Stratton Mt. Resort Review

Nice place. Lots of things to do. Went for a concert, great venue.

Never been on the gondola. Seems like they always look for a reason to have it closed. There is no way to The top from either base without The gondola. The shuttle service from parking lot leaves you in a parking lot behind the valet drop off. So you and your kids get to play a real live game of frogger as you try to bring your equipment across the valet drop off to come to a set of stairs. Very poor design. They do have a free boot bag valet and nice shops and restaurants at the main base.

The lines are ridiculous here. Anytime you go during a holiday period they will be, but the lift line mangers do a horrible job holding up the entire line to let multiple ski school groups in. The village is definitely meant for people staying for a week, not day trippers. It's worth going the extra distance to Okemo

Great variety of all types and difficulties of trails

This has been the single worst skiing experience of my life. At points, I even feared for my life -- let me explain.
We arrived at opening time (8:30) excited and happy, ready to ski. We parked in an adjacent lot and took the shuttle to the base. After getting our tickets, we popped on our skis only to see that not a SINGLE lift was spinning.
However, people were waiting in line for one lift which only went halfway up the mountain, and this line consisted of several hundred people.
When that lift finally started spinning (already half an hour after the official opening time), there were only two trails at the top, and the trails were in awful condition. They were simply clumps of snow that had frozen over.
When we made it down to the bottom of the trail, we waited another 20 minutes in the singles line for the very same lift before the mountain opened up the Gondola, which goes to the summit. People flocked to it and quickly formed something close to a mob. Still, we were happy to finally get on a lift that went to the top of the mountain.
When we arrived at the top of the mountain, though, we quickly realised we should not have been so hopeful. Only 2 trails were open, and all the skiiers on the mountain were attempting to making their way down them. Several members of my group were knocked down by other skiiers within the first run, and I felt lucky to have made it down without falling.
We continued to go down that run and were luckily able to branch out onto approximately two other trails that had opened up. However, they, too, were overcrowded. At around 11:15, we couldn't take it anymore and skiied down to the main base. That was where we had our first (and last) positive experience of the day -- we were given vouchers pretty quickly and without needless bickering.
We will come once again to use up those vouchers but will not be returning after that.

It's a pretty mountain with a unique base area. The skiing may not be as technically challenging as some of the northern mountains but you can still have amazing ski days here.

A well run resort with excellent snowmaking, grooming, and many runs.
However, it's also quite pricey with lodging rates particularly crazy, stay at a place in Manchester, VT for much better value.

It used to bug me that Stratton has a cookie cutter Intrawest village, but it has grown on me. This mountain has some of the best lodge food anywhere. The curry rice bowls are fantastic. The mountain is classic VT. It has some of the wider trails in New England, but still has some woodsy winders. The double blacks as Stratton are probably Blues at some resorts, but very enjoyable.

Great ski resort. Trails tend to be more on the intermediate side, with a handful of semi-challenging options. Not that it's a bad thing! My only gripe is staying on property mid-week, it's a bit of a ghost town. Great for no lift lines during the day, however the ski village is all but empty in the evenings, with a handful of food options available.

In the summer it is a beautiful mountain with an impressive view of the surrounding peaks. In winter it's a real center of winter madness! :)

Amazing views from top of the mountain.. convenient gondola rides on weekends in summer to enjoy the view.. good restaurants and deli in stratton mountain village.. if you want to relax in summer then this is the place to go..