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Ski USA - Oregon

Mt Hood Meadows Resort Reviews

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Mt Hood Meadows Ratings

Overall: 3.1. Based on 162 votes and 177 reviews.

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Snowsure: 3.8

  • Occasionally gets enough snow for skiing
  • Is often closed due to a lack of snow
  • Occasionally suffers from a lack of snow
  • Rarely suffers from a lack of snow
  • Mt Hood Meadows is snowsure even in the poorest seasons

Variety of pistes: 4.0

  • The ski runs are featureless and unvaried
  • The ski runs are varied but not extensive enough for a week
  • Mt Hood Meadows has diverse and interesting pistes including forests and high alpine terrain

Off-piste: 3.6

  • No off-piste worth mentioning
  • Off piste is out-of-bounds
  • Some varied offpiste that stays fresh for one or two days
  • A vast array of off-piste routes that can stay untracked for several days

Scenery: 3.9

  • An ugly resort in a bland setting
  • Average mountain views and resort
  • A spectacular setting and a beautiful / historic resort town

Access: 3.9

  • At least one overnight stop
  • Requires a whole day
  • Requires more than half a day – you may have time for a few turns
  • Arrive by lunchtime and ski all afternoon
  • There is a main airport within an hour of Mt Hood Meadows

Public Transport: 3.3

  • There are no buses or taxis to Mt Hood Meadows
  • There are slow or infrequent buses / trains available
  • Getting to the resort is easy with frequent bus / train connections

Accommodation: 2.3

  • No places to stay in/near Mt Hood Meadows
  • A few places to stay in the resort
  • A wide variety of accommodation suitable to suit all budgets

Cheap Rooms: 2.4

  • No budget accommodation available
  • Just one or two hostels so book ahead
  • Several cheap hostels and pensions available

Luxury Hotels: 2.2

  • No luxury accommodation available
  • Just one or two luxury hotels so book ahead
  • Several up-market hotels in Mt Hood Meadows

Ski in/Ski out: 2.1

  • The ski area is located far from any accommodation
  • A free ski bus takes you to the ski area in a short trip
  • Ski-in ski-out accommodation is available

Childcare: 3.4

  • There are no child care facilities at Mt Hood Meadows
  • The resort has limited child-care facilities
  • the resort has excellent child-care facilities including at least one reasonably priced creche

Snowmaking: 2.5

  • Mt Hood Meadows relies entirely on natural snow
  • There are just a few snow cannons
  • There are snowmaking facilities on all pistes

Snow Grooming: 3.7

  • There are no snow groomers at Mt Hood Meadows
  • Occasionally some pistes are left ungroomed and in a poor state
  • All the runs at Mt Hood Meadows are groomed daily

Shelter: 3.3

  • There is nowhere to ski when it is windy or visibility is bad and lifts often shut
  • There are some trees for poor visibility but main lifts sometimes close
  • Mt Hood Meadows is mostly in forest where you can ski in flat-light and windy days, lifts rarely close

Nearby options: 2.6

  • If snow conditions are poor at Mt Hood Meadows, it will be poor everywhere nearby
  • There are good alternatives within an hours drive
  • Other locations on the same lift pass provide a rich variety of snowsure ski conditions

Regional rating: 3.7

  • Mt Hood Meadows usually has poor snow conditions compared to other resorts in region
  • Has average conditions for the region
  • Usually has the best snow conditions in the region

Lift Staff: 3.6

  • The staff at Mt Hood Meadows are rude or unhelpful
  • Lift staff at Mt Hood Meadows are pleasant, cheerful and eager to help

Crowds/Queues: 2.6

  • The resort is always busy and there are usually long lift queues
  • It is quiet apart from occasional weekends and school holidays
  • It is uncrowded and lift queues are very rare

Ski Schools: 3.7

  • No ski schools available
  • One or two ski schools but local language only
  • A few ski schools but book early for multi-lingual instructors
  • Plenty of ski schools and multi-lingual instructors available
  • Excellent ski schools with friendly multi-lingual ski instructors

Hire and Repairs: 4.0

  • Nothing can be sourced, not even ski-wax or ptex
  • There are some ski shops but rentals need to be booked in advance
  • Good quality ski equipment can be purchased or hired and overnight repairs are possible

