Perfect place to go in the off season, from skiing if your looking to do their mountain coaster, or adventure park. My boyfriend and I were staying in Fairmont, West Virgina, and took the short drive to McHenry MD, which was scenic, and we both loved the scenic drive and clean mountain fresh air. The resort was well maintained and easy to find. The mountain coaster was a hybrid of an Alpine slide, along with a roller coaster boasting 1300 feet. If you've never been on a mountain coaster, this is surely one that will boost your Adeline, natural zeal for life. The bonus was they even took your picture on the ride, giving you an option to purchase at the end. read more

Wisp Resort - Hotels Near Me - McHenry, Maryland

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I decided to cross skiiing off my bucket list, when mentioning it might be fun to my hubby. An hour later is booking the resort. Mchenry MD is 3 hour drive from where we line in Severn! Not far from west by his Virginia. The resort it's self is beautiful and well maintained. The front staff clerk was super helpful. Our room was a solid 3.5 stars. I was really happy with the room. A separate space for the children and the bathroom is separated from the sink. There was a small fridge in our room as well. This place has a great indoor pool! The skiing or snow boarding is plentiful. There is also plenty of places to snack and people watch! I do think the rooms could use some small upgrades. However I do realize this is a large resort and you can see where they put their money. They have everything laid out very well. Also my family and I pod for lessons and we needed up with. Very awesome and thorough instructor. Unfortunately for me, I ran into people fell and the was it for me. But my daughter stuck with it, so did my bonus son too I suppose. This trip was more for them. My husband said from the moment he put on his ski clothes he realized this may not be for him. Same! My family and I ate at a small restaurant in the resort and the bartender/sever was super nice! I never complain about food, but my Cesar salad was gross and he got it taken off and comped my whiskey. I would definitely recommend this place and I would definitely come back! read more

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What a great ski resort (and in the state of Maryland too). Being from Colorado, I'm used to longer lift lines (even during COVID) and pricey tickets/rentals. Wisp was refreshingly affordable and the amount of runs kept us busy the entire day. My tip is to plan your day on a non-holiday in order to hit all the runs. read more

Wisp Resort - Grabbing a few skies at the rental shop. - Hotels Near Me - McHenry, Maryland

January 2022 - COVID Review: Overall, I think Wisp is a good starter location for beginners. It's located about 3 hours northwest from Northern VA but the drive was pretty scenic and it felt like a nice little getaway for a day trip. My husband and I bought the snowboarding lesson package, which also comes with the lift tickets and equipment rentals. Helmets aren't included in the package but you can rent them too for an additional $14. Our snowboarding instructor, Paul, was great! He had SO much energy and was very personable. We really enjoyed our class with him! Ski and snowboard classes are on the hour between 9am and 3pm. It was a bit of a struggle to find out where the learning center was since the signage could be a bit better (one of my main complaints). But the bunny slope is wide enough that it didn't get too overly crowded. And I liked that it had two carpet lifts, one to take you about 2/3 of the way and the other takes you to the top. read more

We stayed here because of a wedding in the area and this was one of the choices they provided. Driving up, I was impressed with the property. I could see ski slopes and a big lodge and pretty surrroundings and was intrigued by the yurts. Check in was easy and we found our room easily. The room was clean and large and we had a view of the ski slopes so it would be a perfect room during ski season. We had a small refrigerator, a coffee maker, microwave and sink, along with a small table. There was also a couch and a desk and a queen size bed. It all sounds great, right? It was until the A/C kicked on. It's one of those old units on the floor that was still controlled at the unit, not a thermostat. The unit is 2 feet from the bed and is so loud and blows so much air it was awful. We tried shutting it off but then the room was so stuffy we couldn't breath. The room is large and the bed could be placed in the middle of the room, not up against the HVAC system. We hardly got any sleep, so we weren't happy campers. Also, our door looked like it had been forced open and it didn't close very tightly. Tons of light was coming through. Our room had a door adjoining another room, which is also bad when you have a noisy neighbor, which we did. Lastly, although I love dogs, I am not a fan of dogs in hotels. We could hear a little dog yipping all morning. The continental breakfast which is included is very basic, and the seating area is minimal. All in all, not a fun stay. read more

The grounds around the Wisp lodge are beautiful but the lodge itself is definitely on the decline. I will not stay there again. They did put on a nice show with fireworks for July 4th which we enjoyed but we were disappointed with the accommodations. Attractions are quite expensive: $30 to ride the Mountain Coaster, $24 to ride the chair lift for adults. Air conditioning wasn't working properly. read more

