Wildcat Mountain

Iva was the best event coordinator we could ask for! There was significant chance of thunderstorms on our day and she made every effort to make the summit ceremony possible. We chose to zipline down into the cocktail hour and they had thought of everything including a plastic sheet for us to sit on for the chairlift up since it had been raining. Iva was always prompt in answering emails and accommodated every request! We were also able to come in to decorate the day before and pick up our stuff the next day with no hassle. We want to have another wedding just so we could experience the fun of that day again!

If you're looking for a sleek, fancy wedding scheduled down to the minute where your guests will be in high heels and slick suits...this probably isn't your venue. If you love the mountains and nature, are willing to accept the risks that come with an outdoor ceremony (possibly accessible only by gondola) and enjoy things at a more casual pace, Wildcat is probably more your style. We locked down our day nearly 1.5 years in advance. With half of our guests coming from the Boston area and the other half coming from all over the country, it was essentially a destination wedding for us...which had its challenges, so I'm incredibly grateful for how flexible and laid back Iva, Nate and the rest of the staff were. With a late September date, we knew the weather would be a toss up. We ended up with sunny skies, but high winds and a windchill of 34 at the top of the mountain. But you know what's great about Wildcat? You can make last minute changes and it's totally cool. We cut the ceremony in half, got married at the top of the mountain, sent our guests down while we snapped a few quick couples photos and then finished the ceremony and took photos with family at the base of the mountain. We were super bummed we couldn't make our zipline entrance due to cross-winds, but the staff made it up to us with TWO zipline rides the next day. (Speaking of which, the fact that we had the entire next day to clean up was awesome. We made a day of it—cleaned up in the morning, ziplined, went for a hike, had lunch, ziplined again...pretty cool). We had the taco bar for dinner (HIGHLY recommend, our guests loved it) and a sundae bar in lieu of a wedding cake (another huge hit with our guests). Having met working at a brewery, the beer selection was pretty important to us. Linda, the bar manager, delivered a fantastic selection of local brews including some specific requests. We didn't have a band or a DJ, just a playlist my now husband had curated for months. We were able to plug right into Wildcat's sound system and speaker (pro tip: test the volume the day before if you're planning on doing anything—like your first dance—outside) and recruited a friend to emcee a few events throughout the night using Wildcat's microphone. Again, not many venues will let you have that sort of freedom. There were a few snags (the arch was not supposed to be set up at the ceremony site and there were some issues with the power for our ceremony musicians) but what wedding day doesn't? The positives absolutely outweighed the negatives. If there's something that's super important to you, just be sure to have it in writing and go over it one final time with Iva a few days before, and it will happen. Thank you Wildcat!!!

Wildcat is our happy place in the winter. It was amazing being able to have all our friends and family see us get married at the top. Iva single handedly saved our wedding when we were scrambling on where to hold our reception after another venue closed. Her and her team are incredible! The food was amazing!!! The service was fantastic. Thank you everyone (Iva, Nate, the lift operators, everyone that helped with food and drink service)! It was a perfect day!!!

Iva and her team at Wildcat did an amazing job at coordinating and catering my wedding. Seriously there was no limit to what we could accomplish, any idea I had Iva was there to make it happen. The day went flawlessy and the food was great. My guests loved the laid back atmosphere of a taco bar. We really wanted to make the day feel like an experience rather than a typical wedding so two things we took advantage of were having people take the gondola to the top for our wedding (we seriously lucked out on amazing weather), and paying for our guests to ride the zipline. ALSO the drinks were amazing! All I wanted on my wedding day was a good margarita and they did a spectacular job. So affordable and laid back, wildcat was exactly what we wanted for our wedding day. I have absolutely no regrets and so glad we took a chance on a ski resort! Thank you Iva and Wildcat for our dream wedding!