This is a list of ski areas and resorts in the United States that are currently operational. It is restricted to lift-served alpine ski areas, both public and private.
According to the National Ski Areas Association, 37 U.S. states have operating ski areas with a total 470 of nationwide as of 2020.[1]
New England (90)
Connecticut
- Mohawk Mountain Ski Area — Cornwall
- Mount Southington — Plantsville
- Powder Ridge Ski Area — Middlefield
- Ski Sundown — New Hartford
Maine
- Baker Mountain — Bingham
- Big Rock — Mars Hill
- Big Squaw — Greenville
- Black Mountain of Maine — Rumford
- Camden Snow Bowl — Camden
- Eaton Mountain — Skowhegan
- Hermon Mountain — Hermon
- Lonesome Pine Trails — Fort Kent
- Lost Valley — Auburn
- Mount Abram — Greenwood
- Mount Jefferson Ski Area — Lee
- Pinnacle Ski Club — Pittsfield
- Powderhouse Hill — South Berwick
- Quoggy Jo — Presque Isle
- Saddleback Maine — Rangeley
- Shawnee Peak — Bridgton
- Sugarloaf — Carrabassett Valley
- Sunday River — Newry
- Titcomb Mountain — Farmington
Massachusetts
- Berkshire East Ski Resort — Charlemont
- Blandford Ski Area — Blandford (closed)
- Blue Hills Ski Area — Canton
- Bousquet Ski Area — Pittsfield
- Butternut — Great Barrington
- Easton Ski Area at Eaglebrook School (private)
- Jiminy Peak — Hancock
- Mount Greylock Ski Club — Williamstown (private)
- Nashoba Valley Ski Area — Westford
- Otis Ridge — Otis
- Ski Bradford — Haverhill
- Ski Ward — Shrewsbury
- Wachusett Mountain — Princeton
New Hampshire
- Abenaki Ski Area — Wolfeboro
- Arrowhead — Claremont
- Attitash — Bartlett
- Black Mountain — Jackson
- Bretton Woods — Bretton Woods
- Cannon Mountain — Franconia Notch
- Campton Mountain — Waterville
- Cranmore Mountain Resort — North Conway
- Crotched Mountain — Bennington
- Dartmouth Skiway — Lyme
- Franklin Veterans Memorial Recreation Area — Franklin
- Granite Gorge — Keene
- Gunstock Mountain Resort — Gilford
- Kanc Rec Area — Lincoln
- King Pine — East Madison
- Loon Mountain — Lincoln
- McIntyre Ski Area — Manchester
- Mount Eustis - Littleton
- Mount Prospect — Lancaster
- Mount Sunapee Resort — Sunapee
- Pats Peak — Henniker
- Ragged Mountain — Danbury
- Red Hill Ski Club — Moultonborough
- Storrs Hill — Lebanon
- Tenney Mountain Ski Resort — Plymouth
- The Balsams Wilderness — Dixville Notch (temporarily closed)
- Waterville Valley Resort — Waterville Valley
- Whaleback — Enfield
- Wildcat Mountain — Pinkham Notch
Rhode Island
Vermont
- Ascutney Outdoors - Brownsville
- Bellows Falls Ski Tow — Bellows Falls
- Bolton Valley Resort — Bolton Valley
- Bromley Mountain — Peru
- Burke Mountain — East Burke
- Cochran's Ski Area — Richmond
- Harrington Hill — Strafford
- Hard 'Ack — St. Albans
- Haystack — West Dover (private)
- Jay Peak Resort — Jay
- Killington Ski Resort — Killington
- Living Memorial Park — Brattleboro
- Lyndon Outing Club — Lyndon
- Mad River Glen — Fayston (ski only)
- Magic Mountain — Londonderry
- Middlebury College Snow Bowl — Hancock
- Mount Snow — West Dover
- Northeast Slopes — East Corinth
- Okemo Mountain — Ludlow
- Pico Mountain — Killington
- Plymouth Notch — Plymouth (private)
- Quechee Lakes Ski Area — Quechee (private)
- Smugglers' Notch — Jeffersonville
- Stowe Mountain Resort — Stowe
- Stratton Mountain Resort — Stratton Mountain
