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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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December 31, 2009
Chris from Ski USA - California USA - California
The weather at Mt Hood Meadows is what it is, just ride. Coming from OH where the nearest hill had 300ft of vert I love MHM. Of course you can't compare it to Utah or Colorado, but you also can't ride those place and be home in time for the Simpsons. Foods expensive, staff - great.
December 21, 2009
dre from Ski USA - California USA - California
Lets face it. Mount Hood Meadows isn't that great for a number of reasons. Folks who claim it's great, probably haven't ridden anywhere decent. I've been snowboarding all over the world since '93 & Meadows is near the bottom of my list. In fact, after holding a season pass there for 4 years, I gave up on Meadows, got a snowmobile.... & never looked back. Here's a list of the things I don''t have to deal with any more: Crowds, Retarded parking lot 'attendants', Traffic, Petty authoritarian ski patrol BS, rushing to get first chair, Gapers, People who can't get on the lift or mysteriously fall off the lift while loading, the lift being closed or stopped regularly, lame lodge, lame food, lame music. The worst bit: you get 45 min (if that) to get your turns on a powder day - then it's over. It's like an alpine version of the DMV. Now... given Meadows proximity to Portland it's probably the best option most days. You just don't have much choice. The Meadows management know this & treat you accordingly. There is no need to hire good staff or run the resort well or make a real effort. They have a captive audience & the place is over crowded already. It'll only get worse.
December 17, 2009
Bean from Ski USA - California USA - California
After I read a couple of these comments. I was reminded at how much people can complain about the most pointless grievances with the resort and it's management. Meadows is Oregon cascade's snow and terrain at it's best. Ski Bowl has some great steeps as well. If you know the mountain, you can ride pow all day at Meadows on powder days. If you are use to a world class resort and are hold those expectations for Meadows, you will be sorely disappointed. It's a middle of the road resort. Now go ride some pow fool!
December 17, 2009
Brian from Ski USA - California USA - California
James, you are wrong. You can access Heather canyon from just the Heather chair, it's a traverse called the "Ho Chi Minh Trail." If you're in the "know," you can ski powder all day on a powder day, especially the weekdays. I'm not going to tell you where, though ;) If you don't like MHM, go to Timberline or Bachelor, or get rained on at Skibowl.
December 12, 2009
Keith from Ski USA - California USA - California
Mt. Hood Meadows. What to say, what to say? Well to start with if you live here and like to ski and can't afford to go to a real resort it's definitely the best thing going on Mt. Hood. That being said the lists of not so good to out and out crappy things about Mt. Hood in general and Meadows specifically is long. To start with the patrol on the slopes of Meadows are like the SS or more to the point the corporate police who are in charge of safety, safety, safety, and did I mention safety? They really are a bit much and I’m in my fifties so it’s not like I am some kind of maniac ignoring all common sense. Next lift operations are run with the same paranoia that the safety patrol patrols with. If it blows a bit -- shut em down, a bit of ice forms shut em down, lots of new snow; delay, delay, delay. Upper lifts are compromised nearly daily in one-way or another. I have never seen that at any other resort. Staff for the most part in a word suck. You feel like you are dealing with government workers. The problem is simple the staff basically are young people who want to ski and hate having to do anything that isn’t skiing. As long as you know that, you won’t be to surprised by their lack of motivation to do anything other than ski. The weather and snow conditions however are the absolute biggest problem with Mt. Hood Meadows. Been skiing there for 4 years and never seen real powder. In fact I would say if you only ski resorts on Mt. Hood you don’t know what real powder is. I have never seen such heavy snow conditions and so much rain at a ski resort. If you are looking for deep dry powder never, and I mean never, go to Mt Hood. If groomers are your thing you will like Mt Hood and Meadows. If you want dry light powder that pills up in front of you like a never-ending pillow for an epic session of hero skiing go east to Utah, Wyoming, or Colorado
December 10, 2009
Marshal from Ski USA - California USA - California
Amazing terrain at Mt Hood Meadows. Definitely the best in Oregon but some of the worst personnel I have ever encountered. you really get the feeling that the people who work and run the resort are all about the money and not about the guests or the experience. Also they have crappy parks
November 22, 2009
Vlad from Ski USA - California USA - California
We love Mt Hood Meadows resort - it has terrain for all of us. My kids are learning skiing here and actually enjoying it. The resort is really family oriented, the staff are responsible and caring. You can't expect to have untouched slopes from the resort which is just 1.5h away from major metro area but if you know the mountain well enough you will have nice cream on top of that nicely brewed coffee :) MHM (Mt Hood Meadows)is not perfect - grooming can be better, the lodge is crowded at lunch time hinting for some expansion and shuttles need external baskets for equipment (these school buses are not too comfortable to climb into with ski or board). But considering all the positive sides (lots of mountain which are affordable and not going to bust the wallet) - solid 4 star rating.
November 22, 2009
John Kelley from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) is the best Mt around when it's snowing and if you don't have fun there don't come back. It gets busy some times! Love to all the people at Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) who are having fun.
November 20, 2009
motovate from Ski USA - California USA - California
Mt Hood Meadows dwarfs the other areas on Mt Hood in terms of acres and number of guests. Some people like it, some don't. It's owned by a corporation and it's run like one. Others are run like a family business. Some people prefer that. I'll take Meadows. Their lodge, facilities, and equipment are way nicer. Especially nicer than Skibowl. That place is falling apart. How about some new lifts huh? Timberline is OK but it's for intermediates except for the parks. It's true Meadows (Mt Hood Meadows) patrol doesn't take any crap and they're everywhere but I kinda like that. When things go really, really bad and you need them they are awesome, I speak from experience. Some people don't like following rules. Those are the ones that get thrown out. The ones that apologize and have good attitudes don't. Again some like it, some don't.
November 16, 2009
killer from Ski USA - California USA - California
Mt Hood Meadows is, hands down, the best skiing on Mt Hood. I believe it is run poorly with overkill on safety. I've heard many stories about people getting their passes pulled on questionable grounds. There shouldn't be safety zones with slope police. If they're so concerned about safety, limit resort capacity. That is the only time things get unsafe. I don't like the attitude if you ski within 10 feet of the ski patrol they give you a speech on safety when you've got 20 more years under you're belt at this sport. I think I'll get the fusion this year and go for the spring pass in February and ski the whole mountain at Mt Hood Meadows for 550$.