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So we couldn't resist and went to the Big Snow last Monday night. Some pretty stressful driving during rush our, then looking for a place to park and even a way to get to the right place in that Big Ghost Town, but when we finally got to the slopes... Big smiles! It's white, it's cold, it's pretty laid back, and it looks steeper than in the pictures! No lines, not many people, 90% boarders. Luckily half of them go straight for the terrain park, which is thoughtfully separated from the main slope. It's a little steeper on top, I guess to allow to get up to speed faster, and is gradually leveling off while you're reaching the bottom. Takes about 25 seconds to go down and 3.5 minutes to go up. The session is 2 hours long, but on a Monday night nobody seemed to care, so we spent a little more. Before you get in, they'll take your temperature and then make you wait for your time slot outside. Once you're in, you get a bracelet, which is used both to lock/unlock their hi-tech lockers and to get access to the slopes. It's a little tighter in the lockers area than I'd like to see these days, and if you bring your own equipment there seems to be no good place to put it to other than to drop it on the floor, and then it gets in the way of others. Changing rooms are a plenty, and they come handy when it's shorts weather outside and 28F inside. Overall impression is very positive. Snow's great, nice touch with snow-covered trees, feels like you've jumped forward to Xmas time except there are no crowds and no rush. Snacks are waaaay overpriced though, so bring your own. Oh, and there are restrooms there, so previous references to piss & park are puzzling.