Long waiting time on rush days and the two hours pass does not accommodate time spent in waiting lines. Got only 4 rides in 2 hrs. Good part is and unlike other places they have an escalator that takes you up the hill so you dont get tired carrying your tube and walking uphill.
Got the discovery package with my woman, first time on the slopes. Our instructor Bryan was amazing. Amazing experience. Will go again this year
Lots of hills and a great friendly environment for beginners
Good times at the tube park. They could have had one more staff member at the top sending people down. 2 guys couldn't keep up with the line up. Otherwise it was good.
This is one of my most fave ski resorts. The staff, especially Luz Wadeson, and guest services crew is unbeatable. Chair lift staff of Uber friendly and competent. The ski schools offered are very age appropriate with qualified instructors and even, flex times to accommodate everyone's schedule. Special features such as family night, student night, a valentine's date special and more are featured at the resort. Lockers avail and coin operated or if u act earlier, u can pay for a season's Lockers. Sports shop, cafeteria and bar all within the main chalet. The ski patrol is amazing and very competent.
Excellent place for kids and adults to enjoy slippery sliding on tubes during snowy winters. It's a fun place to be with the downside being additional cost of helmets for kids. The prices for helmets are not refunded but they take the helmets back, which is strange. The cashier neither explain nor provide answers. Anyhow, next time we are taking bike helmets than paying a price for it.
Superb customer service. Very friendly atmosphere. Affordable family fun time.
Great Skiing, fantastic staff, and a good price, especially with the Discover Mondays for beginners.
It's been 3 years since I was able to snowboard again. Sad to see local snow park is becoming less and less affordable. No more half day tickets, and they never put back the lift they took out a few years ago, yet the ticket price just keeps going up and up
Good place to learn to ski, can get busy though, and the lift stops constatly due to beginners.
Lots of different ski hills ... good place for youngsters to learn to ski
We enjoy our ski days at Chicopee but they need to put more money into the terrain park. Freestyle skiing is growing so more rails and jumps would make it even more exciting. My kids say a second terrain park with more variety would be awesome. It is a popular area and kids love it!
I came here during the summer for disc golf, which was a fun way to experience the ski hill and area. The facilities seem nice, but I can't really comment on the winter activities.
One word.... joke. Brought my two boys snowboarding for the week on a small vacation. Every ski resort I have been so far I am allowed to walk with my boys on the hill (magic carpet) if I purchase a lift ticket to teach them how to ride and stand up on a board. (I have no issues with that at all) Not this place. I have to have skis or snowboard on to teach my kids? Huh? Just want to thank Chicopee for ruining our week of snowboarding fun. Iam sure this place is great if your 4 year old already knows how to snowboard, but if they want to learn and you want to teach them go somewhere else.
Tiny with only a handful of runs, but it's close by.
Went night skiing on weekdays after work so many times this past season; this is a super fun, affordable, way to get into the groove this skii season
Restaurant part the food not too bad. Hamburger and tuna was worthwhile.
Cafeteria section the pizza is burned and dry. Hamburger is dry as well. The fries weren't cooked through.
Prices should be cheaper for what you get IMHO.
Great family ski place. Way less busy than some of the places closer to Toronto. Lessons were reasonably priced and good quality for kids. Got my 5 year old on chair lift!
At Chicopee you get a great experience for what it is. It's a small ski hill. However, it is fun. You can get lots of runs in. Staff are friendly. Food is good. Best part, you don't have to drive for hours if you live in K-W. And they have a killer Oktoberfest party!!
Not bad for opening day 2019. They did the best they could given the weather conditions.
The hills are great! Had a lot of fun with my 4 yr old. The food is just ok. Typical cafeteria style stuff.
Treat place for tubing although there are no elevators so have to walk quite a but.
Had a great day with my nephew leaning to snowboard
Sucks..can't get any carves in...go to blue mountain instead
The only Ski Hill In Kitchener Waterloo. Definitely a good hill to learn to ski. My neighbor always taught skiing at this hill.
