"Big mountain (for US). Had 1 week in Huntley Lodge mid-Feb 2008. The accommodation interior is stuck in a 1970's time-warp and not in a cool, kitsch way but the enormous buffet breakfast more than makes up for that single deficiency. If you can get over that, the rest of the resort is fantastic. Great variety of terrain - seriously expert steeps/chutes, flattering open bowls, "thinned out" and natural glade runs and wide open greens/blues for beginners. 4 days snow fall in a week - v. dry and fluffy snow over my knees. Keen intermediates should spend 1 or 2 days at linked Moonlight Basin so as not to get bored. One terrain park is right under the main lift to show off or make pratt of self depending on skill level - good range of kickers plus 1/2 dozen ramps/rails. A 2nd park has a half pipe and much steeper gradient - probably for more experienced skiers/riders.

On mountain dining has 2 options: 1. better option is The Pinnacle at the top of Ramcharger lift - it has full table service dining with about 15 choices, posh salad/soup/burgers/pasta/fish and about 8 choices of wine; alternatively on the other side of the mountain is Moonlight Lodge off Iron Horse Lift: 2 options here - either the deli bar with hot/cold sandwiches and a few soups or the full table service restaurant with limited menu choices but incredible range of wines.

The "village" is limited for apres ski - Whiskey Jacks is about it but is well positioned at the bottom of the home run - or slope off to your hotel bar; and nearly as limited for evening entertainment - Chet's Bar (casual in Huntley) the Carabiner (more sophisticated & hence moodier lighting in the Summit) the Cabin (didn't go in but looked like a younger crowd/casual bar) plus 2 other bars in the Village Mall again for younger/snowboarder crowd. There are about 7 restaurants for dining - two in each hotel, M R Hummers (steaks/ribs) Plaza Pizza, and Tex-Mex in Whiskey Jacks. No particular clubs I saw, but then I was in bed early as was too tired from fab days' skiing.

Big pluses are: empty slopes, good chance of powder, wide range of terrain to suit all sorts.

Big minuses are: too many slow lifts, limited village life (if you really want that sort of thing).

They are planning a big expansion of accommodation - get there now before the number of skiers swamps the mountain and you lose its biggest advantage of emptiness."

"Had a great couple of days out here when the weather at Jackson Hole was getting too warm. Great off-piste and great cruisers plus plenty of opportunity ridein the trees. Conditions here were good whilst jackson Hole was turning to slush. Its a couple of hours from Jackson though - we drove there and back twice in two days but it's well worth it. "