Louise Trombetta

Review of Snow Valley Catering

I love this resort. This resort has the best begin...

I love this resort. This resort has the best beginner and novice facilities I've ever seen. There's three gentle beginner slopes in well designed incremental difficulties. The full size hills are fairly short, but high quality, offering a variety of terrain challenges from easy to intermediate. They are well designed, well maintained and make the best use of what is a pretty small hill. We went during the week, so there were minimal wait -times at any lift, despite the place being fairly busy. One chair lift is modern, but the others are pretty old, but work fine. The staff were all pleasant and attentive. They are vigilant about maintaining safe operation. I loved the main lodge, its straight out of the 1950's. Very cozy and quaint with open fireplaces, but well equipped and comfortable.
Dislikes? The hill is pretty small, even by modest Ontario resort standards. . Beautiful runs, but they end too soon. The was only one person selling lift tickets. She very pleasant, patient and friendly, but obviously overworked. They needed a second person selling lift tickets, in the mornings.
If you're an intermediate or expert skier, or if you dislike quaint old surroundings, you'll hate this place. But if you're a beginner/ novice, you'll love it. I brought my 11 year old son here. Blue Mountain absolutely terrified him, but this resort was so pleasant, easy and friendly it helped him learn, and he now loves skiing. For that reason I love this resort and am most grateful for it.