Greek Peak Mountain Resort

This year was my first time skiing here. The Monday deal is great, $29 after fees for the evening. It certainly makes skiing more enjoyable when the lift pass doesn't break the bank. The trails were lit up well at night and the lifts were running efficiently. Will definitely be back!

Review of Nor'easter Mountain Coaster: Fun mountain coaster that's open year-round. Got to do this one in the snow, which was great minus a little windburn on my face (bring gloves!). Decent pricing, friendly staff, and scenic views make for one great time.

We stayed at Greek Peak for Land Rover's 75th anniversary celebration. I have to say, compared to another ski resort we've stayed at, this one was much better.

Our room had a queen bed and pull out sofa bed with a fully equip kitchen. It felt clean and we had a nice big balcony with table and chairs.

There were only two restaurant options and a little Waffle Shack opened daily. The hotel had a nice heated pool and hot tub. I actually thought it was better than paying for the indoor water park where the water was cold. My kids enjoyed the wave pool but they were too little to do any of the big slides. Water park tickets were worth it for the kids but if I was on an adult only trip, I wouldn't pay for the water park. The hotel pool was the better option in my opinion.

The resort had an adventure center with zip lines, mountain coaster, and other climbing activities. We only took advantage of the mountain coaster. There was also an arcade connected to the indoor pool. The kids enjoyed the arcade and it was pretty inexpensive to buy tickets for the games.

We went there for the NYOA Ditch Banger. The parking was absolutely ridiculous. We were sent way back into a poorly maintained pathway, by their wide open field camping area, to a field for parking. We then had to walk a long distance to get to the mountain and there was no direct path to get there, leaving us to walk thru tall weeds where one of the members of our group ended up with a tick on them.
It's $20 per person to observe the race. But don't expect to see a ton, since the racing is all over the mountain.
Their main lift is open for Sky tours. That is $12 per person. Thankfully my 6 year old was free.
There was a live band playing on the deck at Trax. They had a food truck and some other food and drink things open as well.
I'm deducting a star because of the parking. Last year they had us park on the hills by the lodge and that was a little less bad. This year felt like disorganized chaos.

Love it here!! They do a fantastic job grooming the trails, the snow here is so nice, best grooming I've seen in this area so far! their equipment is well maintained. They have an amazing variety of hills for all levels, so great for families and a variety of skill levels! Staff is nice. It's big and has a lot to offer. We love coming here!

Really love this ski resort!! The staff is so friendly and kind from ticketing, to ski shop, to ski patrol - all very lovely humans. The facility has everything you could need for a great time skiing. Prices are fair and, at least when we went, it was not overcrowded. For a while we had a slope to ourselves. Great resort! Will absolutely be back!

I stayed at Greek Peak this weekend for a wedding that was held on the resort property, so it was really the only option. Even if it hadn't been the only option, it was a totally fine stay with some fun amenities!

Overall, the staff seemed super overwhelmed and disorganized--I think there were four weddings held there this weekend--so several guests (ourselves included) didn't get the rooms we'd booked, and a couple had to sleep on the floor. It was fun to have an alpine slide and water park on the property, and it's just a short drive to Ithaca, so there were a mole activities during the down time before the main event. The bed was super firm and the pillows were lumpy so if you can bring your own pillow I'd recommend it.

I could see this being a great little getaway for a family with kids--winter or summer! As an adult, I personally wouldn't have chosen to come here or recommend coming back to other adults as a vacation, but it was a cute wedding venue and the post-party water park was unique and fun!

Of the multiple resorts that I've been to the rental experience was aggravating to a point that I would rather have left then endured. the experience at the custom boot fitting line took 35 minutes for them to give me a boot that was a few sizes too small, the only other options were booths that were or 3 sizes too big. (I am an adult woman's size 7 and went out on a 6.5 boot. Only other option was a size 10 women) It took so much longer than a rental experience at perfect north In Indiana where I have a season pass. My expectations were higher since NY has "better snow" and more traffic than I would expect for a small resort in Indiana. I paid multiple hundreds of dollars to have my toes crushed during non-peak hours and to get a board size That technically wasn't the best for my stature or weight class. Will not return.

A solid sized mountain with a good local crowd and busy in holidays. The muddy lot is a challenge, but the lodge has a ski store, restaurant, a couple ticket windows, bathrooms and lockers. I recommend that you drop off at the entry and then park (it's a long soggy walk even on a cold day).

Some lifts don't open early and not at all on other days, so look online for status and go from there. Greens vary in difficulty, some are closer to easy blues in an icy day. There are some long flat zones after lifts or areas where I think better design would be good. Vision Express is a fast quad lift. Lift 5 in the back is often emptier. The blues and blacks are about the same difficulty according to more advanced skiiers.

Ski resorts are usually rated by their vertical drop (peak to base) and Greek Peak's 952' in the Finger Lakes region is on the small side, on par with ski mountains in the Poconos and about 1/2 or less of the resorts further east. I usually don't go skiing early in the season after Christmas due to lack of snow, but the opportunity from last week's snow storm came, so we drove up from the City. We reserved a hotel room, ordered lift tickets online, arrived the night before and hit the slopes in the morning. It never got too crowded during the day, so I was happy about that.

We got lucky getting a decent parking spot, arriving at 9am, with a short walk to the lifts after changing into our gear in the car. The initial snow report was 12 out of 56 trails open and 2 out of 6 lifts, but things got better as the day progressed and they opened a couple of more lifts. The main quad person lift (#1A) is not a detachable chair like at bigger resorts, but has an interesting conveyor belt to help you load without slowing down the cable. Our initial 2 runs had no waiting, but then ski school started and the lift lines built up. Management realized this and smartly opened up double chair lift #1 and the lines disappeared the whole day.

Many of the outlying trails were closed but the main ones were open. I was disappointed that the east side was closed, so we stayed on the front face. We warmed up on the easy greens, Karyatis, East Meadows, Platonic. Then moved to the blue cruisers, Elysian Fields, Stoic, Trojan and tried out a black trail, Iliad. Most of the black trails were closed due to thin snow coverage, but they should be better as the season progresses. After 10 runs in the morning and 2 more after lunch, I was pooped. I'll just wait in the lodge with my hot chocolate until they kick the kids off the mountain. A return trip might be in the cards.