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Review of Vernon Valley/ Great Gorge Ski...

First time skiing in about ten years. Had a decent...

First time skiing in about ten years. Had a decent time. Mountain Creek provides very freeform lessons, or rather beginners' stations by their bunny hill. I wish they had higher level lessons and better equipped first-timers to go on slopes. It's a pretty view up and it was a tumultuous way down for me; I thought the "Slow" path meant that the slope would help me slow down and was very confused when I ended up faster. Nope, it means to proceed with caution.

The slope often split into three: a steeper path (the aforementioned "Slow" path), an easy path, and the black diamond path.

The hot chocolate is good and the inside staff were really friendly. Outside staff seemed to have good camaraderie with each other but were not that engaged with the skiers/snowboarders, even the instructors.