Where St. Mary's Glacier’s numbers come from
12 observations from 2 publishers behind 4 figures. Each row gives the figure we publish, how many sources gave one and how many agree; open it for what each said.
Figures
Summit elevation9,760 ft3 sources2 of 3 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Saint Mary's Glacier — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Area Stats: Summit 9,760; Base 8,500; Vertical Drop 1,260”
[FOR SALE] St. Mary's Glacier Resort, CO, Could Be Yours for $7 Million (October 4, 2023)Oct 2026“It has a summit of 9,760 feet, a base elevation of 8,500 feet, a vertical drop of 1,260 feet, and three lifts.”
Lost Areas #3 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, August 17, 1992)Oct 2026Differs: 10,955 ft “Vertical drop: 675 ft Top: 10,955 Base: 10,280 Lifts: 1 t-bar, 2 Mitey Mites”
Base elevation8,500 ft3 sources2 of 3 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Saint Mary's Glacier — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Area Stats: Summit 9,760; Base 8,500; Vertical Drop 1,260”
[FOR SALE] St. Mary's Glacier Resort, CO, Could Be Yours for $7 Million (October 4, 2023)Oct 2026“It has a summit of 9,760 feet, a base elevation of 8,500 feet, a vertical drop of 1,260 feet, and three lifts.”
Lost Areas #3 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, August 17, 1992)Oct 2026Differs: 10,280 ft “Vertical drop: 675 ft Top: 10,955 Base: 10,280 Lifts: 1 t-bar, 2 Mitey Mites”
Advertised vertical drop1,260 ft3 sources2 of 3 agree · differfrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Saint Mary's Glacier — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Area Stats: Summit 9,760; Base 8,500; Vertical Drop 1,260”
[FOR SALE] St. Mary's Glacier Resort, CO, Could Be Yours for $7 Million (October 4, 2023)Oct 2026“It has a summit of 9,760 feet, a base elevation of 8,500 feet, a vertical drop of 1,260 feet, and three lifts.”
Lost Areas #3 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, August 17, 1992)Oct 2026Differs: 675 ft “Vertical drop: 675 ft Top: 10,955 Base: 10,280 Lifts: 1 t-bar, 2 Mitey Mites”
Total lifts33 sources3 of 3 agreefrom Colorado Ski History
Ski Saint Mary's Glacier — Colorado Ski HistoryPublishedOct 2026“Lifts: 3, 1 t-bar (Stats: Built by Stadeli 1270' length, 240 vertical, 650 people per hour, 400 fpm), 2 rope tows”
Lost Areas #3 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, August 17, 1992)Oct 2026“Vertical drop: 675 ft Top: 10,955 Base: 10,280 Lifts: 1 t-bar, 2 Mitey Mites”
[FOR SALE] St. Mary's Glacier Resort, CO, Could Be Yours for $7 Million (October 4, 2023)Oct 2026“It has a summit of 9,760 feet, a base elevation of 8,500 feet, a vertical drop of 1,260 feet, and three lifts.”
Pages cited
Every source behind the figures, passes and facts, the resort’s own pages first.
- Lost Areas #3 (The Colorado Skier newsletter, August 17, 1992)Ski history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- Ski Saint Mary's Glacier — Colorado Ski HistorySki history · Colorado Ski History · coloradoskihistory.com
- GMBA Mountain Inventory v2.0 (standard): mountain range outlines, with each ski area placed where its runs and lifts areWorked out by aurora.ski · GMBA Mountain Inventory (placed by aurora.ski) · earthenv.org
- OpenSkiMap — St. Mary's GlacierCommunity map · OpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · skimap.org
- [FOR SALE] St. Mary's Glacier Resort, CO, Could Be Yours for $7 Million (October 4, 2023)Other site · SnowBrains · snowbrains.com
Other facts
Where the page's other facts come from: its location, website, owner and the like.
- Coordinates
- OpenSkiMap — St. Mary's Glacier
Operating status
The sources that list this area, and what each says about whether it operates.
- abandonedOpenSkiMap.org (OpenStreetMap contributors, Skimap.org) · Community map · 2026-09-28St. Mary's Glacier — status: abandoned; activities: downhill; lifts mapped: 0; downhill runs mapped: 0;