Mt. Ashland Ski Area — Attraction in Ashland

This is a great place to go for family time, need to let off some steam by yourself or even on a date!!! The service and staff are always wonderful, very helpful and knowledgeable. They do offer private lessons and classes for skiing or snowboarding, the pricing is very reasonable and worth it. If you are new and want to learn please do not just head out and try to teach yourself on the mountain, inexperienced and untrained riders put themselves and others at risk by doing this take a class and keep the mountain safe for everyone to enjoy!!! My son and I had his first 1 hr private lesson together a few years ago, we bought him gear and lessons for Christmas because he wanted to learn to snowboard. The young man that we were assigned for our lesson was incredible, he was polite, patient, very knowledgeable and a very good teacher. My fiance has been snowboarding his entire life but was surprised to learn a few new tricks and tips from our teacher. They have options for everyone, hills available for people that are novice or experienced, skiing and snowboarding, all are welcome. They do have yearly memberships/ season passes that are a great option if you end up going more than a couple times in a season, plus you help support the resort to ensure we can continue to enjoy it for many years to come. They have a full service lodge that looks out over the bunny hill, it's fun to eat and watch the kids and new riders getting lessons. At the ski shop you can rent all gear needed for either skiing or snowboarding.They have certain items in the shop you can buy in case you forget something at home like gloves, scarf or goggles.. The lodge will host live music and special events all season long, just check the website. Also on the website, don't forget to check out the live camera feed to check conditions, you get a great view from many different points of the mountain, it's also just fun to just watch the people out enjoying the ride!! Thank you to Mt Ashland owners, supporters and staff for the dedication to continuing to providing the community with such a beautiful and...

Got to go skiing here for the first time yesterday.

Strong Points of the Resort Great variety of advanced skiing terrain. You want chutes, drops, moguls, steeps, trees? This place has plenty of those.

The lifts are old school (nostalgic for me). They have two doubles and two triples, but the doubles are the longest lifts serving the most terrain.

Slopes are north eastern facing. Snow holds up pretty well. I imagine later in the year there's great spring skiing without too much mashed potatoes as the elevation is a bit higher.

Ashland is nearby with a lot of good restaurants and hotels due to the summer Shakespeare festival.

Higher elevation so not quite as much as rain in early season as other PNW resorts.

Good views of Mt. Shasta and Aspen Butte.

Lodge is cute and has a unique layout with 3 different levels.

Locals are friendly (except for the teens) and love their mountain and are happy to talk about it the and give advice.

Weak Points.

Not as much snow as other PNW resorts Some of the lifts are so low they almost pinched my boots, especially the triple chair Comer lift. I tried to book two separate lessons for me and my partner (had email confirmation) but they only had one instructor for us to share. Not a good variety of beginner, advanced beginner or weak intermediate runs. No problem for me, but I have an eye out for teaching my kiddos still (7, 10, and 12). If you are just perfecting your Christie turns or starting on parallel, you'll find much of the mountain too steep for you. Just ski Juliet (it's a fun run but pretty short at about .5 miles) until it gets boring, then work your way over to Romeo and ski that until you have it down before you go any of the other blues which at times cross 30 degrees. Food was pretty good...

Mt. Ashland is charming and cozy, which means it is hard to love and if the Rogue Valley is your home it's your only choice within a reasonably close distance.

The runs are steep which makes for a quick trip back to the dreadfully slow chair lifts but you'll find hidden gems around the mountain that are worth hitting over and over.

A decent freestyle park has been thoughtfully put together that offers challenge for any level.

Recent renovations to the lodge restore some original structures and provide additional space but while fixing the long lines at the kitchen have created absurdly long delays at the ticket counter, now doubling as the rental shop. It took 45 minutes to purchase 2 lift tickets. Sorry, unacceptable.

There seems to be no floor manager in the lodge and a significant lack of cohesion with the staff. The coffee shop can't serve product from the counter in the same area and no one knows why there are no coffee cups available after you've already paid.

With that, you still have to check it out. With the slushy sunny days or the shear ice on the commonly windy days, there's so many cool smiles from not only the staff working their ass off but the whole friendly community that stands behind the...