- Sugarbush Resort — Warren
- Suicide Six — South Pomfret
Mid-Atlantic (51)
Maryland
- Wisp Ski Resort — McHenry
New Jersey
- Big Snow American Dream — East Rutherford (indoor)
- Campgaw Mountain — Mahwah
- Hidden Valley — Vernon
- Mountain Creek — Vernon
New York
- Beartown Ski Area — Plattsburgh
- Belleayre Ski Center — Highmount
- Big Tupper Ski Area — Tupper Lake
- Brantling Ski Slopes — Sodus
- Bristol Mountain Ski Resort — South Bristol
- Buffalo Ski Club — Colden
- Catamount Ski Area — Hillsdale
- Dry Hill Ski Area — Watertown
- Gore Mountain — North Creek
- Greek Peak — Virgil
- Hickory Ski Center — Warrensburg
- Holiday Valley — Ellicottville
- Holiday Mountain Ski & Fun — Monticello
- Holimont — Ellicottville
- Hunter Mountain — Hunter
- Kissing Bridge — Colden
- Labrador Mountain — Truxton
- Mount Peter Ski Area — Warwick
- McCauley Mountain — Old Forge
- Oak Mountain — Speculator
- Peek'n Peak — Clymer
- Plattekill Mountain — Roxbury
- Royal Mountain — Caroga
- Song Mountain Resort — Tully
- Snow Ridge Ski Resort — Turin
- Swain — Swain
- Sugar Hill — Sugar Hill
- Thunder Ridge Ski Area — Patterson
- Titus Mountain — Malone
- Toggenburg Mountain — Fabius
- West Mountain — Glens Falls
- Willard Mountain — Greenwich
- Whiteface Mountain — Wilmington
- Windham Mountain — Windham
- Woods Valley Ski Resort — Westernville
Pennsylvania
- Bear Creek Mountain Resort — Macungie[2]
- Blue Knob All Seasons Resort — Claysburg
- Blue Mountain Ski Area — Palmerton[2]
- Boyce Park — Plum
- Camelback Ski Area — Tannersville [2]
- Eagle Rock Resort — Hazleton
- Elk Mountain — Union Dale
- Hidden Valley Four Seasons Resort — Hidden Valley
- Jack Frost Big Boulder — Blakeslee[2]
- Laurel Mountain Ski Resort — Ligonier
- Liberty Mountain Resort — Carroll Valley
- Mountain View at Edinboro — Edinboro
- Seven Springs Mountain Resort — Seven Springs
- Shawnee Mountain Ski Area — East Stroudsburg[2]
- Ski Big Bear — Lackawaxen
- Ski Denton — Coudersport
- Ski Roundtop — Lewisberry[2]
- Spring Mountain — Schwenksville
- Ski Sawmill — Morris
- Montage Mountain Ski Resort — Scranton
- Tussey Mountain Ski Area — State College
- Whitetail Ski Resort — Mercersburg
Southeast (18)
Alabama
- Cloudmont Ski & Golf Resort — Mentone
North Carolina
- Appalachian Ski Mountain — Blowing Rock
- Cataloochee Ski Area — Maggie Valley
- Sapphire Valley — Sapphire
- Ski Beech — Beech Mountain
- Sugar Mountain — Sugar Mountain
- Wolf Ridge — Mars Hill
Tennessee
Texas
- Mount Aggie Ski Slope — College Station
Virginia
- Bryce Resort — Basye-Bryce Mountain
- Massanutten Ski Resort — Massanutten
- The Homestead — Hot Springs
- Wintergreen Resort — Wintergreen
West Virginia
- Canaan Valley Resort — Davis
- Oglebay Resort — Wheeling
- Snowshoe Mountain — Snowshoe
- Timberline Four Seasons Resort — Davis
- Winterplace — Ghent
Midwest (116)
Illinois
- Chestnut Mountain Resort — Galena
- Ski Four Lakes — Lisle
- Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park — Algonquin
- Ski Snowstar — Andalusia
- Villa Olivia — Bartlett
Indiana
- Paoli Peaks — Paoli
- Perfect North Slopes — Lawrenceburg
Iowa
- Mt. Crescent Ski Area — Crescent
- Seven Oaks Snow Ski Area — Boone
- Sleepy Hollow Sports Park — Des Moines
- Sundown Mountain — Dubuque
