Vernon Valley/ Great Gorge Ski Area Review

Slopes were good and not too far from home. Good place for an easy boarding day trip.

Mountain Creek Its a really beautiful place to go to!!! I always enjoy going there even in winter time it s beautiful. Love the water park in summer and Ski in winter. Fully recommend it.

I will personally be slinging cocktails and enhance your experience at Kinks, @ South. I am working Christmas, come by and celebrate Christmas with me. ;-)

Understaffed but fun. It's all on a hill. was awful because I'm out of shape but awesome because I'm out of shape but it's super hard to do in flip flops regardless. Rides were fun had a simplicity that appealed to me. It's also very shady, which meant can get cold faster than in the sun but honestly I also liked that (especially as I wasn't actually cold)
The mountain coaster was great and the cable car was free with admission to water park.

Worst ski experience of my life. Waited 3 hours to get rentals. They ran out of rentals and oversold tickets. No one seemed sorry at all. Would love a refund but doubt they re that worried about customer satisfaction. Worst organization I ve ever experienced in my life. Bathrooms were disgusting. Couldn t even provide pens to fill out information. Honestly go anywhere else

This place is definitely going to go out of business way overpriced the food was below average the only thing they were concerned about was beer which was really that great apparently over there .The petting zoo for a little kids was way ridiculously small a couple Barnyard animals to pet wow shocking.. out of all the Fest I've seen this was the worst I've seen this year...

Great local place. Left Port Jefferson at 6 am, and got there by 7:40am. Very nice accommodations, and a great beginner- advanced mountain. Unless you prefer skiing Double Blacks all day, this is a great resort, not a long drive, and you'll have a great time. Stay at the Appalachian hotel, its right at the base of the lifts. They even have night skiing until 9 pm.

Usually get season passes here but this place is way too crowded nowadays

Best water park!!! The rides are not traditional slides because it is built on a mountain. I went on a Friday and the lines were 0-5mins which is great!! Super fun!! But not the best place for kids because the fun rides are kinda dangerous. I had a great time and I'm definitely coming back!

Looking for fun in the summer or winter?! this is the place

Best during the week. Busy on the weekends, try to get there early.

Here is a place that can be phenomenal but does not maximize all its facilities. If you are solely interested in skiing this place is OK. However, this place can do so much more. It has numerous empty shops that could enliven the place. They have a coffee shop that is an after thought that could be a great meeting spot. They don't have restaurants. It seems that the assume everybody is always on the slopes. I would go there just for the items I suggested if given the opportunity. Now I just pass by.

Nice place for beginners. The access is good and not to far from NY. PERFECT place for a day trip.

If you can get a discount on admission, then I'd say it's very worth it. For full price of $45.99 I'd expect more water rides. Avoid walking barefoot at the park. The walkways are very rough and should be smoothed out. You will set yourself up for torture walking barefoot because there are a lot of rocks and pebbles that you will step on. So buy water socks or wear your sneakers to each water ride and store them at the entrance of each ride. I was lucky enough to buy my tickets for $23.99 so I don't feel like I lost much. Not too many slides. The food is overly expensive as is expected from a theme park. You are better off having your lunch in your car to save money as you can enter and exit the park as you wish. When Mountain Creek first opened up it was the place to go. But now, it's not on top of my list of things to do. I took the kids, they seemed to enjoy it.

I've always been a big fan of Mountain Creek. It's the best mountain within a 2 hour drive of NYC. It's not as big as Bromley or Stratton but it's also not a 4 hour drive. It's probably comparable in size to Magic Mt. Not as gall or steap as Hunter. They do have good jumps and terrain parks. One small issue is it's easy to get stuck on the south side but that's just a matter of paying attention to the map. I also wish the main Vernon lift was seated rather than standing. I do give them credit for updating their pass system, the self scanning gates make things move quickly. All and all a good mountain near the city. It's also on the Max Pass which I buy every season.

