarder than the first few minutes spent with Adam in the beginning. I truly enjoyed my time spent there and would definitely go back. read more

This past winter, I decided to take up snowboarding, having never done it before. Unfortunately, it was a pretty snow-less winter in upstate New York, but Labrador Mountain has snow machines, and--most importantly--a fantastic learn-to-ski/snowboard deal. $25 per visit, for up to three visits, gets you: equipment rental, a 1- or 1.5-hour lesson, and a badger lift ticket once the instructor clears you for action. That is a seriously amazing deal!! I didn't want to make a huge cash investment in snowboarding, since I had no idea if I would like it, so this allowed me to try my hand at it without breaking the bank. The ski/snowboard school here is really elaborate. There are daily 1.5-hour lessons at 10 am, 12 noon, 2 pm, and then 1-hour lessons at 5 pm, 6 pm, and 7 pm. (The practice areas and about half of the slopes are lighted for nighttime use). At each lesson time, there are probably more than half a dozen instructors, so that they can split the skiers and snowboarders into groups based on their ability level. On our first day, we were the only two beginning snowboarders, so we got a one-on-one lesson with a ski instructor and assistant for an hour and a half. You can't get that for less than $25 anywhere! The instructor was really good. He encouraged us and made me feel like I was actually doing well (as opposed to looking like a moron and falling over all the time--which I really was). I got a lot better over the course of two days, although I think that in order to really improve my skills, I'd need to do a lot of repetitive exercises, practicing turning and going in different directions, whereas in our 1.5-hour periods, we did a combo of various things, jumping from one to the next after practicing each for a few times, which I understand, since we need to understand the basics of everything in order to get better. On our second day, at the end of our lesson, we went up the ski lift and down the intermediate slope (there were only three open because it was all man-made snow, so we had to go down the intermediate cause there were no beginning trails open). The instructor took us down and coached us the entire way. It was so frightening but really fantastic. I definitely didn't think I was ready, but if the instructor hadn't encouraged us to do it, I probably never would have felt like I was ready (even after 10 more times practicing). In the end, it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be, and by the time I reached the bottom, I was doing visibly better than when I got off the lift at the top! The instructor spent 45 minutes taking the two of us from the top to bottom and working with both of us to help us get down and guide us down the slope. I was so exhausted when I reached the bottom but felt amazing! I couldn't believe the attention and quality of snowboarding coaching that we received here, at a fantastic rate. If I lived in the area, I would be there every day keeping up with it. Since I don't live anywhere near snow, that's not really possible, but this is a great resource for anyone living locally who wants to learn and keep up with their skills. The only recommendations I have are to arrive there at least an hour before your lesson, if you need to rent equipment. It's a long, slow process to fill out the rental paperwork, get your boots, fit them, put them on, then stand in line to get your board/skiis. With only one person in the board/ski area when we were there, there were 10 people in line ahead of us waiting to get their equipment. The other recommendation I have is that helmets need to be included in equipment rental and mandated for anyone who is having a lesson. Both of our instructors were wearing helmets, and we each rented one (for $10 each, which is crazy compared to $25 for our learning program). However, there were many young children taking lessons who were not wearing helmets. If those kids' parents are not going to encourage their children to be safe, then the ski school needs to instill safe habits into young kids as they learn to ski and snowboard by mandating that anyone who takes part in a lesson wear a helmet (which should be provided free of charge). Head injuries are a serious possibility in ski/snowboard accidents, and children often don't realize how important it is to wear protective headwear. read more

Nice little mountain in the Syracuse area. Not too crowded, good lift line management. The rental equipment is a little rough, but the service is friendly and helpful. Most everyone there seems pretty experienced, so you don't get a ton of hold ups on the way down. Good winter fun! We had lunch at the Last Run on site. My grilled chicken sandwich was good, but my brother's tenders were nasty greasy. Stick with non deep fried if you can. Our server was a peach. Lots of tasty beers on tap, including Cuse's own Impaled Ale. read more

Wow. What can i say about this mountain. Used to be a great place to go. Ski club for years , weekend trips , great times. Plenty of loyal years spent at this mountain! Now, only to buy a Groupon to arrive and TRY to use but unable to because in small print *not valid for a majority of winter days*. Coming with a friend from out of town, still was turned down with a smile and was offered a full price ticket ! How delightful ! How i remember when i could go to the mountain with $40 for food a ticket and rentals. Now 4 hour lift tickets top upwards of $50 but wait with the discount of adding 4 more hours for $6. Wow what a deal. On top of that renting boots that fit for a few hours ...$22.60. Family friendly and reasonable ...opposite. Wouldn't ever go here again and will strongly not recommend that any of my friends go back. Horrible service. Horrible prices. No way to treat a customer. read more

Not many trails, very short also. Not to crowed so getting a chair quick made the short runs not bad! Not bad trick park.

Really disappointed with this trip to lab. I love this mountain because it's smaller, local, and perfect for practicing my snowboarding skills. Have gone here many times in the past and always had a great experience. Today, despite perfect weather conditions I was completely disappointed with my time at lab. For starters, lab mountain advertises a military and first responder discount. My boyfriend is a career Syracuse fireman and was refused the discount because according to the staff first responders are all police and Tully firemen only. Although this was fairly insulting, this was not the deal breaker. The real issues started after the visit to the rental office. I rented a snowboard and boots for the day and paid about $40 for them. We get to the top of the mountain and I am completely unable to snowboard because the board is sticking to the snow. I was faced completely straight down the mountain and was unable to get any sort of momentum. I switched boards with my friend and had no issues with her board, but she was also unable to move anywhere. I brought the board back to the rental office to see if I could get a new one, and the guy immediately said no and that I would just have to deal with it because the snow is "sticky" today. I explained to him that no one else on the mountain was having issues with sticking, so he reluctantly waxed the bottom of the board for me. Tried to do a second run, and had the exact same problem. We all decided to call it a day at this point because there was clearly no getting around the low quality rental. When returning the equipment the staff was standoffish and were trying to imply that it must be my fault that I was getting stuck and were super condescending. I tried to see if I could get a refund on the rentals since I had only had them for about and hour and a half, which they of course refused. Long story short, $40 in rentals and $110 in lift tickets later we got 2 runs down the mountain and rude staff. Will not be back but will be telling all our co-workers that according to lab, we are not first responders. read more