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Lat Long: 45.33° N 121.66° W
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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October 23, 2008
Sean from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows is easily the best place to snowboard/ski around. I usually go on weekdays and it's ten times better than weekends. So the time to go is during the week like Tues, Weds or Thurs. If you get up there early on any of those days you can count on a good day of riding. Sometimes I leave before noon those days because I'm already tired because I rode a lot.
October 21, 2008
JH from Ski USA - California USA - California
Be advised that they are not at all cool with alpine touring up there, even if you're inbounds.
October 15, 2008
James from Ski USA - California USA - California
What nobody mentions is you have to ride 3 lifts to do the "heather canyon laps". But that's only possible if Cascade is open, and it only opens if there has been 2 straight days of good weather. Then, if there's "too much snow" ski patrol shuts it down (so they can ride it themselves). And good luck getting a fresh line anywhere after 10:30am, the place is tracked-out top to bottom. The park system is haphazard with no continuity whatsoever, not nearly enough jumps. You have to ride miles of bumpy groom in order to do short park runs - just awful. The park crew keeps the pipe closed until they feel like riding it, so if you can only ride half a day just forget it. Nice hills, but insanely overcrowded and very poorly designed and managed. I do have high standards, but I am always disappointed by meadows, every time.
March 07, 2008
Steve from Ski USA - California USA - California
The Meadows gets more snow and has more interesting terrain than 90% of the ski areas in North America. Well - I've only skied about 22 areas - but I dream a lot - but the Meadows has it all: long, wide, sweet green and blue runs for the beginners and intermediates, and lots of challenging off-piste powder, and spring corn for advanced and expert skiers and riders. What it does NOT have is very reliable grooming. With so much snow - (more than 600 inches so far this year) it is not unusual to arrive early and find there are NO groomed trails at all - even in the beginner areas. The grooming crew works through the night but usually finish several hours before the lifts open and by then, the winds and heavy snowfall can often deposit 4 to 10 inches on top of groomed runs. That's great for guys like me but terrible for beginners and groomer addicted speedsters on race/slalom boards. It is a situation that should NOT be permitted to exist and the management should re-groom several green runs and all beginner teaching areas and their primary learning areas just before opening time, when snow falls. Every other resort I have skied does this.
January 25, 2007
simon lacey from Ski United Kingdom United Kingdom
What a place. Visited in Jan 03 and returned in Mar 03, both times had loads of fresh snow. Found the terrain great for boarding. Heather Canyon was unreal. I was the only Brit there and found the hard work for traveling and accommodation was worth it. I had a 30 mile hitchhike to get there!. So if you're not from Oregon don't bother visiting this place. Leave it for the locals and me!!!!
November 11, 2006
Big Mountain from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows is sweet! Bad news this year though :-( the road to Meadows from one side has been washed away by low elevation rain. The resort gets lots of snow and has a wide variety of terrain, big parks, and Heather Canyon is the best, especially in the powder!
October 29, 2003
Ian from Ski USA - California USA - California
Meadows is one of my favorite ski hills in the north west. It gets huge amounts of snow. Even last year, a warm-ish year, there was plenty of new snow to be had. The bowls off to the right of the My Hood Express are excellent in good conditions. And Heather Canyon is steep, wide open and long, with numerous lines to be found. Just find a way in that suits your steepness level (there's ceratinly some steep pitches), ride wherever looks good. When The Cascade Express is open and the snow is deep, laps of Heather Canyon are hard to beat.