I went for the day on 01/14/2007. To my delight there were 8 runs open and 4 lifts operating. Conditions were Spring like considering the weather of late. I did not expect anything. The snow crew does a wonderful job with their snow making and grooming. There is plenty of terraine to hone skills on and vertical runs around 1000'. I passed the resort up for years and then discovered it last season as it is 37 miles from my house. I have skied since 1973, spent 7 years full time on the slopes in Alaska and Michigan, chased around major resorts on three continents and find that most of them are a series of interconnecting runs and trails. You push around until you find terrain that suits you and then work it. Whitetail certainly fills that bill. Buy an Advantage Cards and do nights and weekdays.

Perfect for begginer families, although not too great for the experts.

I live about thirty minutes south of DC, and can get to Whitetail in about an hour and a half. Not a bad little place although it does get crowded on weekends. The Whitetail staff does a good job of keeping the slopes groomed although on a busy weekend, the more popular trails can be completely overrun by minimoguls by midday, and things can get a little icy at night. Not bad at for a day trip, but when I manage to hit the road early enough I'll usually drive right past Whitetail and head to Wisp instead.

This mole hill is quite laughable. I can't believe the reviews. The best closest to DC? It's the only resort closest to DC so I guess that title could go to anyone.

If you like paying $51 for 31 second runs, and hitting 4 trails for 4 hours... This is your resort. The snowboard park is rutted out, they put the park on flat hill so you can't get any speed to hit the jumps. The rails are all ride-on. It's crowded, and the main run gets mogeled out after two hours. Don't bother wasting your money on an 8 hour pass for $4 more. You'll be bored after 10 minutes. You should ask if they have a one hour flex pass for $10.

Oh and if you bring a group, other resorts discount 30-50%. Not here. You get $5 off. They've raised lift ticket prices without adding any more offerings, so if you want to play frogger on mashed potatoes, this hill is just for you. Just be sure to shell out $51 for four hours, and $40 for just boot rentals (my friend had to rent snowboard boots). She ended up buying a new pair for $120.

The whole mountain is a gyp. Go somewhere else. Wisp is only 2.5 hours from DC and Seven Springs is about the same. I'd say the extra hour of driving is well worth it, and it costs the same.

"Nothing close comes close" rings true for Whitetail Ski Resort. Whitetail is a day trip ski resort for the Washington / Baltimore area. You get 935 vertical feet, a high speed quad & a terain park. With the high speed quad you can easily ski 40,000 + vertical feet in a day.