Bad experience all the way through. The prices went through the roof since Vail took over, so you spent a lot of money to go up the mountain, just to find out that they commercialized the whole area. So instead of having one camp and one open area, pretty much all of it is part of camps now and only a very small area is public. This is what you find out after a 1 hr gondola/shuttle bus/chair ride, that you can't start until 11 am, which is also when the glacier opens, so you automatically lose 1 hr of your expensive day (closes at 3 pm so you got 3 hrs). Also, you face badly trained staff that doesn't really seem to know how to handle the situation and gives out wrong...
Read moreThe Horstman Glacier near Blackcomb peak is perpetually covered with snow through the year and one can visit even in summer for a good skiing experience. We took the chair lift up to the Horstman Hut from 7th Heaven, and the ride up was freezing cold when we visited in June 2019. We saw some kids enjoying and...
Read moreAmazing. Truly remarkable. Skiing up around here was fantastic. It’s even better when the views are...
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