Michigan
- Al Quaal Recreation Ski Area — Ishpeming
- Alpine Valley — White Lake
- Apple Mountain Ski Resort — Freeland
- Big Powderhorn Ski Area — Bessemer
- Bittersweet Ski Resort — Otsego
- Blackjack Ski Resort — Bessemer
- Boyne Highlands Resort — Harbor Springs
- Boyne Mountain — Boyne Falls
- Caberfae Peaks Ski & Golf Resort — Cadillac
- Cannonsburg Ski Area — Cannonsburg
- Challenge Mountain — Boyne City
- Crystal Mountain Resort & Spa — Thompsonville
- Garland Resort — Lewiston
- Hickory Hills Ski Area — Traverse City
- The Homestead — Glen Arbor
- Indianhead Mountain Resort — Wakefield
- Marquette Mountain — Marquette
- Mont Ripley Ski Resort — Houghton
- Mount Bohemia — Lac La Belle
- Mt. Brighton Ski Resort — Brighton
- Mt. Holiday — Traverse City
- Mt. Holly Ski and Snowboard Resort — Holly
- Mt. McSauba Recreation Area — Charlevoix
- Mt. Zion Ski Area — Ironwood
- Mulligan's Hollow Ski Bowl — Grand Haven
- Norway Mountain Ski and Snowboard Resort — Norway
- Nub's Nob — Harbor Springs
- Otsego Club & Resort — Gaylord
- Petoskey Winter Sports Park — Petoskey
- Pine Knob Ski Resort — Clarkston
- Pine Mountain Resort — Iron Mountain
- Porcupine Mountains — Silver City
- Shanty Creek Resorts — Bellaire
- Ski Brule — Iron River
- Snow Snake Ski & Golf — Harrison
- Swiss Valley Ski and Snowboard Area — Jones
- Timber Ridge Ski Area — Gobles
- Treetops Resort — Gaylord
Minnesota
- Afton Alps — Afton
- Andes Tower Hills — Kensington
- Buck Hill — Burnsville
- Buena Vista Ski Area — Bemidji
- Chester Bowl Park — Duluth
- Coffee Mill Ski Area — Wabasha
- Detroit Mountain — Detroit Lakes
- Giants Ridge — Biwabik
- Hyland Ski and Snowboard Area — Bloomington
- Lutsen Mountains — Lutsen
- Mount Itasca — Coleraine
- Mount Kato — Mankato
- Powder Ridge — Kimball
- Ski Gull — Nisswa
- Spirit Mountain — Duluth
- Welch Village — Welch
- Wild Mountain — Taylors Falls
Missouri
North Dakota
- Bottineau Winter Park — Bottineau
- Frost Fire — Walhalla
- Huff Hills — Huff
Ohio
- Alpine Valley Ski Area — Chesterland
- Boston Mills/Brandywine Ski Resort — Peninsula
- Mad River Mountain — Bellefontaine
- Snow Trails Ski Resort — Mansfield
- Big Creek Ski Area — Concord
South Dakota
- Mystic Miner Ski Resort — Lead
- Great Bear Recreation Park — Sioux Falls
- Terry Peak Ski Area — Lead
Wisconsin
- Alpine Valley Resort — East Troy
- Ausblick Ski Club — Sussex (private)
- Badlands Sno-Park — Hudson
- Book Across the Bay — Ashland
- Blackhawk Ski Club — Middleton (private)
- Bruce Mound Winter Sports Area — Merrillan
- Camp 10 — Rhinelander
- Cascade Mountain — Portage
- Christie Mountain — Bruce
- Christmas Mountain Village — Wisconsin Dells
- Crystal Ridge — Franklin
- Devils Head Resort — Baraboo
- Fox Hill Ski Area — West Bend (private)
- Granite Peak — Wausau
- Heiliger Huegel Ski Club — Hubertus (private)
- Kettlebowl — Bryant
- Kewaunee County Winter Park Ski Hill — Kewaunee
- Keyes Peak — Florence
- Little Switzerland Ski Area — Slinger
- Mont Du Lac — Superior
- The Mountain Top at Grand Geneva Resort — Lake Geneva
- Mt. Ashwabay — Bayfield
- Mt. LaCrosse — LaCrosse
- Navarino Slopes — Navarino
- Nordic Mountain — Mount Morris
- Nutt Hill — Plymouth
- Powers Bluff — Arpin
- Standing Rocks — Stevens Point
- Sunburst Ski Area — Kewaskum
