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509 U.S. ski resorts, measured the same way, every figure sourced. With a free account, follow the snow at yours and light up the ones you ski.

Skiers descend a snow-covered run beside a chairlift with forested peaks beyond at Taos Ski Valley
Taos Ski ValleyNew Mexico
3,131ft vertical#18 U.S., top 50
IkonMC
Snow-covered ski slope with a chairlift line climbing a ridge, surrounded by high peaks under cloudy sky
TellurideColorado
4,425ft vertical#2 U.S., top 10
Epic
Snow-covered Sugarloaf Mountain and Mount Baldy above tracked, tree-dotted ski slopes at Alta, Utah.
Alta Ski AreaUtah
2,538ft vertical#38 U.S., top 50
IkonMC
Corbet's Couloir on Rendezvous Mountain with the red aerial tram passing above snowy cliffs
Jackson HoleWyoming
4,139ft vertical#5 U.S., top 10
IkonMC
Snow-covered Lone Peak and Headwaters Bowl above a groomed slope with a lone snowboarder and pine tree
Big SkyMontana
4,350ft vertical#4 U.S., top 10
IkonMC
Snow-covered cirque bowl with rocky ridgeline and tiny skiers on the wide open slope under blue sky
SnowbirdUtah
3,240ft vertical#16 U.S., top 50
IkonMC
View from a chairlift up a snowy run toward Crested Butte's peak, with lift chairs and cables in frame
Crested Butte Mountain ResortColorado
3,055ft vertical#23 U.S., top 50
Epic
Bald Mountain with early-season snow on its ski runs, seen above autumn trees near Sun Valley, Idaho
Sun ValleyIdaho
3,400ft vertical#11 U.S., top 50
IkonMC
Snow-covered ridge and groomed runs at Mammoth Mountain with lifts and a distant valley and range beyond
Mammoth MountainCalifornia
3,100ft vertical#21 U.S., top 50
Ikon
View from a snowy trail at Stowe, Vermont, looking across to a facing mountainside laced with ski trails
StoweVermont
2,160ft vertical#62 U.S., top 100
Epic
Snow-covered beginner slopes, chairlift and base village buildings below a forested ski mountain at Steamboat
SteamboatColorado
3,668ft vertical#6 U.S., top 10
Ikon
Skier launching upside down off a snowy ridge above a broad valley and snow-covered peaks in Alaska
AlyeskaAlaska
2,500ft vertical#42 U.S., top 50
Ikon
Snowy ski slopes and scattered conifers below the cloud-capped Grand Teton range under a grey sky.
Grand TargheeWyoming
2,270ft vertical#53 U.S., top 100
MC
View from a chairlift over a wide snowy trail with skiers, Sugarloaf's cloud-capped summit and trails beyond
SugarloafMaine
2,820ft vertical#28 U.S., top 50
IkonMC

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  2. Longest runBig Sky6 miMontana · Photo: Dennis Matheson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  3. Most snowMt. Baker688 inches a yearWashington · Photo: CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  4. HighestSilverton Mountain13,487 ft summitColorado · Photo: Zach Dischner · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  5. Most verticalTimberline Lodge4,540 ftOregon · Photo: EncMstr · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  6. Most expert terrainArapahoe Basin73% advanced and expertColorado · Photo: Runningonbrains · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
  7. BiggestPark City7,300 acresUtah · Photo: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
  8. Most beginner runsPalisades Tahoe72 beginner runsCalifornia · Photo: Rennett Stowe from USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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439 ski areas the map forgot.

Ghost resorts across the country: see where they were on the map, read their histories, and what members remember.

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8,212 sourced figures across 509 resorts in 37 states. Sort, filter, map and compare them any way you like.

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Resort statistics are defined inconsistently from one source to the next. Here each figure has one definition, one value and the page it came from, and conflicts are shown, not hidden. How we measure · Where the data comes from