I was heavily into Skiing here when I was in my early teenage years and spent time skipping school and skiing instead. This ski hill gave me many fun active years in the area. It's most advanced hill was Sugar Bowl, and wasn't for the inexperienced skier. But has many moderate and beginner hills, to increase your skiing abilities. Definitely used to spend a considerable amount of time in line ups waiting to get back up the hill. It's a small hill so you spend more time in lines than you do skiing when it's busy. If you manage to hit the hill on a slow day and get up and down quickly it makes the experience of Chicopee worth while!
Prices are comparable with most places in the industry, and the staff have always been genuinely good at the facility. There used to be tennis courts in the summer and they used to hold singles dances and such at the main lodge as well years ago. Not sure about current practices at the facility. They always had a decent restaurant in the lodge with French fries and quick dinner food. There was a licensed area with adults as well that served beer and liquor but they were always very picky on no over serving. It is more of a family environment at this ski hill.
This is a very beautiful place to go hiking, skiing, rubbing and they have good food.
An amazing learning centre for snowboarding and skiing.
First time skiing and got a rental and lesson package for a good price and instructor was friendly and encouraging.
We did the tube park and had a blast! Awesome conditions and great service!
Super fun ski and snowboarding place in KW area with a good deal available for beginners on Monday.
Went for the zipline and had a great experience. All the staff we encountered were knowledgeable, professional and friendly. The zipline itself was a blast and my 5 year old enjoyed the other activities.
Good hill for teaching the kids how to ski. A great afternoon!
The hills are pretty good here and the tubing is fun!! When you actually get to go down though... unfortunately this place was way overcrowded had to wait 25 to 30 minutes just to slide down the hill and way you pay 25 dollars for 2 hours you only get to go down the hill around 3 or 4 times. If you find a time when not a lot of people are here it's probably a great place to go. But would not recommend going on a Saturday!!!
Chicopee has always been a nice local place to go skiing in the winter (obviously smaller than Blue Mountain). However, one thing that I'm not a fan of is that the back ski runs are closed, they use to be my favorite.
Great for beginner skier and snowboarder, as the hills pretty short.
Cold but beautiful, everyone enjoy it :) even a volunteer parent who cannot ski ~ The professional coaches and staffs can take care of the children in skiing, so parents can wait and warm up in the cafeteria
It was great. This was the first time our kids (6, 4, and 2) went skiing and they loved it. I do which they would rent out harnesses for tiny skiers...but I'm not sure if any ski resort does that
We went January 3rd 2020. The hills are okay. Not great snow conditions, but that is to be expected for the weather this year. The really disgusting part is that they require you to pay for a full day. My son and I had 3 hours available to us, and it cost me nearly $100 for a little less than 3 hours of skiing on mediocre hills. Robbery.
Winter has been bad lately but they still pull thru but still small and could use upgrades
Pretty tame slopes. definitely good to take beginners to get comfortable on the slopes
This place is close to KW region. Though it is smaller than other ski resorts, it really has good trails.
Family-friendly, affordable and relaxing. Great winter spot for learning how to ski and snowboard.
I mean, it's super convenient and it's good to support non-profits...but obviously the hills are limited in their size, complexity and quantity. No complaints whatsoever...and they also have great involvement within the community!
Great spot but wish it was a bit easier going up the hill
Very small ski hill, but they do focus well on stuff they can do well - well maintained terrain park, good beginner hill, beginner terrain park, nice tube park. Summer has a decent frisbee golf course (lots of excercise - twice up and down the hill), ropes course, biking and tennis.
great little hill located within a city. Just wish they would cater lift ticket pricing to those that only want to ski a couple of hours. The ticket options have really deterred my family and I from going more often.
Me and my family go every weekend in the winter. It's a great place to go to with family and friends and the food is great!
Quite crowded on a weekend but the staff is super accommodating. We even got a free lesson for our kids from Michael and James.
Better than I thought.
We spent 3 hours there (wagjag)
It was enough
We packed lots of snacks and ate them in the Chalet (upstairs)
Prepare to do some walking to the belt system (takes you up the hill)....
