There is a reason the nick name for Stratton is Fl...

There is a reason the nick name for Stratton is Flatton. The ski area has done extensive smoothing of all the fun characteristics on the trails. There is very little variation in the terrain between the trails. The skiing gets very boring very quickly. The reason for the trail smoothing is that the ski are caters to beginner and intermediate skiers from NYC. I have never seen a ski area with more beginner skiers. Many skiers don't even understand the skier responsibility code , so be careful if you ski here. The skiers do not tend to understand the rules on the ski trails. They ski like they are driving in NYC. In general, the resorts guest are very rude to other guests

The ski area caters to upper income people from NYC. They advertise all over the city. The ski area does not readily welcome day trippers, people who drive in the the day or stay off mountain.They tend to prefer people who ski and stay at the resort, ie spend lot's of money. The staff has snobbish attitude to many people in the lodge and on the mountain. This is the mountain of the have's and have not's.

The ski area does a great job with snow making, but they tend to over groom the trails. Be careful of weekends, the mountain gets very crowed. They sell a lot of 100 dollar plus lift tickets. The lift lines get very long, I think the over sell tickets. You will wait a long. long time at any of the lifts. Oh and you can pay a premium on top of your ticket and have the right to cut the line. This is not a skiers mountain. This is a place to see and be scene.