I usually ski at a large resorts further north in Vermont, but this year for presidents day weekend I was with a mixed group of 4 skiers and I was hesitant to deal with the Holiday weekend crowds in VT. We found Berkshire east a charming oldtime mellow heaven. The snow conditions were excellent, and there were no crowds and very short (less that a minute) liftlines. I don't agree that they lie about the vertical, it's there, it's just that the base is low and the top isn't very high, but they have an awesome snowmaking system and a good water supply. We had lovely tree lined trails all to ourselves. There are long easy runs as well as steeper runs too. The really challenign terrain is there, but the snow hs to be good and you have to know where to look (it's on the map). The price of rentals and lift tix was excellent as was the local draft beer at the bar at the end of the day. This resort has no condos and no on mountain hotel or "pedestrian village" so that keeps the crowds down and the skiing the way it used to be, except better!

Great Mountain with great terrain, including some steep glades(if ever Open), and verious groomed expert and natural terrain(if ever open) off the dimond express double(if ever open, and its not really an express lift) Negatives: the resort is old, not like charming old just old lifts,and loges and other various buildings need upgrade and im not a big fan of them calling there old double an express its not a detauble new lift dont let the website fool you and it is very old and kind of slow as mentioned below bershire east is no beautiful charming resort but its great for expert skiers who dont want to go all the way to vermont to ski some great steep glades and trails, if they ever get snow which is not very often. As mentioned bellow bershire east is a skiers mountain wouldent recomment taking the family unless the whole family skies

A skier's mountain. Worth the trip if you don't feel like driving to VT or further north and no lines