Action Park. A resort with balcony rooms. Year round heated pool. Will be back. What more to say.

Fun ski resort. The worker on the mountain was very attentive and taught us the basics. He was also very encouraging.

This was my first time going so I kept falling but had a great time because of the light hearted atmosphere created by the workers and visitors.

Close to nyc Mountain Creek is a fun place to ski and mountain bike.

Not bad for a local place to go boarding. Hills are short and the lines are long. We need more snow

Pretty cool for my first try. They ran out of rental sizes early.

As a big skier myself, I honestly wasn't expecting much when I first came here as NJ skiing is usually not the best, but Mountain Creek surprised me. So no, not as good as Vermont, Utah, Colorado, etc. but very good for what it is.

I used to go to Mountain Creek every ski season and enjoy the place for the past few years. This season I bought 2 triple-play card for each, myself and two kids (6 cards in total). We were able to use the cards for couple of times but then, unfortunately, I was injured and was not able to use the other three cards at all. I called the place and asked them to get a credit so I could get new cards for next season instead of these cards. They didn't agree. Please be aware and don't purchase more than one card in advance. I'm disappointed by them for being so stiff and unwilling.

Such a great place the rooms are huge super clean staff is friendly and helpful different amounts of things to do and great quality food at the restaurants

First time snowboarding here. It was a little early in the season but there wasn t much powder. I m giving it 3 stars for the cost. I didn t plan on boarding so I didn t have snow pants. Rental was about 60 ish dollars for pants which is absolutely outrageous. Apart from that. I had a good time. There had an awesome green from the peak. Shouldn t go on weekends like any other resort, place gets packed packed

I can appreciate being cautious because of covid but this place did a HORRIBLE job communicating their lack of service and amenities upon check in. No housekeeping, no towels in our room, nothing to eat on or with in the kitchen, no chairs at the pool, no towels at the pool, nothing! This was the worst experience I have ever had. We went to Ocean City last month and it was amazing. I m so mad we booked this trip

Can be very busy and we arranged ski lessons for our children in December and if we are honest, we think that our children regressed after those lessons - though we assume the disorganization of the ski lessons and the quality of the lesson itself was down to it being early in the season and the staff had yet to get in to the routine.

Mountain Creek can take care of all of your needs including gear rental, though it feels very much like a factory line at times.

Water park was ok. Some rides were busy closed down for the summer and overall the number of good rides was relatively low

Great place to go riding. Close by. Food is expensive without a seasons pass. North is a good place to teach little ones, but south is smaller and easier to stay with a small group.

Wow! I don't know about you guys,but I herd people died here and that someone got stuck in one of the rides. Pore,pore people. It sounds horrible. Dose it open soon? If it dose,I hope nobody gets Hurt don't want to go there!!! Well maybe if it is better, I will. But not if it doesn't,I won't!

Not coming back until you do something about south parking lot. Not even an attempt at maintaining it

I ski at Mountain Creek in the winter and it's so cool!

Great park well designed but a lot of brake bumps and just feels like more maintenance and it would be great

Awesome mountain on the weekdays. Crowded on the weekends.

Really fun park has alot of different trails to ride definitely recommend

Wonderful day snowboarding during the Blizzard of '18!

I love Creek, grew up on it, seems pretty crowded nowadays. Terrain park is always different and fun.

Love the place, we had a great time, but the bathrooms

Did the zip line tour today with my group. Was OK. You take a gondola ride to the top of the mountain and then take 3 different zip lines.

Very fantastic place to enjoy outdoor activities with family and friends altogether.

I have been to Mountain Creek during the summer when only the water park is around.... The rides are very fun and creative. The only downside this place can have is that there is quite a walk between each ride. But overall quite a solid trip... BRING Sunscreen

Very nice venue. They have an adult swim every friday night this summer.

The staff was very friendly and helpful. Definitely a nice place day or night.

