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Reviews for Holiday Valley
Total (3.3)
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Could be huge mountain of ice on bad days. Not groomed well, when we were there over the weekend.
Jack
Very solid mountain with some challenging terrain, but mostly intermediate and beginner stuff. Near multiple major cities, so easy to fly in.
Goofy Goober
As of early Jan. 2025, Eagle and Spruce lake lifts are closed, but most runs are open
Ben
Holiday Valley is a great place to ski with your family. A great place to learn with their four different beginner trails and three different lifts. The high-speed lifts are so nice to use. And the ultimate white pass is a great value. I love the Glades there as well. The only thing going against it is the vertical of the mountain. Snowmaking system is state of the art and groomers. Do a decent job.
Hugh Janus
Please see the above "pros and cons".
Lewis Carran
I haven't been to Holiday Valley n 40 years. Growing up in Cleveland, we thought Ellicottville was n the heart of the Rookies.
We (myself n six Brothers) LOVED Holiday Valley. We'd bomb up n down Champagne and Yodler all day long. We learned to become good skiers there.
We've all moved on to skiing out West being were all out of the area but pound for pound Holiday Valley stands up to any ski joint.
Kathryn
Wonderful hours and availability. Does a great job with snow no matter what weather brings. Great place to learn and prepare for bigger mountains, or just spend all season. Easy access from Buffalo, etc.
Bill Towers
Wish they would create safe and properly built terrain features on a downhill slope instead of the flat surface and dangerous setups currently up.
D Robinson
Amazing size, great amount of acreage for East Coast, extremely family friendly, tons of different types of trails/runs, efficiently run resort and night skiing as a bonus
Anonymous
Holiday Valley is a great place to ski if you live in the Buffalo,. NY area. The resort does a great job at creating a fun place to ski by squeezing as much use as possible out of the limited space and virtical drops they have to work with.
What Holiday Valley needs to work on is grooming and enforcing safety. Trails are often sloppy with piles of snow and uneven terrain. On warm days the terrain smooths out but large patches of ice start to become an issue. Enforcement of safety needs to be stepped up as there has been an increase in collisions and close calls due to some skiers/snowboarders bombing down intermediate and beginner slopes at unsafe speeds. These issues detract from what could be a great on piste experience.
Holiday Mountain Ops if you are reading this please consider grooming the trails more regularly and if possible shut down some of the high traffic slopes mid day to reset and lay some fresh corduroy. Maybe around 3pm right before day skiing switches to night skiing.
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