Well-run, pleasant community hill. Large lodge overlooking quad chair. Licensed lounge. Excellent lessons -- they really make the most of the brief drop.
The accessibility at Chicopee left something to be desired. Had to walk outside around the entire building on ramps to get to the second floor where the lounge is.
First time. Hills are a lot smaller than what I'm used to, but I'm happy something is close by
family fun skiing in the winter and a world class disc golf course in the summer. Whats not to like?
The greatest place to get your family out to discover snowboarding I love to go there as much as I can it's a lot closer than Collingwood
Took our kid tubing. He loved it!
Also, great funnel fries
It considers the first time for my daughters
We had great time
Great price
Great people and service
It was busy we had to wait in line a lot
But still worth it
I bought the tickets from WagJag I saved more than 30%
The only recommendation I can give them is they need more staff because they get very busy
Advice to visitors take your time and don t run on the hill because you will wait in the line
Ski maintenance and course layout, such customer service is great, .
Friendly staff, decent prices. Was very Happy with the rental experience for my daughter. Great all around experience
Pricey. Friendly staffs. There isn't many other options in KW area so I guess is alright. To me Glen eden seem a bit better in terms of size
I have called here several times, and they have never picked up there phone.
Great small hill for beginners and kids. Staffs are amazing and super friendly. The only issue is the long wait for purchasing the passes and renting equipment. I'd suggest to setup an online form that people can fill out online to make the registration and purchasing much faster.
Yes, it's a small ski hill - but it's still lots of fun. It's pretty sweet that we have a ski hill right here in the city. We went a number of times over March break in the evening. No lineups! Conditions were great and their Discovery pass is an awesome deal. Rentals are good quality. If you're thinking about getting into skiing or want your kids to learn this is a great place to do so. Staff are friendly. We had a meal upstairs and while expensive, it was good and we had a nice view of the hill. Had a salad with lovely fresh greens and my son enjoyed his burger.
Great little hill for rusty skiers or for kids! Rates are reasonable and the lodge has a nice restaurant as well. Staff is very helpful and friendly!
Discovery Monday snowboard "group lessons" were outright dangerous. It promises station based lessons at their own pace, but beware. After going through a station on how to do up their front binding, and second station on how to skate and step, my two kids were sent up the CHAIR LIFT. They were not allowed on the bunny hill/magic carpet lift because it was too hard to teach on apparently. Chair lift attendants were goofing off and my youngest got hurt getting on his second time on lift after they forgot to slow it down. From what I understand, once at the top no one was there to help the kids off the chair. Someone did up their binding at the top and just told them to go down the hill with almost no instruction. This was their first time. Unbelievably reckless programming. Two stations at the bottom of the hill is not enough to unleash 7+ year old children with no experience on a rather large beginners hill. Would not recommend.
Great place with great service definetly would recommend
Nice hills, beautiful snow, but nothing challenging.
The place is wonderful! The staff are attentive and the facilities are well kept. This is a great place for adventurers trying out skiing or snowboarding for the first time. Also great for experienced individuals. Renting the equipment makes things easy and pretty affordable.
Beginners friendly. Close to city. Nice staff.
Sometimes the line for rental/tickets could be longer. But the nice special event price makes it up for that, i.e student night.
Went with my friend for snow tubing and skiing. Had a memorable weekend. The services provided for beginners who fo not know skiing are great. Prices are reasonable for snow tubing and skiing. Do not go for more than 2 hours for tubing. You will get bored after sometime but you can do skiing all day.
I really enjoyed revisiting Chicopee for the first time since I was a kid. A very family friendly environment, lots of staff to assist and keep the lifts running smoothly. This is a fairly small hill compared to others in Southern Ontario, but it is very conveniently located in you are in the area looking for some relaxed fun or a place to practice!
Odd decision by management to limit night skiing ticket sales to 7:00pm exactly. Here I am at 6:50 with a few dozen others waiting to give them our money. Not a great start.
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