- Telemark Lodge — Cable
- Triangle Sports Area — Green Bay
- Trollhaugen — Dresser
- Tyrol Basin — Mount Horeb
- Whitecap Mountains — Montreal
- Whitetail Ridge — Fort McCoy
- Wilmot Mountain — Wilmot
Rocky Mountains (98)
Arizona
- Arizona Snowbowl — Flagstaff
- Elk Ridge Ski Area — Williams
- Mount Lemmon Ski Valley — Summerhaven
- Sunrise Park Resort — Greer
Colorado
- Arapahoe Basin — Keystone
- Aspen/Snowmass — Aspen and Snowmass Village[3]
- Beaver Creek Resort — Beaver Creek
- Breckenridge Ski Resort — Breckenridge
- Chapman Hill Ski Area
- Copper Mountain Resort — Copper Mountain
- Cranor Ski Area
- Crested Butte Mountain Resort — Mount Crested Butte
- Echo Mountain Resort — Evergreen
- Eldora Mountain Resort — Eldora
- Hesperus Ski Area — Hesperus
- Howelsen Hill Ski Area — Steamboat Springs
- Kendall Mountain Ski Area — Silverton
- Keystone Resort — Keystone
- Lake City Ski Hill
- Loveland Ski Area — Georgetown
- Loveland Valley
- Monarch Ski Area — Salida
- Otter Mountain — Georgetown
- Powderhorn Resort — Mesa
- Purgatory Resort — Durango
- Silverton Mountain — Silverton
- Ski Cooper — Leadville
- Ski Granby Ranch — Granby
- Steamboat Ski Resort — Steamboat Springs
- Sunlight Ski Area — Glenwood Springs
- Telluride Ski Resort — Telluride[3]
- Vail Ski Resort — Vail[3]
- Winter Park Resort — Winter Park
- Wolf Creek ski area — Pagosa Springs
Idaho
- Bald Mountain — Pierce
- Bogus Basin — Boise
- Brundage Mountain — McCall
- Cottonwood Butte — Cottonwood
- Kelly Canyon — Ririe
- Little Ski Hill — McCall
- Lookout Pass — Mullan
- Lost Trail Powder Mountain — North Fork
- Magic Mountain — Hansen
- Pebble Creek — Inkom
- Pine Street Ski Area -- Sandpoint
- Pomerelle — Albion
- Rotarun — Hailey[4]
- Schweitzer Mountain — Sandpoint
- Silver Mountain — Kellogg
- Snowhaven — Grangeville
- Soldier Mountain — Fairfield
- Sun Valley — Ketchum
- Tamarack — Donnelly
Montana
- Bear Paw Ski Bowl - Havre
- Big Sky — Big Sky
- Blacktail Mountain — Lakeside
- Bridger Bowl — Bozeman
- Discovery — Anaconda
- Great Divide — Marysville
- Lost Trail Powder Mountain — Conner
- Maverick Mountain — Dillon
- Montana Snowbowl — Missoula
- Moonlight Basin — Big Sky
- Red Lodge Mountain — Red Lodge
- Showdown — Neihart
- Teton Pass — Choteau
- Turner Mountain — Libby
- Whitefish Mountain Resort — Whitefish
- Yellowstone Club — Big Sky (private)
New Mexico
- Angel Fire Resort — Angel Fire
- Pajarito Mountain — Los Alamos
- Red River Ski Area — Red River
- Sandia Peak — Albuquerque
- Sipapu — Vadito
- Ski Apache — Ruidoso
- Ski Cloudcroft — Cloudcroft
- Ski Santa Fe — Santa Fe
- Taos Ski Valley — Taos
Utah
- Alta — Alta (ski only)[3]
- Beaver Mountain — Logan Canyon
- Brian Head — Brian Head
- Brighton — Big Cottonwood Canyon
- Cherry Peak Resort — Richmond
- Deer Valley — Park City (ski only)
- Eagle Point Ski Resort — Beaver
- Nordic Valley — Eden
- Park City Mountain Resort — Park City[3]
- Powder Mountain — Eden
- Snowbasin — Huntsville
- Snowbird — Snowbird[3]
- Solitude — Big Cottonwood Canyon
- Sundance — Provo
Wyoming
- Antelope Butte Mountain Recreational Area — Shell
- Beartooth Basin Summer Ski Area — via Red Lodge
- Grand Targhee — via Driggs[3]
- Hogadon — Casper
- Jackson Hole — Teton Village[3]
- Meadowlark Ski Lodge — Ten Sleep
