Top Ski resorts in Vernon Township, United States

Mountain Creek Ski Resort offers the perfect family getaway close to the city. Enjoyed a fantastic day on the slopes—just the right amount of crowd for a relaxing yet exhilarating experience. Ideal for quality family time!

If you go skiing there just a couple of things to note. You have to pay online, you can't pay for lift tickets or rentals in person. When you make your online purchase your phone will show a barcode. Use the barcode to get RFID wristbands, usually being given out by an employee standing out front. DO NOT put the wristbands on. They are made such that once they are on they cannot be loosened or removed. Instead place them in an outside pocket. The readers they use at the lifts can easily scan through clothes. If you are renting skis be aware that you must use their boots. The tongues on their boots are sized differently to fit their skis. Lastly, the Cabriolet lift is a standing 8 man so after a run your legs get no rest :(

Awesome place for skiing trip. They have nice training area for beginners with plenty of coaches. Several trails and peaks to explore. Highly recommend triple pass to visit three times a season.

I went for a single day to ski and got the GO pass that comes with rentals. Being a long weekend, it was pretty crowded and it took us around 2 hours to get our ski rental gear before we could finally hit the snow. We also didn't get our promised group ski lessons that came with the package. Other than the long wait times for virtually everything, the slopes were well maintained and were enjoyable. Would go again but might choose a less popular day.

Those are pictures from New Year Eve 12/31/2023. There are no snowmaking & trailers are icy & dangerous. We drove a hour & half only left after one run. We were surprised Mountain Creek dint make snow at all during the major New Year Holiday.

We had so much fun photographing a wedding at Mountain Creek. Although it had been drizzly all morning, the rain cleared just in time for an intimate mountaintop ceremony, backdropped by a rainbow. There are so many locations for beautiful photos to be taken, plus we love a good gondola ride (:

First time downhill mountain biking. Plenty of trails and a lot of technical challenges - very fun and exciting. I had my birthday with friends and family here. Personal thanks to Mike E. in group sales. Great time and definitely recommend!

It's always a great place to visit and get away from it all. Just sit back, relax, and take in the views. Go for a walk and enjoy nature. Lot of things to do around the area.

WEDDINGS: Sorry in advance for the long post, but I want this to be very thorough for any prospecting B&Gs. I found out about this venue through a bride that posted her pictures on the NJ Brides Facebook group. I have never heard of MC but when I saw the pictures of the ceremony, I knew I wanted to go visit. When I visited, I fell in love with the spacious venue and the grounds. I didn't even get to see the mountain top ceremony because it was ski season, but I signed the contract anyway. The pictures and experience speak for themselves. I would like to preface this review by stating that I am a manager and Maitre D at an extremely popular venue in NJ and run 6 weddings every week, I have been in the business for 12 years. I have HIGH expectations. Working with the ladies at MC was great. They were always helpful leading up to the wedding day. Very detailed, which I appreciated. Of course the 10 day forecast was actually correct. It poured almost all day until after the ceremony. Of course. It cleared up enough that Jessica let us go to the mountain top for our first look and as many pictures as we could squeeze in before the next storm rolled through. So most of my formal pictures were taken care of up there and my family and bridal party were able to experience the gondola, which of course is the main thing I talked to all of our guests about for the 2 years that we had been booked at MC. They were kind enough to immediately refund our large payment that is required for the mountain top ceremony. The indoor ceremony was also a great option with curtains that were included to block off the reception tables, which is very rare to include. The bridal suites were beautiful and newly renovated. The food was absolutely wonderful and plentiful! Timeline went smoothly thanks to our maitre d that kept us on pace so that I didn't have to micromanage or worry about anything. I stayed on the dance floor all night, just where I wanted to be. Our bridal attendant Diana was fabulous and very sweet. I almost had a melt down before walking down the aisle. I walked by myself so I didn't have any loved ones to hang on to or calm me down. Diana held my hand and let me squeeze it for as long as I wanted and I'll never forget that! Having the after party upstairs (in the same room) and hotel a walk next door was the best part. We spent the weekend there and it was everything I ever wanted. No one wants to spend that much money on one day, so we made it a weekend experience. Absolutely amazing. Highly recommend. I cannot wait to come back for the Valentine's Day dinner and stay over night! Thank you so much, especially to Jessica for being there for us throughout this whole process and I know you worked your butt off that day keeping me calm and setting up all of my MANY details. I can't thank you all enough!

The staff was great. Even though (I feel) I wasn't their usual type of customer, they were very friendly while they helped me register on my fon.
I only patronized the bike park.
As I patiently navigated the courses, I thoroughly enjoyed each scary ride.
I'll sum it up in the words of one of the other patrons that helped my navigation...
"Mountain Creek is knarly!.."
I will be back to enjoy this bike park again... sorry (not sorry) to the folks who looked uncomfortable. I'm not gonna let that stop a good time.

We went here for mountain biking and did not stay at the hotel.

The trails were OK and did not seem like they were groomed any time recent. However they were still OK to ride and decent. Some of the trails were completely closed. We still had lots of fun and enjoyed our time though.