We stayed 2 nights at The Wisp Resort in June. We were disappointed. The hotel and our room seemed dated. Our room overlooked the slopes and would have been a pretty view had the window been clean enough to see out of. I purchased 2 bottles of water for $6.00, ridiculous! At the price of the room, bottles of water should have been complementary or at the minimum, less than $3.00 each. read more

Worst ski resort I've been to and I've skied all over the country. Vibe is fine and so is the resort itself but the workers suck. One banned 6 people and yelled at them for not getting up the slope properly when no one was there to guide them on the lift. Another ski instructor for kids snowboarding yelled at my friend who has never seen snow before, let alone skied, because he "keeps cutting the kids off" when the bunny hill was crowded and the kids probably knew more than my friend. Literally yelled in front of the children and got into a verbal argument with them watching. Also the worker was mad bc my friend chose to fall because he didn't want to run into the kid and the kid was already falling before the situation happened. read more

Overpriced and in desperate need of a face lift for the guest rooms. Ummm...what is a water boiler and why do I need to control the temperature of it? Why do I need to walk down along a long hallway of nothingness to get to the bathroom? Why does the bathroom look like it's stuck in the 70's? And WHY is all of this ridiculousness over $200 a night? Come on, now! read more

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I brought my teenagers to Wisp for a mid-week pre back-to school getaway 2 weeks ago. We had never been to Wisp before but they offered a mid-week military discount so I figured we would give it a try! Everyone we came into contact with was very nice and friendly - EXCEPT for the housekeeping staff. When we left the room our first morning - the 2 housekeeping women were right across from us cleaning another room. They didn't speak or didn't acknowledge us even though I smiled and said hello. That evening when we got back to our room - the room hadn't been cleaned - untouched for no apparent reason. So I took my tip money right back out of the envelope they had left before we arrived and went home with it. We had a queen suite which consisted of 2 queen beds in one room and in the other room a bed that folded out from the wall. The bathtub - which had a little mold(?) in the caulking and the toilet had a door to separate it from the sink area which helped make getting ready and out the door faster. There was a keurig coffee machine and a mini refrigerator in the room. The activities we did while we were there were - disc golf, the roller coaster and zip lining. We ate dinner in the restaurant the 1st night and breakfast on the 3rd day. We didn't finish our dinner entrees and took them to go. There's a common microwave on the lobby level where we were able to heat them up our leftovers the next day - AFTER we drove to the Shop n Save and bought paper plates because the leftovers came in aluminum containers. Because of the time of year we went it was really quiet. There weren't a lot of other guests so we had a lot of privacy and attentive, friendly staff members (except of course housekeeping). read more

Wow! I had not been here in many years, and am glad to see the many updates and upgrades to the resort. Way more trails added along with new lifts, an alpine slide, tubing trail and more houses. read more

Assuming the conditions are perfect, this is a 3 star mountain with 2 star amenities and 1 Star customer service. Unfortunately, the conditions are rarely perfect. While the weather is not something that can be accounted for, it's something you'll want to be aware of before booking a trip. Oftentimes runs are left open even when the conditions are not safe. Overcrowding is also common. I've been coming to this resort for years; mostly because it's the only viable option within driving distance of Howard County, Maryland. There are some mountains that are closer, but I don't remember them having as many runs. My last two experiences at Wisp were so dreadful that I may actually give Liberty a second look. The lodge is okay. It's basically a large school cafeteria--disgruntled employees loudly complaining about those dining and all. The restaurants are better, but they aren't special or exceptional in any way. Most of the employees in charge of rentals were incredibly unprofessional. They failed to properly tighten the bindings on my nieces rental two days in a row. This is unacceptable because it's a safety concern. In addition, the employees were ignoring customerrs and opted to flirt with each other instead. The experience left our party cringing and wishing we could be anywhere else. I love snowboarding, and I've kept Wisp in mind as the only day trip option. I think the only thing keeping them in business is the lack of competition. Please message me directly if you think Liberty or Whitetail are better. I'm also open to suggestions on any other ski/snowboarding resort in a 3-4 hour driving distance of HoCo MD. I might be back to Wisp--but only if I'm desperate. read more

The staff at this place are all top notch. They are friendly, helpful, knowledgeable and very sweet. They all should be given raises for making this place so enjoyable to be at. They are a big part of the reason we come back year after year. P.S. I mean it about the raises! read more

I understand covid has limited staff, and I appreciate the cleanliness of the guest rooms...But the pool area is deplorable. There was debris, and a NOTICEABLE amount of hair. And I mean noticeable. Towels strewn about, the floor was dirty , and my partner noted the oil like sheen of the water "it looks like someone cooked pasta in there". read more

The slopes are terrible, icy and closed. Lift lines are 30-45 mins don't recommend do not take your family here.

