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Reviews for King Pine
Total (2.9)
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Little area that needs to pad its bottom line. Keep going to Gunstock or Cranmore
Paul Wynn
This is a hidden Gem. For families and beginners. Skiing, Tubing, Boarding, Ice Skating when cold enough. Even has Ice Hockey Tournaments on the lake, if the weather gods permit.
John Adams
As others have said, renting here is an adventure. Gear is fine, but it is no joke when they say show up at least an hour before a lesson to get gear. We were in line a full hour before our lesson and barely made it. The lesson for my son was fantastic. Overall prices are decent for rentals, lessons, and lift tickets. The mountain (being generous there) is fine--it's a hill, not much vertical drop. Blacks here are blues elsewhere Older lifts that don't slow down to dismount and pretty strong tracks so snowboarders seemed to have trouble. Even though it is small, it does a decent job spreading out folks on the various runs so it never seemed over crowded even when lift lines were long. Ticket pick up is old school 'will call' which is fine, but don't expect to scan a code and have a kiosk print a ticket here. Overall, it was a good place to bring a teen learning, but outside learning, a family outing, or kids day out, I'd probably not go back.
Tara Scungio
I doubt we’ll ever return here. The line to rent skiis is ABSURD. And I mean incompetent, disorganized, LONG & absurd. One worker who looked about 10 years old was there-just 1 person running the ski rental area. The line which is outside the whole time was 2 hours long. There is no excuse for this. Go & rent your skiis at a shop elsewhere. Also-this is a VERY beginner mountain. Short summit, tons of kids. If you are an intermediate or expert skier you will be bored here.
stephdinh04
Went with family and had a lot of fun. Good mountains for beginners.
Amelia Sweet
We had a great time at King Pine. Just my Husband and I and my mom, it was perfect! It is a small mountain so amazing for beginners (or good skiers who haven't skied in 10+ years) Nice to be able to go up and down multiple times instead of 30 min on the lift. Cute finger food pizza / burger and hot chocolate just enough to fill you up to get back out there. I noticed a lot of young employees which is nice to see, relaxed attitude. Overall very nice - didn't stay at the resort but a great day of skiing
Ed Arsnow
Skied today, Jan. 31 2018 and had a wonderful time. The conditions were excellent as they pay great attention to grooming and snow making. Super value, no lines today. Weekday skiing is great , down the mountain, get on the lift, again and again. Highly recommend it.
Phil
I have to say that i like this little mountain but on our recent visit I had my eight year old daughter and wife both taking lessons that started at noon. Neither one had ever been on a mountain before, they both had a good time and instructors were nice. Me and my son both bought lift passes for the afternoon which started at twelve thirty. After paying for a whole family and two in lessons for a few hours they would not make accommodations to let my son and I start thirty minutes early and get in a few more runs. I don't expect a lot but to sit on the bottom of the mountain for thirty minutes after dropping a couple hundred dollars??? What would it have really hurt. The lift lines were not backed up and the mountain not crowded. My recommendation would be to line up lift tickets with lesson times. It only makes sense.
David Moores
KP is one of the friendliest mts anywhere. They really care about your experience. We started my 4 year old here and it is the best place to get a kid skiing. inexpensive and not intimidating. We quickly outgrew KP but I still love the place and what it represents.
Henry Hartley
This is like Nashoba valley or Bradford ski area, but close to New Hampshire's Mt Washington Valley. It literally is a 350' vertical drop hill, and you sometimes wonder how it could stay in business when it has to compete with much larger areas, but it does. Although so small, it still manages to have one trail that is over a mile long. It is a great place to learn. You're not going to be scared by hot dog skiers wizzing by you, because they don't exist here. Staff is very friendly. I believe the area is part of the Purity Springs Resort. So they treat all patrons as if they were resort guests. Enough siad.
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