It's been 15 - 20 years since I took the kids there. Mountain High was fun for them. I hardly remember the mountain layout. We also skied Ski Sunrise which was too podunk but at least it was cheap and uncrowded. Did Mountain High buy that and connect that?
It was easy to get to from San Diego - unless the traffic gridlocked you. We did turn around once after sitting in the same place for an hour. Still, the drive is so much better than the Big Bear drive.
One of my best days was a powder day at Mountain High. We were the last car in before the 15 closed. A magical 2 foot day where we had the resort to ourselves. But that was closer to 40 years ago...
Thinking (not too seriously) about gambling on Wednesday's storm for a quick day.
Eric
It's dry in the northwest, so I spent a few minutes yesterday living vicariously, watching the webcam at Mt High East. Looked like an average of 1 skier/rider per minute coming down Goldrush... plus 1 in 10 minutes coming down Olympic. That probably means surface conditions weren't good, but it also means that even with clear roads, Mt High is way less crowded than BBMR these days.
Mountain High was my go-to when I lived in San Diego--the drive was much better. I'd argue that the runs at east feel a
lot bigger than anything at Summit--and when West is all the way open, it feels about the same size as Summit (by the numbers it's a bit smaller). I never encountered much "bro" culture at Mt High (this was 6+ years ago), but definite skater/stoner culture. I really love Mt High, but of course YMMV.
Mt High bought Ski Sunrise around 10 years ago and rebranded it as Mt High North. It's still very small (maybe smaller, depending on when you were last at Sunrise) and not connected except by the same lift ticket. They only open it for skiing on the busiest weekends when there's natural snow, and it stays pretty empty even then.