Last season they had about 3 feet of snow blown on the trail. Problem was they kept it too narrow. Couple that with idiots that have no business on the trail and you have one accident after the other. Ski Patrol hates that trail with a passion because they don't want to see people get horribly injured or killed. One of them told me it was a daily battle with management. They were told to open it and usually by 12 or 1pm they closed down for the day or maybe even two days. The trail is plenty wide they just can't make enough snow on it to cover the whole thing. I am praying for a few blizzards this year.

I hate skiing that place with a passion. Way too many idiots that cant handle the slopes they're trying to ski/board. I would rather drive a few more hours and go to either lake placid or vt for a weekend. Mt Creek is way too overpriced for the crappy mountain they offer.

I hate skiing that place with a passion. Way too many idiots that cant handle the slopes they're trying to ski/board. I would rather drive a few more hours and go to either lake placid or vt for a weekend. Mt Creek is way too overpriced for the crappy mountain they offer.

 

$300 for a season pass, round of golf and waterpark pass (though I dont use it) isn't a bad deal. I only go on weekdays during the day avoiding weekends and holidays altogether. I would rather ski someplace up North as well but I am not making that drive 3 days a week. It's a good way to stay busy between trips to VT and a late season trip to the Rockies.

$300 for a season pass, round of golf and waterpark pass (though I dont use it) isn't a bad deal. I only go on weekdays during the day avoiding weekends and holidays altogether. I would rather ski someplace up North as well but I am not making that drive 3 days a week. It's a good way to stay busy between trips to VT and a late season trip to the Rockies.

It's a world of difference however. Everything from the quality of the slopes to the skill of the patrons is improved once you get out of this area. When I'm skiing Whiteface, I never have to worry about the people in front of me suddenly weaving in front of me, stopping or falling over randomly. I've been in absolute whiteout conditions where you can't see 5 feet in front of you and somehow people still kept skiing and the diamonds were still open and not littered with bodies. Can you really imagine that happening at mt creek where every ahole and his sister thinks they belong on the diamonds (granted they're not real diamonds by other mtn standards) because they took 1 group lesson and didn't fall down the bunny slope?

 

I understand that mt creek is close and convenient, but for me personally, it's not worth the hassle and aggravation.

Greatest dining experience I have ever had in NJ is at restaurant Latour up there. (not to be confused with Latour in Ridgewood)

 

And it houses the largest wine collection in the county I believe. It's sick

I was there once in the summer of 1986 for my 16th b-day.  My best friend and his sister came along.  His sister was in the sled behind me on the Alpine slide.  I turned around once, she was there.  Rounded a turn and looked back and she was gone.  We waiting for a while at the bottom of the slalom and she showed up w/ bloody knees.  Someone had thrown a banana peel on the track just after I passed, and she went flying.  Loved my one time experience there.  Lots of fun.