Columbia liked A Swingin Summer so much they financed this follow up with the same producer and stars, James Stacy and William Wellman Jnr. The "plot" has Wellman and Stacy running a ski lodge - this was the time when producers were trying to vary beach party movies by setting them in the snow.
There's a lot going on - two rich kids cause nasty trouble (this was a good subplot they were good smary villains), a rich girl chases after Wellman who is adored by stunning Beverly Adams who decides to go for Adams by pretending to be French but then that subplot is thrown away.
There's some energetic musical numbers - including a quite decently choreographed one with everyone in pajamas (there weren't many properly choreographed dance numbers in beach party movies... the effort is appreciated!)
There's also a comic Chinese cook (this was the era of Bonanza), a fair degree of political incorrectness (smug men telling women where they went wrong), not a lot of bikini action, some quite good skiing footage - it's a good looking movie.
It ends with a wedding, which is totally weird. But I liked this.
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