Ski Bradford

"Ski Bradford is a fun spot for winter activities including skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. They offer lessons in skiing and snowboarding for people of all ages. They also have a lodge with food and drinks with such offerings as pizza, French fries, chicken tenders, and hot chocolate or water for drinks. Check it out if you're ever interested in learning more or are already a well-seasoned skier or snowboarder."

"Smalls mountain perfect for leaning. Getting there is easy, there are no hills or mountains to climb with your car so its ok if you don’t have a 4x4 and you are concerned about the driving with snow conditions, I drive a sedan and it was fine. Parking it’s easy and right next to the mountain. Not too many good options available, they have some vending machines inside and a small place outside that sells cheeseburgers and hotdogs I believe. Employees are very polite and friendly and the instructors are greats. The place is clean and well kept. Totally recommended if you are looking for a place with easy access near the city."

"Lessons are a wee bit short for the kiddos and there is a lot of traffic on the training slope. They’re a bit oversubscribed IMO for the lessons and have too many groups going on at once which compromises the goal of the lesson - to practice applying your learning. For instance, my daughter was only able to do four runs (down a bunny slope) in one lesson and so there just aren’t that many reps able to be done with the queue for the rope tow with all of the groups going at once. It was a good intro session and the instructors were nice; however, each of the four lessons started 10 minutes late because they didn’t have it down which kid was in which class and with the last session I noticed they ended 10 minutes early. It’s perhaps better marketed as a 35-45 minute lesson of actual practice time. So I’m not sure I can fully recommend as the most efficient learning experience for young ones. I’d have to price out but I suspect even if an all day camp session further north might seem more expensive on the face, it would actually advance the goal of learning while actually being a more efficient spend."

"My 10 year old daughter went to Bradford over the Winter 2022 with her school every week for a parks and rec program. Her experience was wonderful as she gained new skills with the ski school there, independence, and fun with her friends. Due to her leaving things behind a couple times (hat, gloves etc) I had to call management at Bradford and they were always nothing short of friendly and helpful. I love also how the ski area is in a neighborhood here on the North Shore. The mountain is manageable for a beginner but challenging for more experienced kid skiers. Very quaint too. Think Currier and Ives. And so accessible - only about 45 minutes from us. Sweet spot."

"Skied here for the first time a few days ago and it was a great time. Very nice local ski area with plenty of lifts and good variety of terrain, including a half-pipe!"