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Mountain Creek Resort

Location

Sussex County

United States

41° 11' 13.56" N, 74° 30' 44.64" W

See map: Google Maps

US

General info:

Mountain Creek is a four season resort that transforms itself into a winter playground every December. You can carve your way down 45 trails, or test your skills in one of the three terrain parks or the superpipe, all featuring 100 percent snowmaking and night lighting. You will ski and ride down 1,040 foot vertical, serviced by 11 lifts, featuring one high-speed eight-passenger Cabriolet gondola and two high-speed quads, plus beginner terrain accessed by two Magic Carpets. Everyone can enjoy the sixlanes of snowtubing (also accessed by a Magic Carpet) open Thursday through Sunday. Mountain Creek is within a two-hour drive from anywhere in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

BASE: 440ft
SUMMIT: 1480ft
VERTICAL DROP: 1040ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 10
Gondolas: 1
Chairs: 7
Surface: 2

Costs:

DAY PASS ADULTS weekday: US$50.99
DAY PASS ADULTS weekend: US$64.99

We recommend to confirm the latest prices from the resorts website as the prices might have changed after last update.

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