The Mountain/slopes are great, but the place itself could use a bit of maintaining. Could use more lockers too - so if you are going to need one, plan to head over early!!
Used a groupon we had just purchased a few days prior, no problems at all. Great help from staff with picking out skis, poles, etc. Enthusiastic staff all around. My daughter and friend did the skiing, while I caught up on some reading in the lodge's lounge with a roaring fireplace nearby. Glad we went
I've skied many places in Northeast, Colorado and Wisconsin. We brought a beginner skier with us today. What a nightmare. Lug all your equipment, bags and food, over the terrain more than 1 football field,almost 2 from the parking lot. Rent equipment (for the beginner), walk back to where you just came from, UPhill to the beginner slopes. Funny thing, going back to lodge to eat and return equipment is also uphill. The kicker is the first building at the parking lot and beginner slopes is the ski patrol building. Are you kidding me? Learn at Cascade!! There were short lines on cold (10 degrees) and snowy day, but given the hassle of the layout, not sure I'd even come w back with just my own family who are all intermediate/advanced skiers.
We got married in 1971 and have been going to Devil's Head from the beginning. Day time skiing, night time skiing, music in the bar, hot chocolate and hot chili in the dining area, ski lessons for our stubborn little kids who have kids of their own and fun clothing in the pro shop are on our list. We have even developed some good friends of the staff along the way and although no Midwestern ski slope compares to Out West, this is just the best place to have total fun.
Went with friends near the end of ski season. It was huge fun. The house we rented had great value/price ratio. One thing they need to improve is the food. Almost nothing there and it stops serving early.
Being from Chicago, my friends insisted on driving further in order to go skiing here because it's bigger than most skiing resorts. For Wisconsin, it was pretty big. There were double ski lifts to get even higher up the mountain. People were friendly and helpful. It wasn't that busy for a Saturday, which was my favorite part. The only down side was I felt it was a bit expensive for skiing in Wisconsin.
We had two rooms at the Inn at the end of season--a suite and a king room. The kids asked if this used to be a college dorm, because it had an "institutional" feel. Still, it was convenient for skiing, and the end-of-season price of $60 was right.
We called ahead and asked a lot of questions like are all runs open since its a Sunday but a Holiday weekend. They said yes on phone all runs open and we wanted to try the 1.5 mile run so we booked a Hotel room. When we arrived it was a mess for parking as there is none unless you parked way far away. Then we get into the lobby and a sign says the 1.5 mike upper parts are closed. So being you cannot cancel your room now as its less that 5 days we had to stay. We waited to get checked in and they never had us a room till 345 pm and we arrived at 1030. After getting a bellhop cart we also found out all the rooms in the hotel have no elevator at any levels and even the ground floors had steps so the cart loaded down was worthless. The help had no clue what was going on at the front desk either. On to the Food. We ate at the Devils Den Bar and was very good since we ordered the Pizza and did not eat anywhere else as we read in reviews everything else was horrid. The Pizza was fantastic with real cheese thickly piled on and real toppings. The rooms are older rooms but was very clean and no complaints as we read beforehand it was no Hilton by any means. The skiing was great and the hills we greatly groomed with hardly any ice and very very smooth with no problems but that upper parts that they said would be open and was not.... not sure we will return again and if we do we may stay at the B&B down the road.
As a snowboarder, nothing compares to the real mountains. There are no real mountains in the midwest. We live in northwest Indiana, and as far as local ski resorts, Devil's Head Ski Resort is probably my favorite. It is about a 5 hr drive, so we usually stay the weekend and board the slopes 2 days. I think that the quality of trails and elevation drop is the best in the local midwest. it needs some upgrades but there are slowing updating their lift and equipment. If you want to compare these slopes and lifts to the mountain resorts out west then you will be disappointed here. We like to visit Devils Head every year.
Just a real dump. Lifts are old. Buildings are old. Staff at front desk and management terrible. Go to another place and save yourself time and money.