Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort

Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resorts are a pair of sister ski resorts, owned by Vail Resorts, in Northeastern Ohio.[1] The two locations were developed independently in the 1960s. In 1990, Brandywine was purchased by the owners of Boston Mills, forming the dual-resort complex known today. In 2002 Peak Resorts purchased the resorts and has owned and operated them up until 2019.Vail bought out BMBW as well as Peak’s other 15 resorts. [2] Resort operations are housed at Boston Mills. Boston Mills is the primary resort, attracting more advanced skiers with steeper, more challenging hills, two mogul fields, a race hill, and more adult traffic and live entertainment. Boston Mills features the steepest slope in the state of Ohio, the mogul studded "Tiger". Boston Mills even had some tree runs that appeared with the falling of natural snow. These runs were known as the "Ol 76er", "The Trench" and "Tiger's Fang", and have been closed for most of recent history. Professional freestyle and freeskier, Glen Plake has skied "Tiger" at Boston Mills and called it a "great run for a mogul course". Boston Mills is also home to "Carnival", a giant end of season party that has featured a slosh pit, mogul competitions, big air competitions, sickest trick competitions, fire hose races, bikini races, sled races, beer keg races, costume contests and fireworks displays. In 2018, Red Gerard, who began his snowboarding career at Brandywine while living in Rocky River, won the Gold Medal in Snowboarding Slopestyle. [3]

BostonMills/Brandywine
LocationBoston Township / Sagamore Hills Township, Summit County, near Peninsula, Ohio, USA
Nearest major cityAkron, Ohio
Vertical240 ft
Skiable area79 acres
Runs18
Longest runButtermilk (BM) / Outer Limits (BW)
Lift system16
Terrain parks5
Snowmaking100%
Night skiingYes
Websitehttp://www.bmbw.com

Brandywine, located about a mile away from Boston Mills caters more to the younger crowd of snowboarding and park skiing. With two terrain parks of different difficulty levels, Brandywine often hosts College ID nights and Late night skiing specials. Brandywine features a well groomed, user friendly layout suitable for all ages, and a lodge constructed in 2012. Brandywine has late night skiing on Friday and Saturday from 8 PM to 1 AM during peak season.

Between both resorts (only a few miles apart, with each visible from the other's peak), there are 18 trails of various skill levels:

Boston Mills 3 Advanced 2 Intermediate 2 Beginner 2 Double lifts 4 Triple lifts 1 Magic Carpet 1 Tow rope

Brandywine 3 Advanced 3 intermediate 3 Beginner 2 Dedicated Terrain Park runs 1 Tubing park 3 Triple lifts 2 Quadruple lifts 1 Magic Carpet 2 Tow Ropes [4]

The tubing park is named Polar Blast and is located at Brandywine. It features up to 20 lanes that stretch over "3 football fields in length." Polar Blast also has conveyor lifts so tubers do not have to walk back to the top of the hill.[5]

Boston Mills is located at 41°15′51″N 81°33′54″W in Boston Township, Summit County, near Peninsula, Ohio.

The Brandywine Ski Resort is located at 41°17′02″N 81°33′20″W a little more than one mile to the north, in Sagamore Hills Township, Summit County, Ohio.

In September of 2019 the Peak Resorts was purchased by Vail Resorts. Now Boston Mills Ski Resort and Brandywine Ski Resort are under new ownership.

References
  1. "Boston Mills/Brandywine official web site". Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  2. "Peak Resorts History: New England Ski History". Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  3. Shinn, Peggy (February 7, 2018). "Red, White & Blue: Why Red Gerard Could Follow Sage Kotsenburg As Team USA's Next Slopestyle Medalist". Team USA.
  4. "Boston Mills/Brandywine official web site". Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  5. "Boston Mills/Brandywine Website". Archived from the original on 2013-11-03. Retrieved 2013-11-01.


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