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    Spring Mountain Ski Area

    2.9 (122 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Cindy M.

    [1167] 2/2021 This place is great for beginners. There is free parking, low fees and a nice hill to practice. There are other hills to the side but I stayed practicing my beginner skills I did sign up for a group lesson but (to me) the description is not clear as it's only for people that never skied. I tried to swap for a personal lesson but the person never showed. I waited for 2 hours and eventually Got a refund and left annoyed. The ski staff we great but can't say the same for customer service. The original person was "too busy" to come from the upstairs to help me. The opening process is a mess as it was two lines that merged then unmerged. Ah who knows. Anyway the food was tasty and not expensive. The hill was great and took me me less then an hour to get here. I had my own skis. I'll be back.

    Emily W.

    Note that I am writing this review of Scream Mountain, which is the fall, seasonal haunted experience at Spring Mountain. I can't actually speak for the winter activities. This year was my second time coming here for Scream Mountain. First time was 4-5 years ago. It's about 50 mins from Philly but an easy drive. Parking is easy and free. Let me preface this by saying if you're looking for a truly terrifying haunted experience this isn't it. However if you're looking for a moderately spooky, fair priced, unique haunted experience, this IS it. Tickets are 30 bucks and include the 'full experience'. They also offer cheaper tickets just for the hay ride, and also a daytime, non scary children's hayride. I don't think this place is as widely known as others so it doesn't sell out and it's never packed. Anyway, let's talk about the visit. This experience is so unique compared to others in the area. You start off by riding the ski lift up to the top of the mountain. The line to get on may seem long but moves pretty quick. Take the ski lift up and hop off at the top. You then walk halfway down the mountain through haunted woods. Half way down, you exit the woods and get on the haunted hay ride which loops back down the mountain. The hay ride is longer than expected. Again, not super terrifying but it's moderately spooky and fun. After you make it down the mountain there is a small selection of food, drinks, live music and places to sit and hang. Overall this is a really fun experience and something different to do during Halloween season!

    The unattended magic carpet lift, with sad skiers using it to walk uphill.
    Jenna M.

    On a good day, Spring Mountain is suitable for beginners who can ride a chair lift, and that's it. On a bad day, it's a train wreck of mismanagement. For brand-new skiers, stay away! The learning area is tiny and overcrowded. The magic carpet lift is way too short, and the slope is way too shallow, to get any real turns in. When I took my young child in Jan 2021, there was no lift attendant at the magic carpet lift. The lift kept stopping, and occasionally one of the employees would mosey over, restart it, and then vanish. Basically I paid for a lift ticket but still had to drag my kid up the bunny hill. For intermediates and up, the trails are too short and easy to be interesting. Only one side of the resort was open when I was there in Jan 2021. So again, paid full price for a lift ticket for just ONE open trail (an easy green). In past years I've had decent days at Spring with my older kid when they offered Groupon deals for lift tickets, but outside of that narrow cost/benefit window, it's just not worth it.

    beginner lift. not a lot of snow underneath, but the snow on the slopes was fine.
    Sri C.

    In terms of facilities, Spring Mountain is not really that nice of a mountain. Moreover, the ski lodge is very old and needs serious renovations. The bathrooms are in terrible shape and there is a smell of "oldness" throughout the whole facility; it harkens back to the 70's-80's. The rental skis we got were also quite beat up and bent. In terms skiing, there is only one ski lift for beginners. It has a very small hill down to the base that takes maybe 15-20 seconds after a 2-3 minute ski lift. Even my kids, who had only been skiing one weekend in their whole lives, were getting bored. I will say that the snow, at least in the morning, was fine--groomed and packed nicely. You have to pay a little more for an all areas pass--the beginner pass will only allow you to take the one 3-person lift. It got very crowded after lunch and kept stopping (presumably because people were falling as they exited the lift at the top). On the plus side, it is very close to Philadelphia and they have some good teaching programs for beginner skiers. I know a lot of people that take advantage of the after-school ski program that includes rentals and lessons in the winter/spring. Something, we may look into... However, if we go skiing again for the day, I would recommend driving an additional 15-20 minutes to Bear Creek. I probably won't come back unless it's for a weekday program or the kids want to try some more difficult ski runs.

    2 tube kanes
    Bill B.

    We chose Spring Mountain, because it was close to us in the Philly burbs. We went tubing. Let's say this first. We had fun no matter what and the kids want to go back asap. Winter 2016/2017 has not been the best for winter sports as it has been warm and not much snow. We went in a warm day so we were not hampered by lots of extra clothes. We immediately liked the charm of the old school style lodge. The one window we found did make for a slow start to our day but that was ok. We went tubing. The sign at the ticket window said "we sell 200 tickets for tubing per session and we are sold out. Expect to wait approx 1 hour in line". We thought there is no way it could take 1 hour to get up the hill for a run but it did. In the end they have 2 tube lanes and we got a total of 4 runs in, in our session. Would we have liked more runs and less lines? Yes but when it's crowded, you make the best of your time and fun. The ski and board slopes looked a lot less crowded and we are planning a day where I teach the kids to ski. Look at some other reviews for slope info. Only major downside I saw was the bathroom facilities are in need of some renewing.

    staff will legitimately laugh in your face. over a half hour spent looking for parking without anyone in the lot helping you but they have staff in a lot that does not help. Then we went to the ice-skating rink where they had no issue with us being late even though we had arrived early for parking. the ice was melting while people were skating on it. they cone more and more of the ice off by the minute. they didn't start to fix the ice until it was almost time for ice hockey practice. The ice was so awful I've never skated on worse ice. we didn't get to get on any of the good new ice because parking took so long. they never Zamboni the ice the entire time we were there. when I asked why not zamboni they laughed in my face and told me I could leave. honestly spent over a hundred dollars and regret it

    Greg J.

    Came here on the holiday weekend and I have to say they sold way too many tickets! There were only 2 slopes open and they were running the ski lift at half capacity. I was waiting in the lines for at least 20 minutes. I can see why this may be a fun family mountain but not for me. The features were pretty lame it's actually a very small mountain.

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