Snow Barn Nightclub

- #TBT REVIEW -

Three years ago, as part of a long weekend ski vacation, we visited here with tickets in hand for RUSTED ROOT!  Yup, a bar/club that usually sees the likes of smaller cover bands and local DJs managed to lock down Rusted Root!  Not only that, but our $25 general admission tickets got us as close as 5 feet away from the stage of this cozy venue.

Despite the sellout crowd (thank goodness we bought in advance), the bar wasn't overly packed.  We were able to snag reasonably-priced drinks throughout the night and groove back to the dance floor for the three hours they were on stage.  Bartenders were overwhelmed but friendly, and drink prices ($5-8) weren't overly "taxed."

If you're staying at either the Snow Lake Lodge or the Lodge at Mount Snow, Snow Barn is just a short walk away.  If staying elsewhere, you can catch the free MOOver (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.moover.com&s=780a5e135862ee45bf0f57c83c4e8fbd95c1b811b708e720641f2722720f314b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.moover.com</a>) shuttle, but be warned that their service stops at 5pm.

From reading the recent negative reviews, it's a shame to hear that Snow Barn has perhaps gone downhill from the times we visited.  Again, we went for the concert, so if you're in the same camp, I'd suggest you check the music calendar (<a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmountsnow.com%2Flivemusic&s=46b21cbcf6c7dfbd17526bb932e0ee0647948a7b228c8edce15e142a5e881550" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://mountsnow.com/liv…</a>) and plan your visit accordingly.

At the very least, you can always enjoy a bit of history...The Snow Barn used to be Reuben Snow's barn, who owned the base-area land.  After the land was purchased by Walt Schoenknecht in the 50s, it was converted into a ski lodge before being once again converted into the bar/club it is today.

GENERAL / BAR -
If you're staying at the mountain and don't want to stray far, it's walkable and has a full bar with a decent beer selection, but those are about the only perks I can see.  I'd be tempted to stick to the bars that are even closer to Grand Summit next time, or drive further away. We were there for 1.5 hours or so...then between between being bored and skeeved out, took off.  

CROWD -
If you're a group of girls, I'd be hesitant to go here unless you're looking for a lot of attention or the crowd is significantly better than when I was there.  Don't get me wrong, I expected a high male to female ratio, but it was well above 10:1 that night, and a lot of them seemed to be locals.  We all couldn't help but wonder if this is the place locals hang out in hopes of finding a "what happens at Mount Snow stays at Mount Snow" piece of tail.  Even as a guy it felt weird there.  Minimally - I'd suggest asking to have one person peek in to see the crowd before paying the cover.  

FOOSBALL -
Fix the damn Foosball table....get some 3M silicone lube, and perhaps enough balls to actually FINISH a game.  $1 to play, only to run out before either team wins (unless one team absolutely destroys the other). Such a shame...it's a nice table (Tornado), just poorly maintained.

MUSIC -
How about keeping a Jukebox on if the band is going to take 1.5 hours to setup, during half of which they were literally just standing around.

We waited outside in the cold for 20 minutes as the door staff periodically let let a late arriving "private party" cut in front of us, Upon paying the entry/coat check fee we were told by the coat check girl that there was no more space for coats and to "come back in a little bit".  Upon entering we went to the bar directly to the back left where drinks were being served and waited for our turn to be served, a girl working behind the bar (Who we did not know was a bar back)impolitely yelled to everybody to "just pretend I'm not here ok?!". The bartender with the baseball hat was not paying attention to the people lined up at the bar and looked over us two times.  After looking over us for the second time for a male customer who arrived much later than us we spoke up to say that we had been waiting in line, this is when the female bar back yelled out again "Everybody will get their drink okay?!.  Mt Snow / Peak Resorts - If you think this property represents your resort well, think again.  We stayed at the grand Summit Hotel.