Holimont

Great skiing and snowboarding club. Super family friendly. The new edition of the high speed chair is great and we are looking forward to the expansion. The ski school and adaptive program are super well run. Both our kids learned to ski here! It’s also a place where you can leave your skis etc out and never have to worry about anything getting stolen. The organized après skis are fun with a great selection of bands and beer! Wonderful family memories are made here!

After two weeks riding at holiday valley, my wife and I decided to dip into our Swiss bank account and take our private helicopter to rub elbows with the proverbial upper crust of society at Holimont. We had to go on a Wednesday because, well, 30,000 dollars could buy you a lifetime of Genny Light.
Let’s look at the positives:
1. The slopes are in amazing condition
2. The snack bar had slurpees
And the Negatives
1. Old people
2. No place to dock my private yacht
3. The catwalks to get across the mountain were a hassle on a snowboard
4. NO BAR
5. No topiary garden. (I know it’s winter and I don’t care)

(As a snowboarding junkie, it’s hard to give any slope less than 4 stars because. its snowboarding. When you’re the type that drives 8 hours to hit a bunny hill and shut it down, your reviews are going to be skewed.)
While riding Holiday Valley for two weeks, we shook things up and spent a day at Holimont. Like a puppy chasing her tail around the lodge, I discovered there is indeed, NO BAR here. But for price of a mere $ 6/​can you can purchase a cold Molson at the snack bar. (Keeps us Holiday Valley beer guzzling locals at bay, I guess.)
The slopes are in terrific condition. Major kudos to the resort for its meticulous care of beautifully groomed runs. This is unmistakably skier territory. The lay out requires a lot of catwalking to get from one chair or run to another. Essentially we worked our way from GREER run to SUNSET to hit all the runs. (If you can find the signage — not well marked.) If you like to ride park, they’ve got some sick features and we had the park to ourselves. Helmet required in the park (so throw your hood up if you are cruising sans helmet.)
They don’t offer a military discount like Holiday Valley does. Where’s the love? Lifties look as though they are serving a life sentence of misery swinging chairs. Little do they know they have the BEST JOB EVER. Spoken like an old boot yearning for her glory days of swinging chairs, shredding on a FREE season pass, and guzzling beers at the lodge.

the skiing is not as varied or seemingly as large as Holiday Valley, but the price was a bit better I think. It has a club feeling if you can get there on a weekday. We would definitely go back and is a nice break from Holiday Valley. The snow seemed a lot like Holiday Valley that time we went. The lines were short, but at the time the lines were also short at HV.

The best ‘riding in the Greater Buffalo/​Toronto Metropolitan Area (encompassing Western New York, Southern Ontario, Parts of Pennsyltucky and Bits of Northern Ohio). It’s members only on the weekends, which means you’ll find me mooching off my richie-​rich friends.
It’s open to non-​members during the week, so if you can play hooky from work or school, it’s def. worth the trip.
Other positives – you can make and bring your lunch (crockpot city), your shit doesn’t get stolen from the lodge and they don’t have night skiing. No night skiing means fresh slopes and good base.