Whitetail Ridge Ski Area — Attraction in Town of Lafayette

This is a smaller ski hill with 2-3 runs and usually has 1-3 terrain features. It is perfect if you are a beginner and a great tune-up for bigger hills. A high intermediate/low advanced skier would probably still find it fun, but be advised that these runs are not long. Maybe 20-40 seconds going down. There are no ski lifts, only a T-bar that pulls you up the hill. Fortunately, the line is never that long. They offer private lessons and have awesome instructors. The season pass makes this place super affordable!

They also offer tubing! They usually have 7 lanes and a "magic carpet" that you ride up to the top. They usually run a special (once a month?) where your child can bring in their report card, and if they had at least one A, they can tube for free. They do have a rule that you can't have a child sit in your lap going down. They have to be in their own tube, so keep that in mind if you're thinking about bringing your child and you're not comfortable with them riding down alone.

Overall 5/5 with...

Magic carpet lift to top was broken to the point it took almost 15 minutes to get to the top of the tube hill. Very unfortunate. I would recommend calling ahead to see if it's working at full capacity. I would not waste your time if it's not. To make the ride up even worse, you have to stand the whole time separated by fifteen feet so you cannot even talk with the people your with ( music also playing....doesn't help) .....disappointing adventure.

7/27/20 I should have updated this last winter. My apologies. Magic carpet has been sped up. Last winter we gave it another shot and it was better. Super fast hill for tubing. Ski hill doesn't look like much but the best that can be...

We were there for a day with the kids. Rented the tubes and went to the slopes. You would think this would be save but no. We went on the two tracks on the right side when looking down from the hill, going down the track was ok but the end was not finished good and we went out of the designated track in to the ditch and nearly missed an electrical pole with my kid at a high speed. The scary part was that I couldn't stop and you really on how the people designed the tracks. Happened to almost all the people. The poll had no impact protect device on it so I grabbed one tire and tied it...