One of the big negatives that surprised me was the parking lot. It is an adventure on its own. Haven’t seen such a horrible parking in a while. Luckily we were on my friend’s truck, but while unloading/loading our bikes we saw several cars bottoming out, scraping the bottoms and almost ripping out their bumpers. Even smaller SUVs had problems navigating that horror of a parking.

I would have given this place 4 stars if not for the parking. Not sure if I’ll be taking my car on that parking since I don’t own a truck.

We didn’t get a chance to check out the fun stuff like the water park, coasters, or slopes, but they all looked like a ton of fun.
For the cost of the rooms in the Appalachian, I definitely expected better. My cousins had a room on an upper floor that was much nicer, so I am hopeful that there are renovations in progress. However, our room at more than $500/night had torn up carpet and very little air flow in the smaller bedroom. The tap water was also undrinkable, which is more of a location issue but a filter could be provided in the kitchens. The staff had a fairly “not my area, not my problem” attitude, and given as essentially everything is done online, I can’t blame them too much but they were not very helpful.
The event staff, however, were wonderful.

We went to the Water park. It was like a blast from the past when I used to go to Action Park as a teen, but way WAY safer. This place is tremendous value for the cost of the ticket and my teen and tween boy had a great time. There is also stuff for the little ones too. Definitely gonna go back again next summer

Location is beautiful but service is terrible at the hotel. We were there for a wedding and the hair dryer in our room didn’t work properly (only cold air). There are no phones in the room to call for assistance so I went online and there’s a chat service. I tried that and no one ever responded. After about a half hour I tried the phone number for the site and all it did was take me to a message to use the chat service. I went all the way down to the lobby to ask for a new hair dryer. The woman called someone who didn’t answer and took my room number down. Never got a hair dryer which is not great when getting ready for a wedding.

The wedding was great except for the period between the ceremony and cocktail hour. They sent us to the space for cocktail hour but it wasn’t ready so we had to just wait outside which isn’t too bad except some people wanted to use the bathroom and they wouldn’t let them in for that and they had to walk all the way around to another part of the building.

Also if you are there for a wedding and taking the lift up to the top of the mountain don’t wear thin heels as they may slip through the grate.

As others have stated, they moved the tubing from a large hill to a tiny one without saying anything. Customer service refused to refund even though we were not going to drive 2+ hours each way for a tiny hill once we realized.

you people have the nerve of scam the public.

Why don't you changed your pictures? the place is ridiculous, there are plenty of hills around the state for free.

1- If there is no snow you shouldnt sell tickets.

2- The hill is tiny and you dont get even to the middle of the lane, it is very boring

There was a huge line because all the lanes were pretty bad, there was one that made you get to the middle at least. Everybody was waiting.

3- The lodge is far and you have to get there in the car, but also pay for parking because is a premium parking.

4- The bathroom was disgusting, but also didn't have water or soap to wash the hands, so imagine that, GROSS

Worst place for tubing, i want my money back.

Zero stars. They are making up information. I drove 2h20 with kids and when I get there noticed the snow tubing is small than our kids playground. They closed regular snow tubing but they didn’t say anything about it, so you pay, when get there, is not able to have refund. Just don’t waste your time.

Not worth the money/time. The new location is very very small. It was okay for my 5 yr old as a first timer. It takes you longer to get up versus going down the tiny hill. We went two years ago and the old location was much bigger and it was actually fun! I added some before and after pictures of the hills.

If I could give ZERO stars I would. Took my son and his friends snow tubing for his birthday and it was such a waste of money. I know it has been a terrible season for snow but then close the tubing instead of robbing everyone. I called ahead of time to make sure it was ok and got the green light. The hill is extremely small to begin with and the tubes would only make it down 1/4 of the hill. The kids did more walking than tubing. We couldn't buy anything to drink because the attendant was on break for almost the entire duration of the time we were there. Whatever you do, go somewhere else. Mountain Creek you NEED to do better! Pic attached showing everyone walking 3/4 of the way.

This is our first time coming to mountain creek snow tubing . Usually we go to Mt Peter but they are closed for tubing for now . Heard from friends that the tubing was long and fun, comparable to mt Peter . This year must have been the first year it changed because the tubing run was soooooooooo blah . It was short and simple , not what we were used to . The kids enjoyed it . Most of the tubes were deflated , especially the double ones . They literally built up the slope with snow and called it a day . It was really really simple. . All the employees were really nice so that’s why they get 2 stars . If you want to go real tubing, go somewhere else not worth it for 30 bucks .

Small slope, but lots of fun. One ticket $30 gives you 2 hours of snow tubing. You should purchase tickets online in advance.

It is a small slope, best suits for little kids.
Make sure to get the ticket online in advance. They don't sale ticket at the resort.

Also, check their official website or call them to make sure the opening hour.

A ticket lasts for two hours . On the day of my visit, I slid twelve times in two hours.

The tub can be tied up together to slide down to the slop. The maximum of six tubs can be tied together.

They also have tandem tubes for little kids who are between 36″- 42″.