Beginners: 3.8

  • Beginners can only watch others ski and snowboard
  • A few gentle slopes but beginners will get bored in less than a week
  • Vast areas of gentle terrain

Intermediates: 4.2

  • No intermediate terrain at Mt Hood Meadows
  • Intermediate skiers will get bored after a few days
  • Vast areas of cruising runs

Advanced: 4.0

  • Nothing for advanced skiers and snowboarders
  • Enough steep terrain for a few days with some good offpiste
  • Enough steep terrain and offpiste areas to entertain advanced skiers for at least a week

Snow Park: 3.8

  • Not even a kicker at Mt Hood Meadows
  • Average sized park quite well looked after
  • Huge park area and expertly crafted pipes, jumps and boardercross trails

Cross-country: 3.7

  • There is nowhere to go for cross-country skiing around Mt Hood Meadows
  • There are some cross country trails available
  • The area features many spectacular and well maintained cross-country trails

Luge/Toboggan: 1.7

  • No designated luge or toboggan runs
  • There are toboggan runs that open quite often
  • Mt Hood Meadows has long and well maintained luge / toboggan facilities suitable for all ages

Mountain Dining: 3.0

  • Nowhere to buy food by the pistes
  • Some places to eat up on the mountain but they are often busy and expensive
  • There is a variety of excellent mountain eateries right next to the slopes to suit all budgets

Eating: 3.2

  • Bring your own food, there isn't even a shop
  • There are a few places to eat in the resort but nothing special
  • A wide variety of places to eat and drink in the resort, from fast food to fancy restaurants

Apres-Ski: 3.0

  • Nothing to do, not even a bar
  • There are a few bars in the resort but nothing special
  • Clubs and bars stay open until very late and have a friendly atmosphere

Other Sports: 1.7

  • No sports facilities at all apart from ski lifts
  • Resort has just a small public swimming pool
  • Resort has all kinds of sports facilities, including a full-size swimming pool

Entertainment: 1.9

  • Besides the snow and walking there is nothing to do here
  • The non-skier will find things to do for few days but may become bored after a week
  • The resort area is a fascinating place to visit, regardless of winter sports

Winter Walks: 2.7

  • Very limited walking and no snowshoe trails
  • A couple of designated scenic walking/snowshoe trails
  • Extensive and diverse winter walking trails for all abilities

Ski Pass Value: 2.9

  • A 1 week ski pass is overpriced compared to the number of lifts available
  • The ski pass is averagely priced and covers a reasonable number of lifts
  • Ski passes are excellent value for money and cover a lot of lifts spanning a big area

Value (National): 3.2

  • Overall, Mt Hood Meadows is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the country and not worth the money
  • Overall represents average value for money
  • Overall offers the best value resort in the country

Value (Global): 3.1

  • Overall, Mt Hood Meadows is one of the most expensive ski resorts in the world
  • Overall it offers pretty average value for money compared to resorts from other countries
  • Internationally the resort offers excellent value for money

