I place the blame on me. It's only 12/20, so there's not enough snow for proper skiing. We got here at 5 pm and did 2 icy runs. The trails in the front of the mountain had almost no snow cover. Just ice. Came in and had something to eat. 2 more runs on the left side of the mountain. A little better near the bottom. I'm inside now listening to a very attractive young woman playing guitar and singing to the 6 of us in the lodge. I'm going to let her know she was the best part of my night!
IF YOU PLAN ON TUBING HERE, READ THIS FIRSTI had great expectations for this place after asking many friends where the best place was to take my family tubing in NH. Most recommended Gunstock, so I forked over the $88 bucks for a two hour session for the four of us. What their site neglects to tell you is that they will sell up to 150 tickets for each two hour block. Long story short, my parents drove 5 hours from maine to tube with us, we got to do 4 (FOUR!) runs the entire time and the rest was spent waiting in line while people's kids wrestled each other in the snow. I contacted the mountain about my dissatisfaction with the crowded nature of their tubing run, and they offered me a single tubing comp pass--for such a large resort, that was pretty weak. Why in the world would I want to go there again?? Not to mention we live too far away to frequent that mountain. I wanted a refund, and after contacting them twice more, the "Tubing Hill Supervisor" never responded again. Looks like I'm eating that $88 bucks, plus the gas money from driving 2 hours round trip from central NH and my parents 10 hours round trip from ME.Do yourself a favor...if you are not going during the week, pick another mountain. The weekends are too crowded and that's a lot of money to just stand around.
The hills were good, not great. If we went down 4 all together we would go all the way to the end, otherwise we stopped early and had to walk a hundred feet or so to get to the exit.
Glad we decided to go here in the end! After reading other reviews about smelly toilets, horrible food and icy trails, we were a bit dubious but got discounted tickets online! Firstly, the views are spectacular!The trails had an adequate amount of snow to cover the majority of ice and were nicely groomed.I used 2 different sets of toilets and neither of which smelled bad!We didn't try the food so can't comment on that!There was a free bag check facility.The staff that we encountered were friendly and helpful.Did I mention the views?!!The only negative for me was that some of the trails seemed to be graded incorrectly, but I'll know for next time :-)
Don't have any other mountains to compare it to, never skied before. Brought my daughter here skiing for first time. We arrived late afternoon 4:00 we took lessons for 3 days we had different instructors each day we were there which were all very nice. Did good on the first day made it off the kiddie slope lol...I forget my instructors name but she was great. Second day didn't make to much progress didn't learn much. By the third day I was much more confident with what I was doing thanks to my instructor Dan M. he was fantastic!!!! Prefer skiing later in the afternoon a lot of people early in the day which means a lot of people like myself who really don't know what there doing. Will definitely be back this season sooner than I planned I checked out of my hotel and forgot to load my suit case in the trunk of my car hahaha.......
Luckily New Hampshire has been getting a ton of snow, so the conditions were great. We skied on a Friday mid-day and then the next day. Saturday was very crowded. It took on average approximately 15 to 20 minutes to get on the high-speed quad lift. Great place to ski, but if you go on a Saturday with younger kids (mine are 9 and 13) I suggest prepping them about the wait times before you get there. I kept telling my 9-year-old son to go with the flow! My son and daughter loved all the sideline off-trails and small jumps. All-and-all, it was a fun two days of skiing! Also, it's a very pretty place.
First of all, this is a great place to go. We went for tubing on MLK day. We went to the tubing and there was a group of eight of us. I noticed a employee that was very friendly and nice to everyone coming down the hill. His name was Cam. He always asked if everyone was having fun, he just seemed to enjoy his job. On the other hand, there was an employee named Spencer who had quite the attitude. Spencer was one of those employees who certainly thinks he has a lot of power and control. Now, I wouldn't let this stop you from going, however, this employee is not doing this facility any favors. I later found out he was the manager of the tubing area, however, his customer service skills are severely lacking. Overall it was a good day and the other employees that we encountered made up for this one area. I would hate to be the employees that had to work for this guy. Other areas that I wanted to note, food is very expensive, so be prepared. But grandkids did have a blast.
Did tubing one day, and used the Nordic trails for snowshoeing the next day. We all had fun, but the cost adds up pretty quickly. We've been there in the summer and winter and find the staff friendly and helpful. We'll be back!
My daughter skied for the first time at 5....the instructors were great and she loved it. Thanks gunstock!
The most amazing skiing for beginners to experts. Treated like a long lost brother after 6 ears away from Gunstock The trails are fantastic and the new equipment is top quality.