Three lanes and a handle tow at one of New York's oldest ski resorts, a small-scale hill in western New York.
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Historical: $15 for 2-hour session
Swain is a ski resort in western New York that bills itself as the state’s oldest continuously operated, with more than 70 years behind it. Tubing here means 3 lanes and a handle tow, the pulley-style system where you hold on and get pulled uphill instead of riding a conveyor. That makes it a smaller, more traditional setup than the carpet-lift parks that dominate the region’s newer builds.
For planning, the record is thin. There is no current price, no hours, no age or height rule and no word on reservations, and the resort’s homepage didn’t spell out tubing details when we checked. A historical listing put a 2-hour session at $15, which is useful as a rough sense of scale only. Call 607-545-6511 or check swain.com before you drive, especially because handle-tow hills can have their own rules about how riders hold on.
If you want a larger park with more lanes, Bristol Mountain is about 30 miles away. If your main worry is cost and booking, our guide to tubing reservations and sessions explains what to ask a park before you go.
Days and hours aren't in our record, so check swain.com or call 607-545-6511 before picking a date.
Historically listed as a 2-hour session; confirm the current format before you go.
You want night sessions, a conveyor lift or a confirmed online booking system; none of those are documented for Swain in our record.
Bristol Mountain in Canandaigua is the closest alternative at about 30 miles; Kissing Bridge in Glenwood is about 42 miles.
Our record carries a historical price of $15 for a 2-hour session. It is not a current rate, so confirm on swain.com or by phone.
Swain lists a handle tow, a pulley-style system that pulls you up rather than a conveyor lift.
Our record doesn't say. Call 607-545-6511 to ask before you drive.
Current-season dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the park before driving out — tubing seasons shift with the weather.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Historical: $15 for 2-hour session
We track 20 tubing hills in New York. The park has not published a price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
It runs 3 lanes against a state average of about 10, so it is smaller than most of its neighbours, which can mean longer waits when it is busy.
One caveat worth repeating: this park had not published its current-season dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 20 parks we track in New York had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as a prior season's until the park confirms it.
swain.com
Checked September 2026.