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January 30, 2010
rob from Ski USA - California USA - California
I noticed many of the reviewers who don't like Mt Hood Meadows are snowboarders. Maybe it would be better if you just stayed away from Meadows. Long ride-outs, ice patches and broken powder don't bother people who ski. There's no point in you being at Hood (Mt Hood Meadows) in the first place.
January 28, 2010
Nate from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) is definitly not without fault. Overactive ski patrol, often questionable Pacifc Northwest weather, limited night operations, bad crowding at times especially weekends and holidays. But what do you expect, it's not a dry region, it's an hour and a half from the biggest city in the state and it's not an exceptionaly large resort. If you want more of a destination resort, with better snow in Oregon, go to Mt Bachelor. It's twice as far away and more expensive. But for all you guys that think Hood (Mt Hood Meadows) is a "bad place to have fun" well, you simply don't love your sport enough to justify cloging the runs at Meadows, so please stay home.
January 26, 2010
Jack Roach from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) is an average mountain resort at best. It is pretty much a commuter resort for Portland. Weekends, holidays and good snow days (widely broadcast on Portland TV stations) are packed. Any storm where there is more than 6"of snow usually shuts down the top of the mountain and Heather Canyon resulting in a "Who Concert" experience on the lower lifts. There can also be days where busloads of "group tours" are emptied on to the slopes. Heather Canyon is a five minute traverse, a thirty second drop and a five minute runout to the Heather lift. Private Reserve is fun when it's open but you have to hike back to the HRM lift for a two lift ride back to the access gates. Night skiing/boarding is limited to two meager beginner runs and are usually packed with busloads of school kids. Powder days last 30 minutes before the entire resort is tracked up so they've started doing more grooming to try and get people up there on days where there is no fresh snow. Like everywhere else, it does have it's good days at Mt Hood Meadows depending on what the weather is like.
January 25, 2010
rob lawrence and ashlie farabee from Ski USA - California USA - California
People who don't like Mt Hood Meadows are not giving it a fair chance, and those that do are well rewarded for their efforts. It's a beautiful mountain with many different moods and if you have some guts you can enjoy them all. Having worked there in the past we might be a bit biased especially since it was during the 07-08 winter, where the powder was seemingly endless and much drier than is the norm around here. If you don't know a local you will miss out on a lot of hidden runs, some in plain view of the lifts - but I don't want to give anything away. If you go to Meadows expecting Whistler or Jackson Hole, you're sure not going to get it. But if you go with patience and appreciation more than three times a year (which I'm sure is more than a lot of people) you'll get way more in return. If you are complaining about Meadows, then maybe snowboarding/skiing is not for you. Maybe you're better off playing Amped... or Shawn White..... I hear the terrain is great there.....and the crowds are non existent...
January 15, 2010
E. Bernhardt from Ski USA - California USA - California
I just read a string of posts that said you needed to ride at least two lifts to access lower Heathers( Jack's Woods, SRS, etc). This is not true. For those of us who love lower Heathers, even on moderate days we do the 2 minute traverse directly to skiers right after de-chairing at the top of Heather Canyon Lift. Anyone who knows this will cut the traverse first thing in the morning and, once established, it's a breeze. I've spent many a day poaching fresh lines from upper Jack's down to SRS over and over and over. It's just another little trick about Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) that makes it a wonderful place to ski.
January 14, 2010
Nipp Deep
Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) is a great place. Is it a destination resort? No. However, it's close to town, gets plentiful snow and has some awesome terrain as long as you are willing to work for it. For all the whiners, just remove the stick from your @$$ and have some fun!
January 14, 2010
Anthony from Ski USA - California USA - California
Lift operators need to be nicer at Mt Hood Meadows. I love Meadows but the attitude has got to go. They are the only resort in the world that gets pissed at single riders when there arn't any lines.
January 10, 2010
mitty from Ski USA - California USA - California
Rode in the south-east for a decadeand been to Breck, Keystone and Loveland Pass. Riding for close to 20 years. Pipe, park, rails, powder, trees, rain, ice, epic 3 ft dump days...logged over 130 days on the hill multiple years. I've seen people die on the hill, first time seeing snow, inner city youths up for a day, rednecks putting you on two seater lifts for 30o yards of snow. All I have to say is this: most of you don't know how good you have it. Every resort has somethings to hate. Be glad you are here and have MT Hood (Mt Hood Meadows) in your backyard. Meadows has fun terrain, decent lifts, and ok parks...most of the country/world do not.
January 08, 2010
Danny from Ski USA - California USA - California
This is a message to all the haters. Do us all a favor and never come back to Meadows. If you are stuck up enough to hate on something that is a priviledge most people can't afford, then go do it at one of your big fancy resorts and leave the powder to people who work for it and all the while have a huge grin on their face. Love the sport, don't hate.
December 31, 2009
Dave G from Ski USA - California USA - California
I live in Portland and I've had a full ski pass at Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) for the past 10 years. I also ski 3 or 4 other resorts in and out of Oregon each year. A full season adult pass at Meadows cost me only $400 this year and that's a great deal given that I ski at Meadows 30+ days per year. Certainly there are lots of things that Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) could improve on, including their backcountry access policies, but overall, it's a great ski resort to have in my back yard. And, as for Heather Canyon, it is frustrating how it's often not open on primo days, but I just skiied there yesterday. A foot of new powder, Heather was open, and so was Private Reserve, and the skiing was fantastic.