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Reviews for Soda Springs
Total (2.5)
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Standing in line for prepaid rental gear for an hour. Place is so disorganized. Should have two lines for rentals. Never waited this long for rentals in my life. Day almost half over and haven’t gotten on snow yet. Probably won’t come back. Do yourself a favor and stop at rental place before you turn onto Soda Springs. Save yourself 2 hours
Barry Zhang
It’s pretty good for kids and beginners, and that’s where the good things end. More than half of the times they won’t open the second lift, effectively closing the majority of the lanes. Like it’s not only all the blacks that are closed, it’s the diamonds and all the blues. 0/10 would not recommend
Jason undefined
We have been taking our six year old daughter here for a few seasons now.Rentals and lift tickets are very affordable and its never too crowded. My daughter loves the ski teachers and they are super friendly and supportive. This is a great place for kids to learn to ski or snowboard.If you have more experience then you should might want to look elsewhere. But this place is great for beginners.
Laks Pusuluri
We took a season pass , so it is best deal for kids to learn skiing when they Are beginners.
That resort people at soda springs are friendly. Due to heavy snow we could not reach there on time for sling classes , they accepted come and use that later.
robert
My family bought season passes for Soda Springs and had a great year. ~$400 total for 4 season passes with no blackout dates. You would spend all that and more on one day at Squaw. The kids love the place as do mom and dad. There are only 2 lifts. The green circle lift is a bit more crowded. By crowded I mean you might be 6th in line to jump on the lift. However, if your kids have graduated to blue squares and black diamonds head to the other lift and you will never wait in line. The runs are short and a bit on the easy side, but still great fun. I have snowboarded for 20 years and still have fun here. One very nice upside to it being an easier resort is that on powder days you can cut fresh lines all day. Not like the big resorts where by 10am all the powder is cut up.
Shelly W
We took our 2 kids to Tube Town and spent $136 to ride the hills for the day with a moving carpet. It was so lame! Kids were bored after 1st time down. The lanes were so slow they weren't even fun, the carpet went slower than you could walk up the hill, so that wasted tons of our time and the guy at the top was SO rude to everyone! He kept belittling people and kids, saying, "What part of behind the sign do you not understand? !" We left after 20 min. And asked for at least part of our money back. They refused and were so horrible. This place shouldn't even be in business. We went to Donner Summit and paid $5 to just use our own sleds in an open area and had WAY more fun. What a waste of $136!
darwin smith
I have taken my family there many times and well be going back as soon as it snows..If your looking for an inexpencive family place to spend some family time in the snow this is a nice place.With a lift ticket you can tube for an hour and then ski for a while and then tube again ,,No time limit ,,so little ones can eat lunch or take a nap...the seperate area for small ones ,the staff will teach the basics of boarding or sking or they can play I only wish the way they ticket the kids was clearer.So read what covers what for your child before you buy and walk around,talk to the staff,,very frindly on all occasions
Overall ok for the bucks and may be good place for snow tubing but stay away if you want to Ski or Snowboard. They have only 2 lifts and if one lift operations is disrupted, the staff won't let you know and won't refund the money. I was also disappointed on staff knowledge and experience about the ski resort. Most of the staff didn't know about the condition of the ski areas. The staff at the top of the Crystal Bowl chair didn't know the easiest way down the slope. The lift operator staff was pretty amateur and was unaware of safety operations.
Parking was also poorly managed and the traffic was stuck for 30 minutes at the intersection.
The crowd was also uncontrolled mostly because of snow tubing place. The 2 star rating is for the value for money.
We have 2 kids, one is 6 years old beginner skier, and one 2 years old. We thought they would both get fun from Soda Spring. According its website, it offers begineer ski route and tubing, etc. Pricing seems ok. However the trip turns to be a big disappointment.
We went visited on 12/22/09. After we bought the lift tickets, we realized one of the lifts (total 2) is closed that day. The still operating one is too higher for my 6-year-old daughter. The operator told me they had some mechanic issue with "Lion's Head". I kept watching them for about 30 minutes, they took no action. I asked them again if they can operate it again. One of the guys hinted me they are fewer people than they expected, Lion Head will not open for the rest of the day. Of course I'm not happy.
I went to the base lodge asking for refund, the cashier refused to refund me the ticket, and pointed me a small poster out side, saying "no lift ticket refund for weather reason".
So, my daughter had to walk uphill by herself or let I pull her up. What a nightmare.
3 problems with Soda Spring.
1. If half of the lifts are not operating, staff should warn skiiers before they buy the tickets
2. It is a clear and sunny day, weather condition is just ridiculous
3. They should not steal people's money!
We went there with my son's family (incl 2 grand children 5-7). It was too crowded, too costly for the family and poorly organized. We left after we were tired of standing in lines. (went twice for $20 ea.) Then went to Tahoe to eat. We asked around and found that we could go tubing/sledding at Kings Beach, N.Tahoe Park. It's free. We made our own fun and had a great time. Wish I knew about it instead of Soda Springs, I'd save enough for gas, food and sleds then a great meal. No more Soda Springs for us. Don't be disappointed, go somewhere else.
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