The slopes of the former ski area are located off U.S. Route 5 in the Smith's Ferry neighborhood of Holyoke, adjacent to the former Mountain Park, now a music venue.

Tom, Adi spent a lot of time selling local schools and other groups on organized lessons at Mt.

Smith College, Mount Holyoke and the University of Massachusetts all at one time also allowed their students to complete ski school programs as electives.

The ski area pursued this strategy to draw patrons from even northern New England in years of below-average snowfall.

[3] In addition, the ski area constructed pipes set permanently on the side of many of the trails that fed water and air up the slopes so that the maximum amount of snow making could take place.

Tom had extensive lighting allowing night skiing, and was described as having 100% lit trails before its closure.

[4][6] It struggled to compete with Six Flags New England in Agawam after they opened a water park of their own in the late 1980s.

Shortly after the fire, crews demolished the building, reducing it to nothing but a foundation hole.

[7] While snowmaking equipment and chairlifts have been removed, small numbers of skiers in recent years have continued to ascend the area's slopes on foot.

[7][8] In 2017, a proposal from a local-area resident was brought to the city planning board's attention to re-open the ski area.