Red Mountain Resort Alpine/Downhill Resorts Resort (Are you this resort?)
General Comments/Likes
Ok, really, the only thing that is important about any mountain, in my opinion is the terrain, the snow, the skiing, and anything that adds to or detracts from any of those things. Accordingly, I neither pay attention to such things as “area shopping” or “quality of on-mountain dining” or ever even participate in those activities. If I have time for lunch, I bring it in a backpack and stash it underneath a tree, then grab it and eat it on a lift. My goal at any ski area is to be so thrashed at the end of the day, that all I want to do is eat dinner and go to bed. Under that standard, Red succeeds like very few places. Sure, the lifts are old and slow – so what? You need a break, anyway. The terrain is, in a word, as superlative as any other place on the continent. It is as steep and dangerous as anything, anywhere. Beautiful, adrenaline-inducing terrain. If you can’t find something there that scares ya’, you haven’t looked hard enough. I love, love, love this place.
Dislikes
OK, one minor quibble – when I was last there a couple of years ago, they closed the lifts at 3:15 – that is a little early in my book.
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powderoyabun
11/21/2009 04:11AM
I agree, Red is a real “skiers” mountain. My cousin and I spent two weeks staying at the Red Mountain Motel, no hot tub, no kitchenette, just an eight-foot high snow drift we hollowed out into our fridge (Kokanees were CHEAP!), cold cuts and pizza for cuisine and those were two of the best weeks of my life. Beer Belly and Campodia!