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Reviews for Powder Mountain
Total (3.4)
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I love this place. Customer service is the best... Full Review
Nancy Brown
On April 1, 2022, my husband and I had the privilege of enjoying military day at PowMow. Best ski day ever! Blue skies, beautiful views, many wide and long trails. The snow stayed consistent throughout the day. Even better was "The Dan and Andy Show" Haha! Best Hosts ever! I laughed so hard that day. We went on runs that I wouldn't have tried had they not guided me. Thanks, guys!... Full Review
Cecily Alexander
Powder Mountain is a hidden treasure and this winter was my fifth year at Powder. For 4 of those years we have skied and been guided to the best hills and conditions by your hosts. What a wonderful discovery. Andy Schuster has been the organizer of this amazing experience. We are from Canada, Andy has named us "Team Canada" It is a girls trip. This year we came with 7 girls, we call ourselves the "Sistas" Andy knew we were coming and contacted us before we came and set up a time to meet at the Yurt. The 4 hosts have become our friends and we look forward to skiing with them every year and catching up on their families in addition to having amazing guided tours of the vast terrain. The four nain skiers call themselves the ADHD group. They are Andy, Dan, Hank Nelson Abbott and Doug. They all came out on different days to ski with us. We had an even bigger treat when Andy brought his Go Pro out and videotaped us, what a treat to post on Facebook so all could see the amazing mountain at Powder ... Full Review
Allen Thomas
First time at Powder Mountain with a learner, and intermediate and an expert. Dave S met us and volunteered to show us the mountain and did so with expertise, stories, good humor and a real love of this wonderful mountain. We had just been to Park City for several days during this season of little natural snow and found little but hard pack man made snow and near icy conditions. Powder Mountain had a very good cover of all natural, well groomed natural snow snd great condos. A great day of skiing. Thank you Dave S!... Full Review
Daz H
We visited UT right in the middle of a 1 month snow drought.
Pow Mow had excellent grooming despite little snow, so big kudos to their Groomer team for working hard to keep it in really great condition (In comparison, the Cottonwood resorts were down to rock on some groomers and still over crowded & overpriced. Epic fail. Snowbasin had slightly better coverage than cottonwoods, but the grooming was average).
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Mark Greenstein
I’ve skied at 119 resorts, and PowMow is best for the aspects I care about: more terrain, lots of trees, few people, high-enough snowfalls, and light snow.
I will be a Mountain Host 2x a week next season, and will spend the whole of March slopeside (ski-in, walk-out). You can also get me, Julie, Loel, Dave, or Emily to guide you inexpensively into snowy tree, trail, and open bowl skiing that will contend for “best ski day ever”. You can lodge in Ogden, at the base of PowMow in Eden or Huntsville, or slopeside (elevation 7,300). More is at Up Top Alpine Hospitality, the site that helps skiers/boarders with lodging and guided tours in the Rockies, especially Utah.
Even on weekend afternoons, a single rider and just one other human in sight is a common occurrence on many of the 8400 acres at PowMow. For comparison:
Acreage at Powder Mountain, Utah, exceeds those of the combined FOUR major resorts in Utah’s “Cottonwoods”: Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude.
Acreage exceeds these combined four resorts in Colorado: Aspen, Beaver Creek, Steamboat, and Telluride.
If comparing to Vermont, well the famous four “S” resorts there, Sugarbush, Stratton, Stowe, and Mount Snow combined are less than one third of Powder Mountain’s acreage. Indeed the skiable area of ALL 17 public resorts in VT, including Killington, could fit inside Powder Mountain’s skiable terrain.
And PowMow’s skiable acreage is well larger than Whistler-Blackcomb’s. Canadian resorts are allowed to report “acreage” as anything in-bounds, even if the terrain is unski-able tight trees. Take that away from Whistler-Blackcomb and it’s 2/3 its reported size for actual skiing. (Yes, I’ve made a diligent comparison.)
And so…the powder lasts longer here. I’m now a host and some-time guide at Powder Mountain. If you join me within 4 days of a snowfall, I promise to take you to powdery turns, in-bounds, on parts of every run.
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Casey
No crowds and relatively cheap day tickets were a big appeal of Pow Mow. Fortunately for us we go about 6" of fresh pow to play in as well, which is what they advertise themselves on.
Now for my honest opinion. Pow Mow is probably an awesome mountain if you're a beginner or intermediate. However if you consider yourself more advanced, they really didn't have too much expert runs or challenging terrain. At least that was accessible from the lifts. Perhaps if you pay for the Cat or are willing to hike a lot more then it can be found. Which brings me to my next point. The mountain itself is laid out kind of weird. There are a lot of just straight up flat spots, which actually sucks on a pow day. Got stuck a few times. The resort is massive but its not easily accessible. They could really benefit from some additional NEW lifts to access more terrain. And the lifts they do have are dated and quite slow. If you're looking for a nice lodge to chill in or some apres this definitely isn't the place either.
I still had fun but would rather ride other Utah resorts before this one. However if value, intermediate terrain, and no crowds are your thing then you may enjoy pow mow more than me.
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Chris Daggett
love this place, so tired of the crowds at the other resorts. Tons of terrain, not sure on expert slopes, skiing with my son, so couldn't hunt those scary stuff out. 3 days after a dump and still had powder runs.....unbelievable... Full Review
Walter von P
We had a killer all-day guided snowboarding session our first day on the mountain with Josh Phillips. He’s very laid back and was quickly able to figure out our ability levels and then tailor the day’s adventure accordingly. Josh gave us an adventure to remember, sharing some of his secret powder stashes and keeping us safe in the process.
My two teens and I had a blast. Josh is a great guide and has the same sweet laid-back vibe of the people at Powder Mountain as a whole. The place is special, for sure.... Full Review
Our guide Josh Phillips was great! He showed us the best trails and powder spots. Would highly recommend! ... Full Review
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