Hotel is mid-Reno but still isn't great. Pool and hot tub are disgusting. Hot tub is tiny. Fire alarm went off 4-5 times a day/night due to construction dust. Ski lockers are tiny. We had a queen suite so we'd have a separate living area. Murphy bed was comfy but the room was tiny. No kitchen, just a mini fridge. Not enough places to store all the ski gear, hang up coats, etc. Loved wisp skiing - would rent a house next time read more

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This was our family's first time at WISP and it was just ok. Quick summary- hotel room 2 stars, snowboarding/skiing/tubing 3 stars, restaurant/food options 3 stars. In general I believe this place needs a lot of upgrades! Read more for details on our experience below.. Hotel check in time is 5:00, which in my opinion is pretty late. Our tubing time slot started at 5:00 and we wanted to get checked in early to change and get to our slot on time. Leah at the front desk was wonderful. She was the best employee on the premises. She was able to get us checked in early, and while checking us in she was training another employee and fielding questions from other hotel guests. She was very knowledgeable and friendly. However that hotel room was rough. Mold in the trim in the bathroom, super outdated, one outlet to plug in a lamp, tv and Keurig. So don't even think about early morning coffee, while watching the tv and needing some light! We upgraded to the slopeside room which was a nice view. But charging $250 for a room at this resort is outrageous given the conditions. I read that there was a newly remodeled hotel section and we were absolutely not in that section. Tubing was a lot of fun, it was pretty crowded. There was no one checking tickets and in my opinion other people were going during out time slot. The staff here were not attentive to the customers and did not provide any instruction. NEWS FLASH... if you never gone tubing here, you must drag your feet at the end so you "don't go through the fence and crack your skull" as the employee shouted to my husband and daughter as they were departing from the top of the slope. There were many injuries, 2 people left in an ambulance during our 2 hour slot. People were getting taken out walking in the landing area, by others coming in on their tubes. I believe these injuries were mainly related to the staffs lack of attention and instruction to the patrons. We did a mix of skiing and snowboarding in general it was good. Long lines during peak times of 12-3, but going before and after that was great! Not all slopes/lifts open but we made do with what we had. In general what we expected. The restaurants are limited due to COVID. Which I'm not sure why but the logic of having say 4 restaurants, and closing 2, then having all the people pack into the 2 that are open doesn't make much sense. But I do not know the theory or reason behind this. With that said we left the premises for breakfast and dinner and used the cafeteria type food place for quick bites during the day. We are coffee snobs and really wished there was at least one coffee place to get a specialty coffee. The drip coffee that you can find through out the resort isn't bad though. The food is a bit over priced, but you are paying for convenience of being able to eat in the resort and not leave. The food options are not great either so I recommend leaving the resort to eat! read more

We stayed at the Lodge at Wisp for three days after Christmas 2017. We traveled with our friends from D.C. (they were staying in a local house rental). Our adventures began upon arrival, and went south from there. We drove through a snowstorm to get to Wisp, and consequently arrived later than intended with two small and very tired kids. I sent my husband with the kids to explore and walk around, thinking that the hotel's porters would be able to help me with moving our luggage inside. I walked into the lobby and the desk clerk greeted me; however, no assistance was offered for unloading the car. There were, however, four (male) resort employees standing right there at the desk. Even better, they were talking to each other about how rumor had it that tips were very low over the holidays. I asked about a luggage cart and the desk clerk gestured down the hall. I found one and wheeled it out - past the four employees at the desk - and into the snow. I unloaded our family of four's luggage - and there was a lot of it, with two young kids and all the ski gear. I then began to try to get my heavily-loaded luggage cart into the hotel. The hotel's automatic door was broken. When you pressed the "handicap" button, only half of the door opened, and then, only for a moment. I managed to wheel the cart (one wheel was broken and therefore it was nearly impossible to steer) into the vestibule, before half of the door closed (motorized) on the cart. Meanwhile the four employees continued to watch me and chat. I eventually had to go into the lobby, leaving my luggage cart stranded and pinioned between the two doors, to ask for their help. They grudgingly gave it. The fun continued in the room. We had a suite that had a bedroom plus a sitting area with a murphy bed. We were not expecting the layout to be so weird. Upon entering the room, there was a long, straight hallway leading to the tiny sitting area. The bedroom was indeed a separate room - however, it was basically a box with no windows walled off. The sitting area was so small that when the murphy bed was down, you could not walk around it but rather the person sleeping on the far side had to climb over the other person to get out. We proceeded to set up, only to find several other problems. The pillows - every pillow - felt like wadded up socks. The stuffing had separated entirely to where sleeping on any of the pillows would have been painful. The bedding for the murphy bed was OK, but the bedding in the bedroom was inadequate. They had purchased double-bed-sized (or maybe twin?) blankets for a queen-sized bed, I assume to save money -- but the blanket would not tuck in. Rather it sat atop the bed like a napkin. The quilt was insufficient for warmth, so the whole bed setup was problematic. Finally, the much-advertised Keurig machine smelled so badly when we used it that we had to take it outside the room and leave it in the hall. And, the mini-fridge emitted a piercing whine every time the fridge went on, and froze our food and drinks solid, no matter what temperature it was set on. The pool was fun, but it is very, very badly outdated. The ski school was reasonably good, however, their customer service was awful. When I was checking my children in, the young-adult instructor (who had been called out to take them back into the kids-only area) looked at my eight-year-old son's pink ski goggles, guffawed loudly, pointed at him, and joked, "Haha, you have pink goggles!" He then immediately followed by saying, "Oh, I guess that was mean, wasn't it?" while tears welled up in my son's eyes. Meantime, the wall was adorned with 1950s artifact posters from the old days of Wisp. We happened to be standing under a poster that showed a lady sitting on her butt, wearing bloomer panties, with her legs spread in a "V", the tips of her snowshoes resting on the snow. After all of this, the manager gave us a 10% discount which amounted to about $30 per day. I do not recommend Wisp Resort. read more

