Terrain	3.0
Service	4.0
Crowds	5.0
Activities	2.0
Value	5.0
Overall Rating	3.8

1 Viewer Reviews

Darryl K. Lewis from Jamaica, New York	Mar 13, 2006
Overall Rating:  3.8

Skitown Review

Ski resort reviews can be helpful only if you know the skill level and skiing perspective of the person authoring the review. I am a middle age advanced skier with no interest in jumping off cornices or cliffs. I will often at high speeds hit a small lip in the terrain and get a little air, but that’s about the extent of it. I venture in and out of moderate mogul fields in an attempt to become a better all-around skier, but I tend not to spend a majority of the percentage of my ski day dealing with the bumps. With grandkids in tow during the Presidents’ Day week, we spent four days skiing Ascutney Mountain in Vermont and Tenney and Ragged Mountains in New Hampshire. The first day we skied Ascutney, the second day was Tenney, and the last two were at Ragged. Here are my impressions of Tenney Mountain:

Terrain – Rated 3.0:
Again as I did when I reviewed Ascutney Mountain in Vermont, I am forced to rate the terrain at Tenney a 3.0 because only one advanced/expert trail (named “Shooting Star”) was open due to the extremely poor snowfall this year. The trail map seemed to indicate at least 11 expert/advanced runs with 4 expert/advanced gladed areas. “Shooting Star.” rated as a single black diamond, was short, and interestingly steep, but not scary steep. The left half of the trail was groomed while the other half was bumped up. The bumped up side was tough thereby warranting the black diamond status. There was a small area just to the left and below the main lodge where the beginner area resided. But believe it or not, and for a moderately sized mountain (1,400 vertical, with 48 trails, and 110 acres) the rest of the terrain was rated as intermediate. And interesting intermediate runs they were! Dipping, turning, and undulating, what a joy they were to ski. Only about a third of the trails were opened and in spite of poor snowfall, the coverage was quite good with very little ice. There was only one short beginner trail on the main mountain. I am convinced that during a good snow year Tenney Mountain terrain could provide a very worthwhile skiing experience. Next year I am definitely going to give it another shot.

Service – Rated 4.0:
Service at Tenney was excellent. I had contemplated putting my grandkids into ski school, and the ski school desk bent over backwards to explain the program to me. The parking lot attendants were extremely courteous. All the employees were gracious and went out of their way to make you comfortable. I am still in search of a good bowl of Chili. Tenney’s chili lacked kick and the meat was sparse and on the mushy side.

Crowds – Rating 5.0:
I was amazed that on Presidents’ Day week Tuesday holiday period, there were no lift lines, no cafeteria lines, very few cars in the parking lot. Again I have got to blame some of this on the lack of fallen snow.

Activities – Rating 2.0:
I saw no tubing, but they do have a half pipe and a terrain park. This area of New Hampshire is somewhat isolated, but there were advertisements for a large shopping mall nearby.

Value: - Rating 5.0:
Adult lift tickets are still in the $30’s, and junior lift tickets are in the 20’s. Ski lessons were the cheapest I have ever seen for a moderate size mountain.

In summary: Tenney may not be the little “mousey” mountain as reputed. I am coming back again next year, and if the snow is good, I think that this mountain is a winner. Remember, my perspective is focused on the terrain, and weighted with regards to the actual experience of skiing (Terrain/Crowd factors). If I had to rate the three mountains that we visited on the basis of overall enjoyment, Ragged would be #1, Tenney would be #2, and Ascutney would be #3. If you are interested, take a look at my reviews for the aforementioned resorts.