List of ski areas and resorts in the United States

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The number of snow ski areas and resorts in the United States peaked in the late 1960s at around 1000 areas.[1] Since then many small, rope-tow only areas have closed or consolidated.[2] The following listing accounts for US ski areas that are currently operational. It is restricted to ski lift-served alpine skiing areas, both public and private. According to the National Ski Areas Association, 37 U.S. states have operating ski areas with a total 480 nationwide as of 2023.[3] "The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast" news blog lists 503 separate,[lower-alpha 1] non-private,[lower-alpha 2] lift-served, "active ski areas" as of October 16, 2003.[5] Of the 503 that are on Storm Skiing's list 102 have only surface lifts; 401 have one or more chairlifts; and 45 are private or semi-private, where there is some membership, enrollment, residency, or lodging requirement.[4] Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing.[5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass, according to Storm Skiing.[5]

New England (90)

Connecticut

Maine

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Vermont

Mid-Atlantic (51)

Maryland

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Southeast (18)

Alabama

North Carolina

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

West Virginia

Midwest (116)

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

North Dakota

Ohio

South Dakota

Wisconsin

Rocky Mountains (98)

Arizona

Colorado

Idaho

Montana

New Mexico

Utah

Wyoming

West Coast (70)

Alaska

California

Nevada

Oregon

Washington

See also

Notes

  1. "To summarize: shuttle (equals) separate ski areas; lift, trail, or short walk (equals) one ski area. There are only a handful of ski areas in America that required application of this calculus."[4]
  2. 'By “private,” I mean, “some dude put a ropetow in his backyard for his own personal use.” I do include private ski areas, such as Holimont in New York or Yellowstone Club in Montana, on this list, but both offer a means to join, even if those means are beyond the reach of the average human’s checkbook.'[4]

References

  1. Berry, I. William (1985) So you want to own a ski area? Ski Vol. 49, No. 6:86
  2. Why small ski areas disappear Snow Country Vol. 7, No. 7:40 1994
  3. Adrienne Saia Issac (2023). "Number of Ski Areas Operating Per State During 2022/2023 Season" (PDF). National Ski Areas Association. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Winchester, Stuart. "There Are 505 Active Ski Areas in America – Here's a Complete List". www.stormskiing.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Winchester, Stuart. "2023-24 Ski Season Preview, Part I: Itemizing all 303 Megapass Ski Areas". www.stormskiing.com. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 “Top 10 Places to Ski Near Philly” ‘’Philadelphia Magazine’’. 21 January 2010. Accessed 11 March 2016.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 Steiner, Christopher. “The Top 10 Ski Resorts In North America For 2016” ‘’Forbes’’. 17 November 2015. Accessed 11 March 2016.

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