No Posers here! I love Brian Head!
I've had it with the Ski posers, you know they have the most expensive stuff and every label showing "I winter in Aspen or The only place to ski is"...GIVE ME A BREAK!

Now let me just say Brian Head has money but no one is pushing it in your face.

Brian Head Resort is pure love of snow, the staff are GREAT they smile and truly want to share their love of skiing. I have needed help from the repair guys, the medical staff, Ticket sellers (oops I put my ticket on my coat and now I'm hot Mommy) and EVERY single staff member has helped with a SMILE.

You don't even have to be a skier/snowboarder to enjoy Brian Head Resort they have a whole HUGE side of a hill to TUBE!! (Come on I know that brought a smile to your face)

The Local Shops are a pure treat of small town values and not trying to gouge you at every turn. Resturants are all very good in town and on the slopes.

I have spent 3 weeks total in Brian Head 1 week at a time, I've never been board.

Brian Head is every ski bums dream....shhhhh

We love Brian Head. There was a time in my life where skiing runs that I wondered if I would live thru, not to mention moguls that left my knees aching and thighs burning followed by long evenings of alpine frolic was absolutely my cup of tea; however those days are at least two weeks (and at least one child) behind me. That being said, Brian Head is a fabulous family resort. No, there isn't anywhere to dance and drink your night away, but for are you forgetting you are in Utah??

The conditions are very consistent. It is an unusual year when we don't see more than 400" of snow, and its the light, powdery, high altitude stuff that is soooo nice to ski in. Where else can you wake up each day to 6-12" of new snow each morning, and for at least your first few runs, ski thru your own tracks over and over again without hoards of people around. If you have small kids, since it doesn't seem to attract too many "hot doggers" you don't have to worry so much about anyone dismembering your kids on the hill either. Season passes are under $1000 for a family of 3, with unlimited use; its a heck of a deal!!

No it isn't a huge resort disproportionately filled with black diamond runs, but like many if not most other adults on the hill, when the weekend is over, we have to go back to work, and actually rely on coming home intact to continue making the mortgage, etc. With the new interconnect going in (which will be operational very very shortly, hooray!!), there will be improved access and more advanced terrain available for those maniacs who still want that craziness ;).

If you are looking for late nights, serious liver arobics, and bone crushing moguls, then maybe Brian Head isn't your mountain. But if you are looking for a great resort that is reasonably priced, with virtually non-existant lift lines, decent food, friendly, consistent staff you see year after year, where your kids are pretty safe and you can have a great time and count on snow, then Brian head is a pretty good option. See you on the mountain!!

Drove many hours from Phoenix to Brian Head. First day, they closed the place down at about 10:30 a.m. because of a little wind. Had two runs in. They would not give a refund, discount, a ticket for another day, nothing. That's the last time I'll ever consider Brian Head. The ski area was too small, anyway.

OK...after reading some of these reviews I felt it was necessary to give a more "balanced" opinion of BrianHead skiing.

1st of all-the nightlife. I have been a regular at Stuart's Bar (AKA Cedar Breaks Lodge) for over 12 years and they "always remember my name." Most of the time I am surprised with Live rock music from awesome local musicians and the great friendships that endure in that place from year to year. Granted, it's THE only nightlife on the mountain but the atmosphere, service, friendliness and low prices go a long way with me. I love the place and the food is 2nd to none. It's better than any place that I have found in Vegas!

2nd-the skiing. I ski to make turns. And I love light, dry, powder up to my waist and sunny days. Case closed! I've been skiing BH for over 30 years and can't remember seeing any of you reviewer's flying down Engens as if it was "not advanced enough" for you. I've skiied all over the West and plenty of times at Mammoth on beatiful "cornice jumping" days. And I still haven't found a more challenging and exhilerating run as shooting Giant Steps from top to bottom down Engens 1 and 2. All three of my kids learned to ski/snowboard at BH and there is no doubt that it's a great family mountain, but I want to know where you more "advanced" skiers are who are not challenged by the terrain at BH? I suggest that you venture over to Stuart's Bar with your complaints and challenge one of the locals to a Ski-Off. I suspect that you'll change your tune after falling head-over-tea-kettle trying to out-ski/board a local at BH. Did you know there were TWO mountains at BH? :-)...lol

As a veteran BH skiier, my only complaint is the management. Henry Hornberger is the GM and has done a terrific job of alienating skiers/snowboarders away from BH. He's a bean-counter, not a skier and he doesn't have a clue how to run a mountain. He hires Nazi trained managers who care more about "putting feathers in their own caps" than providing a pleasurable experience for customers. Lift line management is a joke...good thing the numbers of skiiers is down! The only reason the slopes are so well-groomed is because those groomers were employed before Henry ever showed up and they work a different shift than him.

Pray for snow and get rid of Henry is my motto. I'm going up this Thursday to 12" of new snow (forcast) and sunny sky's. Yeeaahhhh!!!

My family and I have been skiing BH for 15 years. My 2 kids as toddlers had their own mountain(Navajo), lessons, rental, daycare, the works. The grownups ski Giant steps. BH is not a big resort, but it has something for everyone. My measure of a successful skiing experience is not how many runs you make or your mileage, but how big of a smile is on your face at the end of the day. I learned skiing at Mammoth, and have skied Tahoe, Sun Valley and Salt Lake as well. Our biggest smiles come at Brian Head. With the resort base at 9000 ft, the snow is great, easy to ski. A wonderful, relaxed experience. Although the trees are gone to the Pine Bark beetle, waking up and playing in the mountains is what I seek and why I go. Nightlife is family, food and get the gear ready for tomorrow. WAHOO !!! We leave in 3 days for BH.

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