Great fun in the largest skiing lesson event. Coach Pat was very patient and friendly, really enjoyed our time there

Great place. Amenities are expensive but VERY nice. Trails are groomed nicely and offer a lot of variety.

A+

Awesome mountain with great slopes for intermediate and beginners. Very helpful staff.
The gear they rent is very good.
Loved it!!

You can get cheaper tickets online. For a small mountain, it's nice. Don't expect long runs and wide trails. This is NJ, not VT.

Admission was a pain but once we entered the park we had such a great time. I d give 5 stars if admission didn't take so long. Otherwise nice place to have some fun.

It's a very nice resort. I went for my company ski trip and it was a great time.

Making the best of the pandemic, Creek has plenty open and the best downhill in the area.

They did a great job renovating this resort over the past 5 years. As much as they charge for passes they put back into the resort.

Great place to ski/snowboard.

Well kept mtb features, well groomed trails, good price

Close to the city. Many trails and not as crowded as I thought would be.

For a mountain in New Jersey, they do an incredible job. Don't ever slow down on sojourn.

First time here. It's nice! I'm having fun. It's crowded of course. Get here early!

If you're looking for a true ski experience go to Vermont if you like crowded slopes and ice skating on ski this is your mountain.

Great place lots of fun. Long walk from parking lot

I went the other day and half the park was closed wasted my time going went on 3 slides that was it

Nice mountain. But, the ski rental process is a mess. Also, the green trails are pretty tough for beginners!

The WORST experience I ever had.
The website must ve been created twenty years ago (No shopping cart). The Snow-Tubing sessions are listed as a two-hour Session with either sold-out or how many available spots left. There is no shopping cart, which means that you have to buy one item at a time. For example, you buy Ski Lift tickets and must finish paying for them before buying any other item. I have 3 children, after I paid for an-ALL-DAY Ski tickets for myself and 2 kids I attempted to purchase the Snow-Tubing tickets for my Five-year old daughter and my wife, the website showed that there were 13 available tickets for a specific session but when I clicked on the button to purchase the next screen said that they were sold out, the same happened with other available sessions. I realized that there website is not up to date and not setup properly. Then I was STUCK, I can t go skiing without my wife and daughter. And I can t cancel the purchases. By the way, all the time spent purchasing the tickets on line and on the phone was a waste of time

I called to speak to a sales person to either have them sell me the Snow-Tubing tickets or cancel the purchases and not go. A very rude woman gets on the phone TELLING me that all sales are final no matter what, and the Snow-Tubing sessions have been sold out for a week. I know that I am not a psychic, so I put my foot down I gave her the two choices. After a bit of arguing, she agreed to sell me tickets for the Snow-Tubing.

My Family and I drove for an hour to get there; we arrive in front of the main building (North Building) at 12:30pm, There was a huge amount of traffic, bumper to bumper, to find no parking available, the Cops kept forcing us to go straight to the next parking lot where other Cops made us continue down the street to more Cops pushing us into a circle repeating the same process. Finally I realized that I must park on the side of a public street otherwise I would never get in. So we ended up parking a quarter of a mile down from the South building. We walked to the South building and walked in looking for help. There are no Signs, no Info Booth; it is now 1:30pm, all I saw was a very long line. Since there wasn t any staff to help I asked the people on the line for help, I was told that I also should get on the line to obtain the Passes and rentals. Over an hour passes to get to the sales person that tells me that I have just wasted another hour and 10 minutes (2:40pm), I should have went to the North building a mile down the road. To get to the North building you must get on a bus, thank God the same bus took my wife and little daughter to the Snow-Tubing. So my two kids and I arrived to the North Building (3:05pm) where we are told that we need to get on line to buy the lift passes and rentals, I will shorten the story a bit, we got on several lines, Check-in line, Ski Passes line, Boots Line, Skies line, poles line and finally stepped on the snow at around 4:30pm. We were tired from standing in line, hungry, thirsty.
(6:35pm) my wife calls and tells me that there is no more Snow-Tubing. Now we decided to go home. All rented equipment has to be returned because if they are not I would have to pay $300 per set. Walked to the drop off area for the skies and polls outside (Huge sign that says Skies/Polls Returns), the young man tells me that they no longer take them back outside and I should go downstairs inside and return them with the boots and helmets. I go on line to return the equipment where it says Boots and Helmets returns. 15 minutes later I am told that only boots and helmets are returned at that location and I have to go to another location to return the skies and polls. Here we go again, another 15 minutes wasted.
(7:40pm) we arrive to the South building and reunite with the rest of the family and head back to our car.
Please if you are thinking about going to Mountain Creek stop. Save your money and time. The amount of money I spent was over $500 to wait on line for FIVE hours and play for TWO hours.

