I grew up going to Beech but it seems that mountai...

I grew up going to Beech but it seems that mountain management has really taken a steep decline in the last few years. They don't make snow when they should but they will blow it when it's 32 which makes for extremely icy conditions. I have rarely seen the whole mountain open, most of the time they have half open if you are lucky. The people working there are incredibly rude and prices for skiing have gotten outrageous, although that seems to be more a trend in the southeast as a whole. It's sad because when this place is fully open and staffed properly it actually has some good little runs. Spend the little extra money and go to Snowshoe, or just go to Colorado, where the lift tickets are about the same price.

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Yes I am a mechanical engineer, I how psychrometrics works. It would be an extremely rare occasion that 32 degrees has a low enough humidity ratio that the snow would be of high quality. I have skied at multiple other locations in the southeast (Sugar, Winterplace, Snowshoe, Massanutten, Wintergreen) and do not experience the amount of icy conditions I experience at Beech. I also stand by everything else I wrote in the review. I will say that the lodge, restaurants, and mountaintop bar are the best for "nightlife" which is why my friends and I come back. But just for skiing I would go elsewhere.