- Pine Creek — Cokeville
- Sleeping Giant Ski Area & Zipline — Cody
- Snow King Mountain — Jackson
- Snowy Range — Centennial
- White Pine — Pinedale
West Coast (70)
Alaska
- Arctic Valley — Anchorage
- Alyeska — Girdwood[3]
- Eaglecrest — Juneau
- Hilltop — Anchorage
- Majestic Heli Ski — Glacier View
- Moose Mountain — Fairbanks
- Mount Eyak — Cordova
- Skiland — Fairbanks
California
- Alpine Meadows — Alpine Meadows
- Alta Sierra — Wofford Heights
- Badger Pass — Yosemite National Park
- Bear Mountain — Big Bear Lake
- Bear Valley — Angels Camp
- Boreal Mountain — Soda Springs
- Buckhorn Ski Club — Three Points (private)
- China Peak — Lakeshore
- Dodge Ridge — Sonora
- Donner Ski Ranch — Norden
- Granlibakken — Tahoe City
- Heavenly Mountain — South Lake Tahoe
- Homewood Mountain — Homewood
- June Mountain — June Lake
- Kirkwood Mountain — Kirkwood
- Mammoth Mountain — Mammoth Lakes
- Mount Baldy Ski Lifts — Mount Baldy
- Mount Shasta Ski Park — Mount Shasta
- Mount Waterman — Three Points
- Mountain High — Wrightwood
- Northstar California — Truckee
- Sierra-at-Tahoe — Twin Bridges
- Snow Summit — Big Bear Lake
- Snow Valley — Running Springs
- Soda Springs — Soda Springs
- Squaw Valley — Olympic Valley
- Sugar Bowl — Norden
- Tahoe Donner Downhill — Truckee
Nevada
- Diamond Peak — Incline Village
- Las Vegas Ski and Snowboard Resort (Lee Canyon) — Las Vegas
- Mount Rose — Reno
- Sky Tavern Ski Area — Reno
- Elko Snobowl Ski and Bike Park — Elko
Oregon
- Anthony Lakes — North Powder
- Cooper Spur — Parkdale
- Ferguson Ridge — Joseph
- Hoodoo — Sisters
- Mount Ashland — Ashland
- Mount Bachelor — Bend
- Mount Hood Meadows — Government Camp
- Mount Hood Skibowl — Government Camp
- Spout Springs — Tollgate
- Summit Ski Area — Government Camp
- Timberline Lodge — Government Camp
- Warner Canyon — Lakeview
- Willamette Pass — Odell Lake
Washington
- 49 Degrees North — Chewelah
- Badger Mountain — Waterville
- Crystal Mountain — near Enumclaw
- Echo Valley — Chelan
- Hurricane Ridge — near Port Angeles
- Leavenworth Ski Hill — Leavenworth
- Loup Loup Ski Bowl — near Twisp
- Meany Lodge — Stampede Pass (private)
- Mission Ridge — near Wenatchee
- Mt. Baker — Glacier
- Mount Spokane — near Spokane
- Sahalie Ski Club — Snoqualmie Pass (private)
- Sitzmark Lifts — Tonasket
- Ski Bluewood — near Dayton
- Stevens Pass — Stevens Pass
- The Summit at Snoqualmie — Snoqualmie Pass
- Alpental
- Summit Central
- Summit East
- Summit West
- White Pass — White Pass
See also
- Comparison of North American ski resorts
- List of New England ski areas by vertical drop
- List of ski areas and resorts
- List of ski areas and resorts in Canada
- List of tourist attractions worldwide
References
- ^ Adrienne Saia Issac (October 16, 2020). "Number of Ski Areas Operating Per State During 2019/2020 Season" (PDF). National Ski Areas Association. Retrieved October 23, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f “Top 10 Places to Ski Near Philly” ‘’Philadelphia Magazine’’. 21 January 2010. Accessed 11 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Steiner, Christopher. “The Top 10 Ski Resorts In North America For 2016” ‘’Forbes’’. 17 November 2015. Accessed 11 March 2016.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/RotarunSkiArea