Snowshoe Mountain Resort Reviews

• Overall Rating 4
• Family Friendly 5
• Downhill Terrain 4
• Terrain Park
• Nightlife

Date Visited: Feb, 2008

0 out of 0 users found this review helpful.

Full review

We arrived on Thursday February 21st in time to check in, build a fire, get unloaded and get some sleep so we could be on the slopes first thing Friday morning. Our departure schedule for Saturday the 23rd (2 days 2 nights).

The drive up wasn't bad, we did prepare by bringing chains since snow/ice was forecasted. HWY 219 is windy & full of curves, but no worse than here in the mountains of E. Tenn. We didn't need chains however I could see that could've easily changed.

Checked in at 10pm at Top of the World, the mountains was unbelievably foggy so it was a slow navigation around the village. Checkin was easy, got our keys, off to find the Shamrock Complex where we reserved a 2 bedroom "Bronze" class accommodations. Fully equipped with a woodburning fireplace, it was "rustic" to say the least. It was adequate, and although somewhere else this would be easily overpriced, but here I think it was reasonable. We had 2 bedrooms, 2 baths a well equipped kitchen which saved us hundreds in dining out costs, and the fireplace was really great. A dryer in the unit really made it even better, so well worth the price. Not to mention that it was quite, unlike in the "village" center, and we had a private trail to the slopes at the end of the parking lot... very fun.

I really enjoyed skiing Snowshoe, the trails were fun & reminded me of the new england area on some level. The snow was good, recently had 6" of fresh powder fall, the slopes are wide, high speed detachable quads make for more skiing than riding, which is always good.

Saturday was really crowded at Snowshoe & only so so at Silver Creek. We visited both areas both days, Silver Creek by Shuttle, and both were nice. I didn't ski any of the available diamonds while I was there but I did enjoy all the blues they had. The western territory is beyond my skill set at this point, so no report on that one.

I have long wondered why they use a DEER as their logo, but it was only hours into my visit when I realized why. There were deer everywhere. We passed a group on our way through the Shamrock trail, where they observed us and we waited silently for them to do something. It was really nice, and then they were at our back porch at the unit. Really nice.

I did NOT visit the village, I have no interest in any of that stuff. We brought our own groceries and if we weren't skiing, we were sleeping or eating in front of the fire.