Positives:
- Some of the longest runs in the midwest
- The runs actually give you a bigger mountain feel as they meander through the beautiful woods.
-Food in the cafetaria was decent. Great Oriental Chicken Salad!!!

Negatives:
-Old & very slow chair lifts

Other than the old chair lifts, this is a great place to ski! Enjoy!

Just got through with a weekend there...
Good points:
- highest vertical around, and most of the trails use all 500 feet.
- the two greens at the top, accessed by the 000 chair, would be a great place to learn. They are uncrowded and very gentle, but not too boring.
- Baraboo is close with cheap lodging and good restaurants.
- couple of long blues, and (for the area) some mildly exciting blacks
- good opportunities for some off-piste tree skiing.
Bad points:
- Old lifts with no footrest/safety bar, and a lot of times they nail you in the back while you are loading.
- Ski shop is really a souvenir store. Don't go there in need of gear.
- Beer selection is an embarrassment to the state of Wisconsin (problem solved with a sixer waiting in the car) and the food is quite a ripoff.

I had written a review for Devil's Head a year or two ago (probably 2), but has since disappeared. Being in consideration for another trip up, I thought I would relive my experience by looking up the old review. Since it is no longer, I decided to rewrite said review. The accuracy is going to be a bit off, seeing as 2+ years have lapsed (probably 3) since that lone trip.

Terrain: Devil's Head has terrific terrain for a midwestern 'resort'. It has one very long, gentle green slope for the beginners, and plenty of blues and blacks for the more accomplished. When I was there, they also had 2 mogul runs, one on a blue run and one on a black run. Unusual for a small MW hill to have a single mogul run, let alone two of them. Outside of the long green run, the blues and blacks are relatively short, but that is typical of midwestern hills.

Service: Can't really comment here. My only complaint is that the hill is full of antiquated fixed-grip chair lifts. And man are they slow! They would do well to upgrade to a high-speed quad at some of the more congested areas. A single high speed lift would make a world of difference. After reading some other reviews, I have to question their food service in the lodges. Leaving on a Monday, I came down with food poisioning the day I left, making for a VERY miserable 5.5 hour drive back to Indianapolis. I seriously wanted to die that day. I don't ever recall being that miserably sick. Stay away from the Chicken fingers...

Crowds: I was there on a long weekend, but don't recall the crowds being too bad. The slow chairs makes any high traffic days that much more so, however.

Activities: Not much else to do but ski. I don't even recall if they had snow tubing, not that it would matter much in my book. I was there purely for the skiing.

Value: They do have nice lodging deals that include meals. The trip was bankrolled by my parents, so I don't recall the impact Devil's Head had on my wallet.


All in all, a nice place to ski or ride in the midwest. If you don't have the time or the resources to get out into the Rockies, Devil's Head is a decent midwestern choice. It's probably the 3rd best MW ski hill I've visited (1. Mt. Bohemia, MI; 2. Granite Peak, WI / Caberfae Peaks, MI; 3. Devil's Head, WI)