Spent over two hours waiting in 5 different lines for our rental equipment even after buying tickets/rental ahead of time electronically. Trails were reasonably maintained considering the high temperatures for the day. Resort was crowded to the point of a traffic jam on the trails. Witnessed one bad collision that ended with people on stretchers as a result of the overcrowding. As a beginner skier I really wanted to like it here but sadly I will not be returning.

Certainly the worst ski resort I've ever been to (I've been to dozens). Crowds were ridiculous and the resort had no way is dealing with it. Line for a lift ticket was 2 hours at one point!

My princess had the best time. Looking forward to next summer

Cassandra in group bookings is amazing - unbelievably professional and courteous. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and made booking an easy and relaxed experience. She is a huge asset to mountain creek!!! Thank you again for everything!

Beautiful place nice people only a Hispanic fat man servings food he is very bad man, I asked him to give me some more vegetables and he said no no no don't give her more. I'm recomend this place go there to have fun nice adventure..

Had so much fun was abkento get in all the rides and it was good to spend with family

Super awesome place. Very comfortable and super afordable prices.

This is a Mostly fun places for skiing and snow tubing if you have a chance to go with your family vacation. I've suggested this place to my friends. They all love this place.

Not much to do , people are very nice , workers helpfull and friendly, but the prices on refreshments are excessive!!

Facility is nice, but the busy crowds are not. It's a good place to go to for a quick day or night snowboarding due to its proximity to NYC.

The roads are Rocky and if u don't were shoes when walking around you can get blisters on your feet, some parts have "stairs" that are literally just carved bolders which are uneven and easy to loose your footing on. The body slides hurt and on one of the rides you have to wear a football helmet because if not you would probably get a concussion. But if you like horrible water parks have fun!

I forgot my phone so I didn't get any pictures and I did like some of the water slides which is why I didn't give it one star.

Decent ski mountain for the novice but short slopes making you continually be on chair lifts. In the afternoon many buses come with school kids and it gets a bit crazy

First visit as our skiing twins wanted to try it. Pretty bad conditions...a slush fest with ground appearing in spots. Very nice lodge but did not try any food. Have own equipment so not sure what rental process is like. Nice gas fire on the patio. Free parking is a bit of a hike to the ticket window and lodge. Overall impression was that the layout felt a bit disjointed with lifts being so far apart from each other.

They issue scan cards that you just put in a pocket on your left side of your body And it scans as you walk through entrance to lift. Weird at first but worked well.

Best room accommodations for sleep and great resort to shred the slopes. TV room units are outdated. However everyone is too busy to be using time more than just to monitor the weather

The slopes were good, wide variety of difficulties for a smaller mountain. Was a little frustrated with the front desk, they wouldn't allow my son into their group lessons because he was too young, despite that he had been in their group lessons before and was at a skill level higher than most of their other kids.

Amazing atmosphere, great views and quality service. A great getaway.

We had a good time for the most part but there were some unruly guests who kept going down when they should not have been which made it dangerous for other people tubing. The staff tried to correct the situation but unfortunately they we're unable to. It would have been nice if they asked the rude guests to leave after they repeatedly kept breaking the rules.