Mount pakenham is a great family friendly hill with great accommodations to have a good day on the hill with an awesome bar and cafeteria with all the food you could want including breakfast lunch and dinner.The hill is not a huge but is good for some fun with the family.They have a magic carpet and handle tow for the beginners and also have a rope tow got a little more experienced beginners.There is 2 very efficient chairlifts at pakenham with a total of 8 runs and 5 named trail runs.Pakenham also includes a great snow school program with amazing teachers who are very experienced and very kind to everyone and this hill is overall a great place

Mount Pakenham Ski Resort is a great place for anyone looking to get into skiing. With a very beginner hill all of the runs are easy and with a great snow school is the perfect place to learn how to ski, or for a family ski trip for those of all level ages and abilities. For the intermediate to advanced skiers the hill does offer a variety of more advanced, fun and challenging bush runs to keep the hill fun.

Pakenhan is pretty quiet mid-week on night runs. perfect for beginners. main issue is beginning of the season is pretty weak and muddy.