#1 REVELSTOKE – British Colombia, Canada
5,620 Vertical Feet
(most continuous lift served vertical in The New World)
– Video of insane pillow skiing at Revelstoke
#2 BLACKCOMB – British Colombia, Canada
5,133 Vertical Feet
(resort claims 5,280 so they can say “a vertical mile”)
– Whistler (literally attached now) is at 4,978 Vertical Feet
– Video of the miniature world of Blackcomb
#3 TELLURIDE – Colorado, USA
4,425 Vertical Feet
– Video from “Blizzard of Ahhs” at Telluride
#4 SNOWMASS – Colorado, USA
4,406 Vertical Feet
(includes hiking or infrequently running rope tow, 3,723 w/o hiking/tow)
– Aspen Highlands (right next door) has 3,635 vertical feet
– Video of Freeskier peeps going nuts at Snowmass
#5 BIG SKY – Montana, USA
4,350 Vertical Feet
(3,650 vertical feet is skiable in one long run from top of Lone Peak Tram)
– Video of high level snowboarding at Big Sky by Erik Morrison
#6 JACKSON HOLE – Wyoming, USA
4,139 Vertical Feet
(most continuous lift served skiing in USA)
– Video of the Squaw Boys skiing at Jackson Hole
#7 KICKING HORSE – British Colombia, Canada
4,131 Vertical Feet
– Video of big mountain skiing at Kicking Horse
#8 BEAVER CREEK – Colorado, USA
4,040 Vertical Feet
– Video of cheesy skiing & riding & some faceshots at Beaver Creek
#9 TIMBERLINE ON MOUNT HOOD – Oregon, USA
3,620 Vertical Feet
(with a small amount of hiking, you can get 7,250’ of vertical)
– Longest vertical drop in North America….November – September
– Video of the Timberline Lodge in….”The Shining”…you know that it was filmed there, right?
#10 – ASPEN HIGHLANDS – Colorado, USA
3,572 Vertical Feet
– If you hike, you can get 4,292 vertical feet
– 1,500 skiable acres
– Video of Aspen Highlands pow skiing