I stay in hotels 25-30 times a year for work. In 30 years, I've had only 2 bad experiences. Now it's 3. I've stayed at the Wisp twice before. The last time was some 10 years ago or so and it was fine. This time is the last time I'll stay there. On the positive side, the pool looked good, but unfortunately, I had no time to try it out. On the negative side, the room was very humid and musty. I could feel the humidity on the sheets. Within two minutes of entering the room, I asked for another room and was told by the desk person that "they're all that way." I kept the room but went to Lowe's and bought a dehumidifier. I had to empty the tank twice and it was full when I woke up at 6:30am. It had helped. The toilet seat was very loose, not falling off, but it slid 3-4 inches. There was black mold on two parts of the bathtub. Exposed cable ran from next to the door on the wall through the bedroom area. The Keurig in-room coffee maker was dirty, especially around the coffee capsule area. When checking out, I found that I was charged $4.95 for "Reservation Insurance" that I had not requested. I was told by the desk person that it's an inescapable charge that the hotel puts on the bill, and "you can't opt out of it" and there's no removing it. I said, "It sounds like extra profit for the owner to me." The desk person replied, "Yep, that's about it." I paid $174.81 for one night. I was very disappointed. Never again. read more

Probably would not stay here again. Housekeeping was slow... our room was serviced at 6pm. WiFi was unreliable, with the signal dropping every few minutes at night. The parts of the hotel that have been redecorated look nice; the other half looks dreary. The pool was awesome... a balmy 85 degrees! Whispers Restaurant was slow and food not very tasty. Activity Center staff were not very friendly, though there were a lot of cool things to do in the summer. We enjoyed the mountain coaster, chipmunk course, playground, and chair lifts. read more

Wisp Resort has everything. Winter or summer great place for the family. You can rent a home on the mountain for the whole family. Great place to ski, snow board, hike, mountain bike , jet ski, fish, zip line and boating. Wisp is awesome. read more

Ok, so this is my first review, so bear with me. This was our first trip to Deep Creek, MD and we really didn't know what to expect. We made this trip on really short notice and didn't do to much research in regards to places to stay. We decided to get a room at the Alpine Village Inn. After a long drive and checking in, we walked in the room and instantly walked out, disgusted at what we saw. I don't want to describe the room to you, the reader, because it will trigger too many horrific images that will require months on intensive therapy. We instantly scrambled to find a new place to stay, with laser like focus. Enter the Wisp Resort Hotel. Thankfully they had a room available and after the debacle at the Alpine we went with the King Suite. We weren't taking any chances this time. We got to our room and were instantly impressed. The bathroom was very nice, complete with a walk in shower. Everything looked relatively modern. The living room area had a nice leather couch, and a good sized flat screen TV. The bedroom was separate from the living area, and had a nice, big, comfortable bed. The kind where you can move around and not disturb the person sleeping next to you. The bedroom also had a similar sized flat screen TV as well. So obviously I was impressed by this room. I also want to add that the room didn't have that hotel type smell to it, and it sure as hell didn't have the crime scene smell of the Alpine (gag). The service was amazing. The people at the front desk were very helpful and friendly. We really liked this place. The Wisp Resort Hotel turned what could have been a disastrous weekend to an amazing weekend. read more

Great place to stay. We had 16 people and they accommodated is wonderfully! We first booked at the Quality Inn down the street and left because it was terrible. We called here last minute and they were awesome with helping us find rooms and anything else we needed. Plan on definitely going back!! read more