The Miner’s Cart – Mountain House

Pretty good snack truck on your way off the mountain. The menu now has some sliders and grilled cheese options. No donuts or waffles when I was there. I got the bbq slider that had onion rings and bbq sauce on it. Girlfriend got the grilled cheese with bacon. Both pretty good just remember this is a food cart good for an overpriced snack. But all the food is over priced on the slopes.

The Miner’s Cart is a fairly polished looking food truck/​cart that sits at the base of the Peru lift at Keystone; in the same area as Mountain House. It’s new as of the ’13/’14 season and they serve coffee, hot chocolate, and two different food items: mini donuts, and «mountain waffles».
I lost a race with a buddy and had to buy. I ordered a dozen mini donuts and 1 mountain waffle. A dozen mini donuts is $ 5.30 and a mountain waffle is also $ 5.30. I was notified that despite what the photo on the front of the cart looked like, the mountain waffle came plain and it would be another $ 1 for the depicted chocolate drizzle. Fine.
I paid my $ 13 and change and took my bag of mini donuts and mountain waffle to one of the nearby benches. The mini donuts aren’t that special and taste something like a larger apple jacks? Doughy onion rings? Miniature half baked donuts? Anyways, not really worth the $ 5.
The mountain waffle though is egregious. It’s tiny. I mean maybe 3 – 4 bites? Looking a photo of the said waffle with a fork for scale, the fork looks massive. Also half baked. Meh. Even for ski resort prices, this place is a rip off and you’re better off spending your money elsewhere on premise.